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Originally posted by malek People in general are friggin rude there, I've been there a few times and this is what hits me the most. Not the traffic (it does get crazy in the middle of the week) Not the crowdiness Not the dirtiness Just the fucking people that stare at you when you say "have a nice day" or "thank you" or "sorry", as if you just landed from Mars. As soon as you're 30-40 miles away, people become much nicer, by magic

I've been reading a travel book recently where the writer spent a few weeks in New York and noted people in diners saying things like 'Jesus Christ, I haven't even looked at the menu yet, would ya gimme a minute?' when the waiter came over to take their order.

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when i first moved here - the only thing i really knew was my train and i take it for an hour.. so i know it pretty much from the beginning of the line till mid town.

Some older women, 50's or so.. were looking at these new trains that show where it's going to stop. One of them read 5th ave 59st... when we were clearly going over the Manhattan Bridge towards Brooklyn and thought that it was 5th ave in Manhattan.

She starts talking about how 'that's where Tiffany's is' and how they'll get off there. NO ONE SAID ANYTHING TO THEM! I was like - excuse me, that's 59st in Brooklyn. They were so thankful and they weren't even near me.

these ppl were gonna get off in some - not a bad area but come on .. compared to 5th ave in the city lmfao

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it's not that people intend to be rude they just can't be bothered with strangers. there are just too many people for you to possibly care about plus this is a me me me city.

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

I like Chicago.

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I really liked NYC when I went there. Of course, I'm also from Ohio.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid One of the only (if not the only) cities in the world to have a 24 hour running subway system has underdeveloped public transportation? Sawweeeeeeeet.

i envy..cant remember how many drunken nights me and my friends have had to call a cab because of the sky train shutting down at 1 am..and then dashing from the cab because we never had money to pay em,

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Originally posted by MeLLyMeL omg u sound like me!!!!!!! It took me 1 year before i started liking it up here. Now this April I will make 3 years here! I can't believe it. Put myself back into school and I think after I am done with it - I will move back home.. not home home.. miami.. or somewhere new.

maybe because i am you


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I find it hard to believe someone had a bad food experience in NYC. It's the food mecca of USA. This can only happen if you picked a place that is devoid of people (very hard in NYC) and it also sells candy and cigarettes in the front and pandas in the back. Even the street vendors make good food.

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Originally posted by Scottaculous I find it hard to believe someone had a bad food experience in NYC. It's the food mecca of USA. This can only happen if you picked a place that is devoid of people (very hard in NYC) and it also sells candy and cigarettes in the front and pandas in the back. Even the street vendors make good food.

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i've been to NYC a couple of times, and enjoyed it everytime. if i retire, i would just be a homeless man and walk throughout the 60+ blocks of central park everyday to look at the scenery and people and go to the mini zoo. the food is excellent (restaurants and street vendors). as for people's manners, i say meh. i really don't take too much offense if someone is staring at me or doesn't return a "you're welcome" when i say "thank you". i have learned not to expect anything in return when you give something. yes odd, but meh.

as for walking around nyc in the middle of the night. hell i was walking around at 1 am by myself, and i didn't have any problems.

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Originally posted by Domesticated I wasn't talking to you, spastic.

yes - sorry i reread it. good day to you sir.

Last edited by trunks1022 on Oct-14-2009 at 15:16

sounds like a lot of bitching and moaning

either step your game up and find out what to do and how NOT be a tourist or be a tourist, pay the money, take your pictures and keep it moving.

plain and simple

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