Jaunted

So far this year, there have been 37 reported incidents of falling construction materials, which has some New Yorkers watching where they walk. One nurse told The New York Times:

I keep looking up because you really hear a lot about that in the news. You no longer want to walk under the scaffolding.

Another woman told the paper a similar story:

I try not to walk under [construction sites], so I take another street. I want to be around for my vacation next week.

Tourists on the other hand seem to enjoy the thrill of the dangerous city. One Irish woman told the newspaper it wouldn't really matter if she were killed by falling lumber:

If something like that fell on my head I would be gone.

Maybe this sort of nonchalance is why all those Czech tourists are dying abroad?

Related Stories:
· Strategies and Attitudes of Walkers in New York [NYT]
· Urban Travel: Small Cranes Are the Ones to Fear [Jaunted]

[Photo of May's Upper East Side crane collapse: Paul Brady]

Where: New York, NY, United States

Tags: Urban Travel / Accidents / Dangerous Travel

by pbb