Yeah, living and or working in NYC during the summer must really stink! Literally!Literally the only thing I like about Summer.... No sudden snowstorms.
That's it. Was off from work yesterday with zero errands to run in the neighborhood, zero appointments needed taking care off. Just free time all the way.... Literally couldn't even enjoy a walk through my neighborhood because it was too frickin' hot. Summers in NYC are brutal! You wouldn't think so, but they are.
The concrete jungle, absorbs heat throughout the day, and continues to radiate it at night. But worse of all is the SMELL of Urine! I don't know if it is from humans peeing against a wall, because there are so few public restrooms, or if it is from people walking their dogs. I suppose it is from both.
Two years ago we spent most of six weeks in Philadelphia during a heat wave. The stench of urine was profound. It made me welcome a drenching rainstorm, it washes away the smell. If there was only a shower, it made it worse.
It made me think about how terrible it must have been in colonial days before they had underground sewers, and people depended upon rain to flush the open sewers. That and horses defecating in the streets. Who would want to live in the city?