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Has anyone else encountered/been disgusted by the people feeding the pigeons and the end result outside of the 72nd Street & 2nd Avenue Q subway stop?

On top of this being illegal I'm pretty sure, it leaves a huge mess on the sidewalk for everyone entering/leaving the station, it attracts rats, roaches, and other vermin, and adds to the trash and chaos that that intersection already sees.

I feel like 311 calls have been useless. Can we do something else? Something that actually dissuades (or prohibits) people from unlawfully feeding?

Hi! Looking for someone who can come every other week to clean my apartment and also help me keep it tidy (put clothes away, dishes, recycle amazon boxes, etc.) Anyone have any recs? Would be so so grateful! Live by Carl Schurz park.

just moved to the UES and looking for a good, cost effective local grocery store. i’m in the high 70s/low 80s near the river. the closest to me is gristedes and i couldn’t believe the prices… and ive lived in manhattan my whole life. love trader joe’s but its a bit of a schlep

Our daughter got an offer for K from Ella Baker. She got off the waitlist for EB because our zoned school on uws is not great. Any opinions about this school? Positive negative anything appreciated.

Hi ladies,

Apologies for using this account. Too ashamed to write this with my usual profile.

The time has come that I must finally admit I’m addicted to a high performance prescription (the little blue one).

I used to take it here and there since undergrad, then started my career in finance and tricked a doctor into giving me a prescription. Even then, I took it very rarely. Just on really hard days.

Then the height of the pandemic hit (April-ish 2020) and I was working on a project that was so near and dear to me. It was everything that was good in the world, so I went full focus on this project to forget all of the bad things happening in the world. Over about 9 months, I had consumed years worth of them I had around my apt.

Idk why I even bothered picking up from the pharmacy over the years, but I did. And I just threw them in a drawer every time, year after year.

Here we are 6 years later, and I’m fully addicted and I want to get help. I don’t want to involve my doctor just yet (don’t want to get flagged for addiction since I take a few meds for my chronic illness….and no, no addiction problems to those meds).

All of this is to say: does anyone know of a good NA group on the UES or UES or nearby? I even had to google which group I would need to go to. I’ve never had addiction problems in the past.

Recommendations here or via DM would be highly appreciated! Thanks!

End of October so indoors!