Commuting
When I was away from NY last year, sitting in a hotel room halfway around the world, I found myself checking Gothamist. It has a certain flavor. Here's a recent entry: The Most Inconvenient Commute Contest.
My commute, between my bedroom and my living room, was not all that bad during the transit strike. There was a shoe in the way at one point, but I made it through. That's because I'm just writing papers and grading exams; I don't have to leave home.
But these have been tough days for millions of other people. BlogNYC.net is selling commemorative t-shirts:
There are many many pictures of the transit strike atmosphere. Newyorkology has many useful strike-related posts (sample). It took people hours and hours to get home. NYCMetblogs is full of stories.
The big story has got to be, though, that lots of people stayed home and huddled around their broadband connections. Or maybe I'm just feeling slightly guilty for having avoided the entire thing.