A Curmudgeon’s Dream

It got a lot less crowded at Scores* now that the Wall Street yabbos are gone and it will become a lot easier to walk around in Midtown when tourism declines in 2009:

Those flocks of tourists clogging Manhattan streets were thicker than ever this year, but the sinking economy will mean fewer visitors in 2009, officials said Monday.

The city estimates a record 47 million people visited New York this year and spent a record $30 billion, Mayor Bloomberg said.

“We do predict that there’ll be a single-digit decline, and no more than that, for certain,” said George Fertitta, head of NYC & Company.

*Whoops . . . be careful what you wish for!