NYC is a giant Luxury Store ...that sells mostly crap

Swarms of tourists are spending the holidays in the city - unfortunately, they're not spending much money, local businesses said yesterday.

Pat Frawley, who has a souvenir and clothing shop on Fifth Avenue at 51st Street, yesterday became frustrated watching the shivering tourists outside his window blowing on their hands to keep warm.

"They'd rather stay cold than shell out $5 for gloves or a hat," he said.

OK...I'll say it...THERE ARE NO $5 BARGAINS ON A HAT AND GLOVES IN NYC UNLESS THEY ARE MADE OUT OF DEAD RATS FOUND IN THE SUBWAY....but that's not the point of this post.

The true point is that visitors to NYC recognize the "Big Apple" for what it is. It is a penitentary of sorts where you are a captive consumer. EVERYTHING is overpriced and expensive to accomodate the asinine taxes, ordinances, and fees levied at every turn to accomodate corruption, poor business planning, and entitlement programs abused by the City Council and various bureaucratic legislators.

Here's what's going through the tourists' heads when they visit NYC. "Oh...I love this place (to visit)...but you'd have to be crazy to live here...EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE!!!"

Isn't it odd that only the most Democrat swayed regions are also the one's with the biggest woes economically. I refer you to San Francisco.

On a separate note...perhaps the NY Post should restrain itself from calling tourists...tightwads. Tourists, you see, come from a far away land where the value of the dollar is as currency...and not as votes. They only spend what they can afford. AND...(leans in)...get this. Tourists aren't obligated to visit NYC...and spend three times the fair value for any item.