» Nostalgia for cockroaches?
Only The New York Observer could make me nostalgic for my nasty-ass roach-infested apt. on the UES.
“On June 10, 1974, a large group of passengers were evacuated from city buses in midtown. They were crawling with roaches, according to an account in The New York Times. The city promised to step up its abatement program, and blamed the roach infestations on the buses, as New Yorkers do, on the intense heat and humidity. …
Today there are N.Y.U. students living in the East Village who could not identify a roach if they saw one, or distinguish it from what New Yorkers call a ‘water bug.’ “
