{"id":6988,"date":"2026-10-01T02:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=6988"},"modified":"2026-09-30T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:15:00","slug":"50-years-of-investment-in-new-york-some-folks-like-to-get-away-take-a-holiday-from-the-neighbourhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=6988","title":{"rendered":"50 years of Investment in &#8220;New York&#8221;&#8230;(some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighbourhood&#8230;.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Joel -- New York State of Mind (The Mike Douglas Show, August 9, 1976)\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SW2oNPoy9ZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Courtesy of Billy Joel and New York City<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some folks like to get away<br>Take a holiday from the neighborhood<br>Hop a flight to Miami Beach<br>Or to Hollywood<br>But I&#8217;m taking a Greyhound<br>On the Hudson River Line<br>I&#8217;m in a New York state of mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen all the movie stars<br>In their fancy cars and their limousines<br>Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens<br>But I know what I&#8217;m needing<br>And I don&#8217;t want to waste more time<br>I&#8217;m in a New York state of mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was so easy living day by day<br>Out of touch with the rhythm and blues<br>But now I need a little give and take<br>The New York Times, The Daily News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes down to reality<br>And it&#8217;s fine with me &#8217;cause I&#8217;ve let it slide<br>Don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s Chinatown or on Riverside<br>I don&#8217;t have any reasons<br>I&#8217;ve left them all behind<br>I&#8217;m in a New York state of mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was so easy living day by day<br>Out of touch with the rhythm and blues<br>But now I need a little give and take<br>The New York Times, The Daily News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes down to reality<br>And it&#8217;s fine with me &#8217;cause I&#8217;ve let it slide<br>Don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s Chinatown or on Riverside<br>I don&#8217;t have any reasons<br>I&#8217;ve left them all behind<br>I&#8217;m in a New York state of mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m in a New York state of mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of Billy Joel and New York City Some folks like to get awayTake a holiday from the neighborhoodHop a flight to Miami BeachOr to HollywoodBut I&#8217;m taking a GreyhoundOn the Hudson River LineI&#8217;m in a New York state of mind I&#8217;ve seen all the movie starsIn their fancy cars and their limousinesBeen high in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6991,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6988\/revisions\/6991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}