I'll be glad when August is over and I can stop talking about how Obama is setting up the death panels in Park51 near the WTC, because 99% of the obvious response is: you people are insane bigots and our mainstream media apparently loves you. But the other issue is simply that in Manhattan, 2 blocks is the equivalent of a million miles most places. The amount of people, employers, and retail packed into 2 blocks anywhere in Manhattan is huge. The sense of what is or isn't 'close' is totally different. 2 block is close, but within 2 blocks you have multitudes.
