The Park Probably Isn’t As Crowded As That Viral Photo Makes It Seem
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/88944b/crowded-parks-nyc-viral-photo-social-distancing-misleading
It was a beautiful weekend in much of the country, which meant it was prime time to shame city dwellers for not adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Several photos popped up on social media of the Christopher Street Pier in the West Village and Central Park with captions conveying varying degrees of extremely New York accent “You call this social distancing?” Reuters even picked up the story, writing about “crowded conditions at Christopher Street Pier in Greenwich Village, according to photos on social media.”