Patti Smith to Young Artists: Don't Come to NYC

No really, don’t come. Apparently, there was a cheap time to live in New York city called the 70s and 80s in which it was magical and crack was rampant. Now go somewhere else like Detroit and watch a city burn. 

There is absolutely no way to live here at all. Don’t try it. Take the advice of an old lady who still lives in NYC.  

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  1. to-infinity-and-back-again reblogged this from bestrooftalkever
  2. reesh reblogged this from enchanted-dystopia
  3. caseyliz reblogged this from bestrooftalkever and added:
    if there’s ANYONE’S advice who should be taken about this, she is it. #realtalk
  4. vintage-dreamin reblogged this from bestrooftalkever
  5. danholepond reblogged this from melissacruzrocha and added:
    Love ya Patti, but this is total bullshit. Just because “trying to make a decent wage” has taken the place of “trying...
  6. janiemoe reblogged this from bestrooftalkever and added:
    Is that a challenge, Patti?
  7. piet-mondrian reblogged this from bestrooftalkever
  8. melissacruzrocha reblogged this from ohheybill
  9. wanderlustered reblogged this from isawseneca
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  12. ellesappelle reblogged this from bestrooftalkever and added:
    good advice
  13. ohheybill reblogged this from bestrooftalkever and added:
    SHE’S RIGHT AND SHE’S COOLER THAN EVERYONE PEOPLE ON TUMBLR LIKE ESPECIALLY BEYONCÉ
  14. enchanted-dystopia reblogged this from bestrooftalkever and added:
    half-true.
  15. barbiebones reblogged this from bestrooftalkever
  16. isawseneca reblogged this from bestrooftalkever and added:
    Yea Detroit!
  17. heresiae reblogged this from bestrooftalkever and added:
    suona triste, ma è la verità con cui tutti noi che vorremmo far parte di uno dei grandi pantheon artistici (uno...

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