Date:  Thu, 23 Nov 1995 09:18:31 -0500

From:  Ron Rabin <RABINRL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>

Subject: Re: The Automat



The automat is/was (do they still exist?) not unique to NYC. In the

years I lived in Philadelphia (1942-48) they were there as well.



Not to flame (exactly) but why is it so often that NYC folk assert/think

that things they cherish about their lives in the City are unique to

the City? Is it so that that "ultimate" American sophistication of NYC

is also its own ultimate provincialism?

Ron Rabin

Buffalo State College