Something was up. Especially when you get e-mails like this:

This article I read in our newspaper, "Weser-Kurier," in Bremen, Germany. There told a lady about your website, very interesting about New York.

This is I looked in your website too.

Have a nice day,
Hannelore

From that e-mail, I could tell two things: 1) "Hannelore" is at least mildly retarded; and 2) An article in the German newspaper Weser-Kurier mentioned this site. So I went searching, and I found this piece, which has been put through a German-to-English translator.

THE NEIGHBORS SEE ALL

NEW YORK — If it becomes night in New York, the telescopes sharply are placed. To not to observe to be sure, around the stars sky — one does not see the stars over the versmogten metropolis anyway -, but rather around the neighbors to bespitzeln. Many inhabitants of the skyscraper forest have 200 or more dwellings all at once in the view and pursue be sold the private life Dutzender persons to learn ever personally know without this each week in New York about 100 telescope, is named it in the media. In addition binoculars, operas glasses come and Teleobjektive. In many New York hotels, binoculars belong next to the minus bar already to the firm equipment. The Paparazzi of next door benefits that many high-rise-dwellings have no blinds or curtains. If one lives so highly above, one gives away himself easily the feeling to be withdrawn the views of the other. Yet who with its telescope the craters of the moon study can, is able to do are comes to plumb therewith always earthly abysses on the other side of the Central park. 60 of percent that New York soloDazu yet that many stop itself New York only all to willingly the strange views. There is even already hotel-bathroom that are glazes to the ground in order to grant both according to insight outside and of outside. "See and seen become" gets such an entirely new meaning. Perhaps it somewhat therewith has to do that New York has the highest Single-density of the USA. 60 percent of that grown-up New York solos are and that of them permanent in search of the next data. Until there, one must busy would speak himself evenings somehow." I to be sure not just about a hobby, but I let no opportunity to the Spähen out of", tell a "feminine Voyeuristin" on the websites PaulKatcher.com. Craziest let it be natural to watch other in the sex. Bar barons healthy life edge, that has lived for a half year in New York, knows such Reality-Soaps of the other side of the street already out of Holland: "There high-rises are to be sure rather rare, but for that there is no curtain. My neighbor, one gay dentist, observed I for two years. I know found has even, that it at new year's eve its new dear, for in the evening I saw the new friend for the first time." Again and again the 33-year-old with the thought played, the man, whom it knew out of the distance so well, to address on the street. "However there I suddenly thought: Perhaps that observes me also!'"

I think I speak for all my loyal readers when I ask, "Hey, Krauts, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!"