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New York As Old Rome
a: New York ~
b: Rome 2000 years ago
What: "Yet I felt drawn to New York. At first the attraction was purely visceral. New York is like Rome 2000 years ago, the capital of an empire. The noise, the level of energy, the dirt, the cold, the heat. It all feels like the core of the engine. It's 24/7. Every food, every product, every culture, every race on the planet can be found in New York. No one is a foreigner in New York."
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Writer: Emmanuel Schalit
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Date: May 4 2012 9:27 PM
# 1994 Critique Analogy
New York The Nanny
a: New york ~
b: a third parent
What: "I LOVE NEW YORK BECAUSE: My kids are never bored. New York is like a third parent because it takes so much pressure off me. I can take them to plays or museums and have them taste different foods, and they're always excited."
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Writer: JILL KARGMAN
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 4 2012 9:22 PM
# 1996 Critique Analogy
The Dream Of An Honest New Yorker
a: New York ~
b: Don Quixote fighting the windmills
What: "Cunningham adds that to be honest and straight in New York is like Don Quixote fighting the windmills. I'd add that New York isn't the only place where being straight and honest eludes us."
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Writer: Bill Cunningham
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Date: May 4 2012 9:15 PM
# 1997 Critique Analogy
All That Partying
a: New York ~
b: Lindsay Lohan
What: "New York is like Lindsay Lohan. Spend your money on bullshit, have a lot of sex, and get away with everything because you are from "the world's greatest city." "
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 4 2012 9:19 PM
# 1998 Critique Analogy
New York=jerusalem
a: New York ~
b: Jerusalem of old
What: "New York is, like Jerusalem of old, a city of many nations, languages, and ethnic groups, with people from almost every country on earth. New York is a mission field indeed, a city that needs a genuine move of the Holy Spirit to turn many wandering souls back to God"
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Writer: Chris White
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Date: May 4 2012 9:10 PM
# 1999 Critique Analogy
Dinner Pary City
a: New York ~
b: a big dinner party
What: "New York is like a big dinner party. You have to be very careful about what you say and do because you never know whose feet are touching under the table."
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Writer: SUSANNA MOORE
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Date: May 4 2012 9:08 PM
# 2000 Critique Analogy
City As Women
a: New York ~
b: Vogue Model
What: "New York is like a Vogue model; hard, glittery wants to be heard and noticed. San Francisco is like a dowager aunt; quiet, soft spoken and if you are fortunate enough to have a chat with her she has wonderful tales to tell of her interesting life. London is like The Dowager Queen; old, a bit frail, a bit dowdy but wearing magnificent jewels."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: May 4 2012 9:06 PM
# 2001 Critique Analogy
Lake Manhattonbegon
a: New york ~
b: big country town
What: "I grew up in New York. It was a scary place in the past before we got rid of the gangs and the hoodlums. We used to let just any old jock drive a cab, paint it any color and make up road rules. Now New York is like a big country town, full of happy, smiling people trolling around all hours of the day and night on the very safe streets. So I hear."
Useful?
Writer: Pat Alvarez
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 4 2012 9:03 PM
# 2002 Critique Analogy
They Got All The Blood
a: New York ~
b: a blood-sucking leech
What: "Anyhow, New York is like a blood-sucking leech so huge it killed the cow. What is left for the "financial services industry" to steal? Try driving out of New York for a day, if you have the guts, and drive around some of the ruined towns and former industrial base of America. Not far from New york there are entire towns that are boarded up that once were vital and productive, and brought in important international exchange. You know, the stuff we can trade fro oil so we don't die. That stuff. Those towns were killed by the "financial services industry" of New York, because they get a small premium every time they kill an American company or force it offshore."
Useful?
Writer: sharn cedar
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Date: May 4 2012 9:00 PM
# 2003 Critique Analogy
New York The Pointelist City
a: New York ~
b: a big mess
What: "New York is like a big mess,
but once you step back,
it becomes a piece of art."
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Writer: Thomas Zeumer
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Date: May 4 2012 8:57 PM
# 2004 Critique Analogy
It's Better With Half And Half.....
a: New york ~
b: coffee
What: "I like to tell people: New York is like coffee. You know it's not good for you, and you don't really like the taste, but you just can't get enough. The rush, the jitters, they're addicting, as are startups."
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Writer: Josh Miller
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Date: May 4 2012 8:53 PM
# 2005 Critique Analogy
New York As Disneyland
a: New York ~
b: like Disneyland
What: "And of course there's Chicago's blue-collar history. "New York is like Disneyland and LA is a freak show. Chicago is more like how an American city should be."
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Writer: Dieter Roelstraete
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Date: May 4 2012 8:51 PM
# 2006 Critique Analogy
The Gassy Organism/city
a: New york ~
b: living organism
What: 1) It has circulatory systems: sewage, transit.
2)It emits gases.
3)It gives off energy.
4)It has a waist removal system.5) and maybe it smell when it gives off gas
Many cities are similar to this.....
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Writer: lingua06437
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Date: Dec 7 2012 10:55 AM
# 2539 Critique Analogy
Tall Buildings And Income Inequality
a: New york skyline ~
b: Income inequality
What: "You can almost chart income inequality over the years by measuring the height of New York's ceilings."
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Writer: Justin Davidson
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Date: Apr 11 2011 1:25 AM
# 843 Critique Analogy
a: moving to New York City ~
b: most popular kid in your high school
What:
"If moving to New York City is like dating the most popular kid in your high school only to discover "all the blemishes that aren't visible when gazed upon from a distance," then Buffalonians will tell you that moving to their city is like dating the girl next door who's undergoing a She's All That-style transformation."
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Writer: Gothamist
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Date: Jul 23 2015 7:44 PM
# 7963 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.