these are some of my observations of new york

[Yetra Flam]

i've been here for two months, and these are some things i've noticed about the city.
rather than write the cliched things like "omg the cab drivers are crazy, the people are always in a rush, it's so expensive, the apartments are so tiny, etc etc" i've noticed some other interesting things.


native new yorkers crack their knuckles a lot. i think they all do it from birth.
generally, all people's houses, all buildings and all stores smell like laundry. the streets smell like laundry too. and people do as well. i think people bathe in fabric softener.
EVERYONE adores dogs. dogs are treated as equals to humans. people will spend ridiculous amounts of money on them. there's pet stores on every corner, dog spas, doggy daycare. and people generally dont' walk their own dogs. that's what dog walkers are for.
the locks on people's doors are tricky and hard to open.
Nothing surprises or shocks anyone.
The tourists seem to want everyone to know that they're tourists, especially on the trains "oh hey geez guys we're on the new york city subway golly gee look at us lets take photos of our super duper trip and go to times sqaure"



I'll think of more later.

[b i o n i c]

hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa more please

[Yetra Flam]

a general lol at girls from jersey. especially the bridge and tunnel crowd on the weekends. 'WOO WE CAME TO PARTAAAAY! I'M GONNA WEAR LOW CUT REVEALING TOPS WITH BODY GLITTER ON MY BREASTS AND GET PISS DRUNK AND MAKE OUT WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS'

[Yetra Flam]

oh and wtf is the deal with this 'brunch' business. people going to 'brunch' on sundays and drinking mimosas and whatnot. i don't get the point.

[b i o n i c]

are you kidding? fattening breakfasty food and alcohol early in the day. youd rather a sangwich?

[Yetra Flam]

'brunch' is a silly word.

[Documad]

Sunday brunch is HEAVEN!

P.S. One of my friends is going to NYC in a couple of weeks. I haven't been in a year! I'm so jealous. Except that she's going for the big dog show and that has no appeal.

[IzzyNYC]

i've been here for two months, and these are some things i've noticed about the city.
rather than write the cliched things like "omg the cab drivers are crazy, the people are always in a rush, it's so expensive, the apartments are so tiny, etc etc" i've noticed some other interesting things.

native new yorkers crack their knuckles a lot. i think they all do it from birth.
generally, all people's houses, all buildings and all stores smell like laundry. the streets smell like laundry too. and people do as well. i think people bathe in fabric softener.
EVERYONE adores dogs. dogs are treated as equals to humans. people will spend ridiculous amounts of money on them. there's pet stores on every corner, dog spas, doggy daycare. and people generally dont' walk their own dogs. that's what dog walkers are for.
the locks on people's doors are tricky and hard to open.
Nothing surprises or shocks anyone.
The tourists seem to want everyone to know that they're tourists, especially on the trains "oh hey geez guys we're on the new york city subway golly gee look at us lets take photos of our super duper trip and go to times sqaure"


I'll think of more later.

After you're here a couple more weeks you'll want to complain about the tourist who come to a complete stop right in the middle of the sidewalk to look up at the tall buildings..... depending on where in the city you live, you'll want to beware of the stroller mafia (they mostly stick to the UWS, Central Park and Park Slope).... Frat row on the UES can be a bit unsettling at times as well.

All in all, I can't think of any place I'd rather live. I mean, just today there was a sax player on my train going to work and a mariachi band on the way home (y)

Welcome to the city:)

[Lex Diamonds]

I RUN NEW YAWK!

[camo]

• It's weird how one street has a load of 'run down' buildings/grafitti etc and the one next to it has eloquent clean buildings. Literally 10 steps from poverty you can find money.

• How low the wall is at the guggenheim towards the top floor.

• How fast everyone walks. It's like noone has anytime for anything other than getting to were they need to be.

[camo]

I RUN NEW YAWK!


As in the Marathon?

[ms.peachy]

I miss brunch. There are places here in London that say they serve a brunch, but they don't really do it properly.

Hang in there a few more months. Right now and for the next two months is like the hardest and least nice time to be in NY, I think. You arrived at the beginning of the short, cold, dark days. Once the first few days of spring kick in, suddenly it's like a whole other city. Everyone gets somehow better looking, you start noticing nice details on buildings that you didn't see before because you had your head down against the weather, there are concerts and performances and events start happening around town, all kinds of good stuff.

[Yetra Flam]

the worst thing so far is not the city's fault - busting my ass working at two different under the table jobs 7 days a week and hardly earning shit.

[camo]

the worst thing so far is not the city's fault - busting my ass working at two different under the table jobs 7 days a week and hardly earning shit.



:(

[Tzar]

nvm

[roosta]

Ashton Kutcher made some ghey clothing line called Zoo York.(n)

No he didn't. He may wear it, but he didnt make it.

[camo]

zoo york hoody in new york equivalent of £18.

back home £80 (n)

[ericlee]

the worst thing so far is not the city's fault - busting my ass working at two different under the table jobs 7 days a week and hardly earning shit.

Dont feel bad. For me, I make a decent hourly wage but since I work in JC, I get double taxed. They freakin take $1,600 per month outta my check on taxes.

[beastiegirrl101]

have you met any BBMBers since you've been in NY?

[Rock]

Well, he made it gay. How about that?

nah.

[Kid Presentable]

Zoo York is too common now. That made it suck.

[beastieboysbaby]

The tourists seem to want everyone to know that they're tourists, especially on the trains "oh hey geez guys we're on the new york city subway golly gee look at us lets take photos of our super duper trip and go to times sqaure"TRUE!

[Yetra Flam]

another one:

people leave notes a lot, often when they can easily talk to the person they're leaving the note for. i don't know if it's just me, but i think notes have an inherent bitchiness about them. there is no way to sound nice in a note.

[ericlee]

the hip hop "artists" are too damn pushy trying to sell their cds on the streets.

You cant be polite with them, nor ignore them. Once i was on the sidewalk looking for postcards for my daughter and some guy tried to sell his cd to me. I politely said no thanks. He kept going on and on and i was trying to get some postcards. I finally got pissed and told him, "I DO NOT WANT YOUR FUCKING CD, OK?"

He didn't like it very much but, I dont like being bothered very much.

[Yetra Flam]

ooh ooh another thing. if a new yorker doesn't hear what you say, instead of saying "what" or "excuse me" or "sorry?" they say "what happened?"
doesn't make sense to me

[TurdBerglar]

i do that

[Yetra Flam]

oh

well it confuses me

[TurdBerglar]

well something is happening when someone is speaking to you and if you missed it you don't know what happened.

so when you don't hear that person you just missed out on what has happened!

[Yetra Flam]

nothing ''happened." i just said something. if i had done something that they had missed they can say "what happened"

[TurdBerglar]

speaking isn't doing something?

[g-mile7]

I RUN NEW YAWK!

lol

[TurdBerglar]

like when you're at the movies with someone and you missed what the person on screen said, you lean over and say... what just happened?

same fucking thing

[Yetra Flam]

you'll never justify it for me

[TurdBerglar]

it's like we're thinking of who ever is speaking as a tv or something

[alikat]

i've been here for two months, and these are some things i've noticed about the city.
rather than write the cliched things like "omg the cab drivers are crazy, the people are always in a rush, it's so expensive, the apartments are so tiny, etc etc" i've noticed some other interesting things.


native new yorkers crack their knuckles a lot. i think they all do it from birth.
generally, all people's houses, all buildings and all stores smell like laundry. the streets smell like laundry too. and people do as well. i think people bathe in fabric softener.
EVERYONE adores dogs. dogs are treated as equals to humans. people will spend ridiculous amounts of money on them. there's pet stores on every corner, dog spas, doggy daycare. and people generally dont' walk their own dogs. that's what dog walkers are for.
the locks on people's doors are tricky and hard to open.
Nothing surprises or shocks anyone.
The tourists seem to want everyone to know that they're tourists, especially on the trains "oh hey geez guys we're on the new york city subway golly gee look at us lets take photos of our super duper trip and go to times sqaure"



I'll think of more later.

I was hesistant to click on this for fear of getting pissed off as disses of my hometown.

But i agree with everything.

the knuckles: lots of high-stung people on a lot of starbucks moving quickly
the laundry: it's hard to put this in a politically correct way, but you'll figure it out.
the dogs: with the limited space, only the rich (or negligent) can have them. i once had a boss on madison ave. who spent $40K in one year on her puppy.
the lack of shock or surprise: that's the best thing. you can break down in tears and it's cool. no weird looks. maybe a tissue. too busy to judge.
the tourists: yes! why is that.

[Yetra Flam]

and the tourists on the train always have a really hard time standing. like even when they're holding the fucking pole. they always go "WOAAHHHHH" and fall all over the place and laugh.

[alikat]

the hip hop "artists" are too damn pushy trying to sell their cds on the streets.

You cant be polite with them, nor ignore them. Once i was on the sidewalk looking for postcards for my daughter and some guy tried to sell his cd to me. I politely said no thanks. He kept going on and on and i was trying to get some postcards. I finally got pissed and told him, "I DO NOT WANT YOUR FUCKING CD, OK?"

He didn't like it very much but, I dont like being bothered very much.

i blame this not on new york but on the general rise of the "mixtape superstar" phenomenon. it's the same way in chicago.

[TurdBerglar]

the laundry: it's hard to put this in a politically correct way, but you'll figure it out.


are you saying she's just a smelly foreigner and just isn't use to cleanliness?

[b i o n i c]

and the tourists on the train always have a really hard time standing. like even when they're holding the fucking pole. they always go "WOAAHHHHH" and fall all over the place and laugh.

thats hillarious. i also cant stand how dumbasses on a crowded train have to get out of their seat - waaaay before their stop - and to the door to make sure they can get off the train when it stops - often times its to get off on a main stop like times square or 14th street or some shit... its not like anyone else is getting off on those stops or anything. retards.

[b i o n i c]

also funny, idiots who take pictures of the empire state building or the statue of liberty, like there arent millions of those pics available everywhere.

put yourself in the pic or something, jeeez

[alikat]

i honestly think people should need a pedestrian license to walk around in a major city. lost people who've spent a lifetime hauling their fat asses from car to couch to cubicle have no more right to walk on my sidewalk than i have to drive on the autobahn. just give a quick 2-hour crash course on how to get the fuck out of everyone's way, charge them $15, and send them on their merry way with a badge. use the revenue to fund public education. economy solved.

EDIT: i just want to say that i am incredibly kind & eager to help to tourists who ask for directions. they're being proactive, and i support that. it's the hordes of zombies with disney shopping bags that i'm talking about.

[russhie]

• It's weird how one street has a load of 'run down' buildings/grafitti etc and the one next to it has eloquent clean buildings. Literally 10 steps from poverty you can find money.

• How low the wall is at the guggenheim towards the top floor.

• How fast everyone walks. It's like noone has anytime for anything other than getting to were they need to be.

The buildings in New York are eloquent?

[alikat]

The buildings in New York are eloquent?

YES. :mad:

[Documad]

Fuck all of you new yorkers (and new new yorkers). How are we supposed to be able to stand on a moving train in NYC when we have no public transportation where we live? Hmmm? :p

[funk63]

I hope to go to new york some day.

[hardnox71]

generally, all people's houses, all buildings and all stores smell like laundry. the streets smell like laundry too. and people do as well. i think people bathe in fabric softener.
[/LIST]

Wait until the middle of August when its 90 degrees outside and the sun is blazing down nice and hot. You will smell hot, steamy garbage wafting through the streets.

Alot of people have to put their garbage on the sidewalks for pickup because they have no alleys due to space constrictions.


edit-But that is a minor inconvenience in the whole scheme of things. I've been to New York a couple of times and I love it. Especially compared to Chicago, where I'm from. There is such a cultural diversity in New York that you just don't see anywhere else. And in the summertime, there is so much to do.

Hang in there. You'll be just fine.

[Bob]

and the tourists on the train always have a really hard time standing. like even when they're holding the fucking pole. they always go "WOAAHHHHH" and fall all over the place and laugh.

it's weird, but i don't see this very often in boston, most people seem to be pretty sturdy on the trains. maybe there just aren't as many tourists. or maybe it's just that the trains are so goddamn crowded that there's no room to fall down, it could be that, too. i swear, the green line is the fucking worst; there's like 2 hours a day in which it isn't packed to capacity. otherwise you're just shoulder to shoulder, i always find myself crammed against the door. one time the door opened when i wasn't expecting it and i fell out. that was embarrassing but at least i got back on in time.

but i remember when i first started taking the subway here i was a little wobbly. i remember when i got my balance i'd say "i have my T legs" (the subway's called the T in boston). not out loud, of course!

[Yetra Flam]

the cost of living is so fucking expensive and i hardly earn shit. i seriously don't know how people do it. people must just earn a lot more than me.

[The Notorious LOL]

people could afford New York in the 80s and 90s before it became a gentrified vaginal Disneyland shadow of its former shitty self. As crime decreases, the cost of living skyrockets.

[abbott]

I just spent 5 nights in NY, for my 10 year anniversary. What I noticed is people want to help. If I asked someone a question, 4 other people interrupted and tried to help.

[ericlee]

also funny, idiots who take pictures of the empire state building or the statue of liberty, like there arent millions of those pics available everywhere.

put yourself in the pic or something, jeeez

Are people still considered retarded if they were to go to China and take pics of the great wall and the tianman square even though there's plenty pics of those?

If so, I'd better fasten my crash helmet.

I get what you're saying. I haven't taken pics of the Empire yet. Took some of the statue cause my wife wanted to go see it. It was a big event for her. Somewhat one for me too cause when I first got here, it was my first time ever in NY.

[b i o n i c]

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