coffeefreak Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Ever since 9/11, I am amazed at the amount of people at Times Square on NYE. I didn't think it was worth it before 9/11, but I honestly think people are crazy for going now. Especially this year with the recent terrorist attempt. Would you go? Blessings! Dorinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wouldn't go because I hate crowds, it is cold and my feet would hurt too much. Then about fifteen other things. Terrorism would never enter into my myriad reasons for not going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wouldn't go because I hate crowds, it is cold and my feet would hurt too much. Then about fifteen other things. Terrorism would never enter into my myriad reasons for not going. Ditto this. And I don't want to stay up that late! Midnight ... bah humbug. This girl likes to be in bed and reading no later than 10 o'clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I have gone on New Years Eve...and my son will be there tonight with his friends. When I ws younger it was exciting. Now, I just want to sleeeeeeep! ~~Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I agree. I have no interest in going, but fears over terrorism don't enter into it. I'm not *less* interested in going now than I would have been 9 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilymax Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wouldn't mind going, as long as I could stay on the fringes somewhere...would NOT want to be in the middle of that big of a crowd. But if I were going to do anything in NYC during the holidays, I'd rather go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I always thought it would be cool to see that in person someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We planned to go to Times Square one year for New Years Eve before children, MANY years ago. We purchased matinee play tickets and were going to go watch the ball drop in the square after the play. Walking from our hotel to the play at around 3:30pm changed our minds. The place was frightening. Police in full riot gear everywhere, wall to wall people. We went to our play and found a restaurant for a late dinner. At 11:58pm the entire restaurant emptied into the street for the ball drop, then moved back in to finish dinner and toast the new year. We crossed back through Times Square around 1am and the police were very assertively encouraging all stragglers out of the square. The streets were a mess and I was so glad we'd skipped the actual event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wouldn't mind going, as long as I could stay on the fringes somewhere...would NOT want to be in the middle of that big of a crowd. But if I were going to do anything in NYC during the holidays, I'd rather go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I always thought it would be cool to see that in person someday. You bring up a good point. I would LOVE to do that someday. I wonder why I look at that as "safe" and the other as not? Isn't it funny when you don't know your own mind? I blame my kids:lol: Dorinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Other. I would like to go once, just to be able to say I did. However, that would have to be with no kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I would go, once. It's over so quickly, you have to have a camel's bladder...so just to say I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 No WAY!!!! We were talking about this while watching the news this morning. I know it would be one of those "got to do it once in my lifetime" things, but still...standing in the freezing cold with a throng of people, many of them totally intoxicated, urinating wherever...No WAY. You couldn't pay me to go. I will watch the ball drop from under my mircrofleece blanket, with the kids in various states of wake/sleep. We're having an ice cream sundae bar here at midnight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I didn't think it was worth it before 9/11 I couldn't imagine it before 2001 either. I don't really even care to watch the big crowds in the Square on tv. We stay home, play board games, read and eat together. If any of us makes it to midnight, we watch the televised fireworks display at the Space Needle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I'd go. I've been in Trafalger Square in London on New Year's Eve and that was very cool. My sister and bil got engaged several years ago on New Year's Eve in Times Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I've been before and HATED IT. Too crowded. Too many drunks. I cannot say enough times how much I hated it. I grew up in North Jersey so I had plenty of opportunities to go and I only went once. Never again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Not today, not right now. But when I didn't hate the cold, it was fun. My favorite crowd thing is Macy's T'giving Parade. I enjoy that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Standing in the cold outside to watch a ball drop is not my idea of fun. However, a night out on the town in NYC on NYE... Heck ya, I'm there with some pumps and a cute little black dress (if I can find one that looks somewhat okay :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 No, but I won't go to the Strip here in Vegas either. We stay home and are usually in bed by 10. There are crazies out and about on New Year's Eve. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalgirl Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 No, because I dislike large crowds and it would be too stinkin' cold for me. This will be my second winter in the south and I am liking it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Just me and dh now? No. Me, dh & the kids? Never...not ever ever!!! Me & dh before children, still in our twenties? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I went (pre-9/11) and found it REALLY scary. The police were in riot gear, there were barricades, lots of drunk people. People were very aggressive, as were the police (not that I blame them!). It was TERRIFYING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wouldn't go since 9/11, but I wouldn't have gone before that either. I despise crowds. I've never once gone shopping on black Friday. I'd rather pay more money than have to deal with the crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Not now that I have RSD. One bump, and I'm in increasing screaming pain for many hours...and the cold is just as bad. I'd much rather spend my NYE the way I have the past 7 years...alone with dh. ;) Heck, we refer to Princess as our New Year's Party Favour, since thats when we figure...you know ;) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wouldn't go because I hate crowds, it is cold and my feet would hurt too much. Then about fifteen other things. Terrorism would never enter into my myriad reasons for not going. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari C in SC Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I wouldn't go because I hate crowds, it is cold and my feet would hurt too much. Then about fifteen other things. Terrorism would never enter into my myriad reasons for not going. :iagree: Especially, on the cold part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I went when I was 20 would never take kids not too bad at that point perfect place for bad things to happen now... that's what TV is for:-) Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPlaceLikeHome Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Not in a million years. I do not like potentially drunken crowds of people.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I might have gone when I was younger, but there is no way I would go now. Too many people crowded into that space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 No, but terrorism has nothing to do with it. I don't do crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) I wouldn't, but it didn't even occur to me to be worried about a terror attempt. I just don't like crowds all that much and not too keen on noise and drunken people. We will be watching a movie with the kids and drinking some NA sparkling wine - I am not much of a drinker (family history of alcoholism plus not a good mix with my tendency toward depression.) ETA: Now I did spend NYE on Colorado Blvd in my teens. We camped out to watch the Rose Parade. There were lots of drunks, lots of creepy people, lots of people selling dope, but we were with lots of families in campers and had a blast. That I would do again. Edited January 1, 2010 by dirty ethel rackham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Sherry Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I might want to go if there was a nondrinking section so there wouldn't be any drunks around and I had several friends to be there with. But I don't like being in crowds if people are drunk and acting strange because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I wouldn't go because I hate crowds, it is cold and my feet would hurt too much. Then about fifteen other things. Terrorism would never enter into my myriad reasons for not going. Ditto, ditto, & ditto. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 But, not because I'm afraid of terrorism. I just think that standing out there, in that cold, not really being able to hear or see much would absolutely be miserable for me. I like it inside. Warm. With my bathroom and snacks a few feet from me.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I wouldn't go ...Terrorism would never enter into my myriad reasons for not going. Ditto. We love to have an early night on NYE to be fresh and rested for the new year. I don't like big crowds, especially when many people are under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Yeah, I'd go if it wasn't going to be too cold. I grew up in a NYC suburb; every year we looked for people we knew in the crowds on TV. I wouldn't worry about terrorists because 1) that's what they want, and 2) it's much more likely you'll be killed in a car crash on the way there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I despise being cold and I despise the party atmosphere. I'm afraid I wouldn't fit in. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 If I had the time, opportunity and means I'd go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissy Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I would go if I wanted to..I have never been interested in going..I have been to times square after 9/11 and it was crowded when I went not like it is on NYE but it was still busy. I am not into all the hustle and bustle. NY is always on high alert after 9/11 so I would think it would be in some more secure than other places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 There should've been an option for "no, but terrorism has nothing to do with it." I'm glad to find I'm not the only one with an aversion to hoards of drunken revelers :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Terrorism is not my reason for not going. Crowd phobia, inability to hold my pee for hours on end, and freezing cold are why I choose not to go. However, if I could be one of the newscasters on a heated platform with access to a bathroom-sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 There should've been an option for "no, but terrorism has nothing to do with it." I'm glad to find I'm not the only one with an aversion to hoards of drunken revelers :lol: I'll do that in next year's poll ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarleneW Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Absolutely! Would LOVE to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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