These Are the Things People Loved About NYC in 1976

This list, excavated from a 1976 issue of the New York Times, shows that people always loved to complain about NYC.

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If you love remembering and complaining about the "old New York City," you'll love this list of "101 Things to Love About New York City." 

Published in the June 13, 1976, edition of the New York Times, it's a trip into the past, back when eventual Mayor Ed Koch was still a Congressman. Back when the best MCs—Biggie, Jay-Z and Naswere all children.

Some choice highlights: 

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Number one is appropriate, because 38 years later, nothing has changed:

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That's so New York. 

[via Scouting New York]

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