Darkhattan at Night: An Almost Lovely Pain in the Ass
Last night I had the occasion to be driven through the powerless lower half of Manhattan during the 10 o'clock hour, and, well, words kind of fail me to begin to describe the spooky, beautiful, bleak and sad sight. Via our pals at BoingBoing, here is a representative shaky-cam video shot and edited by lower Manhattan resident Joe Sabio about navigating through the eerie darkness:
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What, no street marauders and roving rape-murder gangs?
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Yeahm, Requiem seems a little over dramatic. I didn't even see any cannibalizing.
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Bloomberg issued an executive order prohibiting cannibalism. New Yorkers are not labelled with nutrition information, so who knows if eating them is good for you?
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that will be after the election.
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Any Will Smith eating vampires?
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What, no looters? Time to cut back on Welfare programs.
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Good thing Snake Plissken didn't steal your car.
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Plissken? I thought he was dead.
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Holy shit, it is weird seeing The Bowery totally dark. I spent seven years there, including 9-11, and never saw anything like this.