Actually, it was a good time to be in New York City - punk, Bread & Puppet, affordable housing, birth of hip hop, Haring et al doing graffiti. It was a so-so time to get rich, but that wasn’t the point.
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I imagine Son of Sam and the blackout put a bit of a tarnish on the summer for some people.
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It was messed up too. But for me, more interesting. I made friends when they started talking to me on the bus about reading Pound or Calvino. Though it was a scarier time, there was less fear.
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And the subway graffiti was lit.
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Hell, Haring. Or Basquiat.
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Is that guy on the left Charlie Crist?
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