# Real Life Meeting of Members - Not in Upper Westide NY

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meeting-of-members-not-in-upper-westide-ny/700305>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 3, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meeting-of-members-not-in-upper-westide-ny/700305 "2014-10-03T20:46:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meeting-of-members-not-in-upper-westide-ny/700305/1 "2014-10-03T20:46:19Z")

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I haven’t been to NY and don’t know the area so I don’t know if the people are right in not wanting a 16 seat cafe/wine bar. But some of the reasons…

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> Local residents want to pull the plug on a wine bar’s bid to serve booze in its outdoor seating area because it will expose children to seedy “Internet people” flocking there for dates after meeting online, they claimed at a recent community board meeting.

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> “I don’t want children walking near ‘Internet people’ meeting.”

> **[Locals Want to Pull Plug on Bar They Say Attracts Online Daters](https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141003/upper-west-side/locals-want-pull-plug-on-bar-they-say-attracts-online-daters/)**
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> UWS residents said Riposo 72's bid to serve booze outdoors would expose kids to "Internet people."

So you ‘Internet People’ better stay clear of that area…[deep souther drawl]they don’t cotton to interweb people 'round here.

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-meeting-of-members-not-in-upper-westide-ny/700305/2 "2014-10-03T22:01:40Z")

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Oh I think they’re just talking about those FBI guys who pose as 14-year-old virgins on the Internet.

But places like this also attract writers, artists, and hipsters, so they’re right to nix it.