tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post516853822193463877..comments2023-04-01T11:01:43.458-04:00Comments on NANOBURGH?: Saratoga Springs: a miracle, revisionist history or simply a missing conversation?Nanoburgh?http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204181042019659769noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-54281915340082428302010-12-13T12:47:50.935-05:002010-12-13T12:47:50.935-05:00This might be the most thoughtful piece I've e...This might be the most thoughtful piece I've ever read on the status of Saratoga as a community.Toga Nativenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-26300483224531444342010-08-29T10:51:52.381-04:002010-08-29T10:51:52.381-04:00WOW!
and YEAH!WOW!<br /><br />and YEAH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-4301760642842418102010-06-24T17:08:52.291-04:002010-06-24T17:08:52.291-04:00Same here. I didn't see this the first time. T...Same here. I didn't see this the first time. Thank you for brining it back to the front and center.Will Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-20384552600216932192010-03-11T12:25:36.260-05:002010-03-11T12:25:36.260-05:00Wow. I am just reading this. You state what a lot ...Wow. I am just reading this. You state what a lot of us think. Thank you, whoever you are!Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-3833670738566336872010-02-07T12:22:00.666-05:002010-02-07T12:22:00.666-05:00I 'd probably take B as well.
I wouldn't ...I 'd probably take B as well.<br /><br />I wouldn't say it was the happiest I've ever been, but I had a hell of a good time living at 4 Franklin Square in the mid-90s (before it was transformed into swanky office space). The apartment was atrocious & the building would have been condemned had its owner not put it on the National Register of Historic Places back in 70s before John Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-24174545507575149402010-02-07T12:20:27.719-05:002010-02-07T12:20:27.719-05:00Bob, looks like you've lost your rose colored ...Bob, looks like you've lost your rose colored glasses!<br /><br />You're firing on all cylinders with this essay, and you are right, no-one wants to have a serious discussion about Saratoga Springs beyond the "everything is beautiful" delusion. <br /><br />Broadway is downtown success story, but mainly as an attraction to outsiders for fun and shopping for high-end women's Dave Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-90914325049035053302010-01-31T15:34:53.248-05:002010-01-31T15:34:53.248-05:00This is a good way to get people thinking at the v...This is a good way to get people thinking at the very least.KRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-62652113317542063232010-01-31T09:12:29.349-05:002010-01-31T09:12:29.349-05:00your comments about saratoga being devoid of an &#...your comments about saratoga being devoid of an 'creative class economy' and lacking a bohemian<br />ghetto are certainly worth discussion. This town certainly has a strong aversion to working class intellectuals, thats for sure. I suspect they keep a low profile like I do(in some ways) but they are probably encouraged to move elsewhere. I will ponder what you have suggested-'the Citizen Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610537669158960481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-38717188138448083862010-01-25T18:41:56.572-05:002010-01-25T18:41:56.572-05:00--superb----superb--Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-5413548741734872082010-01-25T15:12:55.346-05:002010-01-25T15:12:55.346-05:00If I may comment about the Chamber booklet publica...If I may comment about the Chamber booklet publication in The Saratogian......<br /><br />Because it was a "Camber publication" they got what they paid for....and lots of politics intertwined in what could have been a booklet worth passing on to every person who moves to Saratoga Springs, or visits here.<br /><br />Certain names were omitted, yet others were repeated ad nauseum. Why wasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-4327873950443876412010-01-22T10:16:06.041-05:002010-01-22T10:16:06.041-05:00It's all about Who has the power. This include...It's all about Who has the power. This includes Who influences what the paper prints and how they spin it. In this town the Who is the realtors and buidling people. It is in theri interest to whitewash the citys image so living here is made attractive to out of towners. Your views, while they wont make it into the paper or on the comemrce chambers action list are most definitely the popular Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-32252040913105103182010-01-21T21:51:19.492-05:002010-01-21T21:51:19.492-05:00Nice article rmNice article rmdirty harrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-22210784533317028922010-01-21T17:05:35.657-05:002010-01-21T17:05:35.657-05:00I've lived in Saratoga since the late '50s...I've lived in Saratoga since the late '50s, and it was a great place to grow up. It's still a great place to live, but you're right about the lack of good jobs outside of construction and real estate. And, there were a lot of great things we had in the past that we don't have now: Skidmore downtown with students everywhere, not just in the bars, a wide variety of stores that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-39248082148600401072010-01-21T16:35:10.921-05:002010-01-21T16:35:10.921-05:00I find myself both agreeing AND disagreeing with t...I find myself both agreeing AND disagreeing with this. I guess thats the sign of a good article getting people to think. I think i will read it again before I offer some specific comments/<br /><br />But right now I would like to thank you for not allowing what are most likely the filthy comments that it looks like you are deleting when they come in. Some of the other blogs don't bother Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-12941842230775124342010-01-21T13:28:20.708-05:002010-01-21T13:28:20.708-05:00While I find it amazing that this needs explaining...While I find it amazing that this needs explaining, I'll play along.<br /><br />Pass or Trash ?<br /><br />Example 1:<br /><br />"Politician Smith is an idiot because he thinks paid parking is good (or bad) when everyone with a brain knows it is the key to this city's fortunes (or downfall). And Politican Jones must have dropped out of school in kindergarden because his budget makesNanoburgh?https://www.blogger.com/profile/00204181042019659769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-90848647058006380892010-01-21T13:15:04.851-05:002010-01-21T13:15:04.851-05:00Examples please?Examples please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-4670854300465466882010-01-21T13:03:12.993-05:002010-01-21T13:03:12.993-05:00<>
Folks: 3 very simple requests:
a) keep...<><br /><br />Folks: 3 very simple requests:<br /> <br />a) keep on topic<br /><br />b) lay off the personal attacks, unless it is directly related to topic AND it is done so in a non-libelous manner.<br /><br /><br />Libel:<br /><br />"the false and malicious publication in printed form, done so for the purpose of defaming a living person"Nanoburgh?https://www.blogger.com/profile/00204181042019659769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-61428771397673214912010-01-21T12:53:22.542-05:002010-01-21T12:53:22.542-05:00I am not one to make a habit of giving public prai...I am not one to make a habit of giving public praise for something like this, but in this case it is well deserved.<br /><br />This piece is a tremendous example of what journalism SHOULD look like. But you are correct, though: it is an increasinlgy rare example.<br /><br />I look forward to more in the future.Blue Streaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31271854.post-57287592276933042162010-01-21T11:35:03.194-05:002010-01-21T11:35:03.194-05:00Most excellent. Well done.Most excellent. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com