In my experience most people move to New York to PRETEND they’re successful and living this decadent life of culture. Reality is they struggle, they drink alone, and eat hot dogs and cart slop 6x a week. Most boomer-rang back home in less than 5 years.
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- Manhattan/Brooklyn legit smell like piss 6 months out of the year
I lived there for 21 years, I was born & raised in Brooklyn, and I couldn’t wait to get out. Sure there’s diversity and lots of people and decent public transit, but I don’t care about any of that stuff. As soon as I bought a car there (easier said than done) I drove out west and settled in Phoenix. Cheap rent, cheap…
I drive a Mustang. My wife drives a Miata. We live in Brooklyn. We both love museums, and restaurants, and going to art galleries and plays and sitting in nice air-conditioned bars with water views, and we both love having the ability to have anything from a bottle of whiskey to a four-course meal to a roll of toilet…
Ha, they have music in New York now? People in “The Live Music Captial of the World” would like to have a word with you.
Honda element had no carpet, I believe it was so you could hose out the interior after you vomited from the color combos (although I like the black orange)
I’d put San Francisco up there in quite a few of those categories as competition. Plus people are nicer, weather is better and real beaches.
I would disagree. Yes, NYC is vibrant but you can get all of those things in many other cities at a fraction of the cost of living. My wife and I usually spend two weeks a year on vacation in NYC. Much easier and cheaper than trying to live there.
We’ve been given worse.
I also enjoy cars and driving, and wouldn’t think of living anywhere other than NYC.
It’s the perfect size. It will carry absolutely nothing 99% of the time, as anyone willing/able to shell out cash for what will likely be a re-skinned Ram 1500 with Wrangler underpinnings (I’m gonna guess a starting price of $45k) will likely be someone who buys a Jeep based on name alone, not for utility.
San Francisco laughs at your diversity claims, and your food claims too.
Culture is relative. I personally find the culture of New Orleans more appealing than New York, but that is so subjective that a pissing contest is impossible.
But yeah, for diversity, I assume you mean the Five Boroughs, because Manhattan is not…
Of course it never smells out there in God’s country. Days the farmers are spreading manure it’s like manna from heaven.
I live in NYC and my wife and I have a car with plans of looking into a second. (she drives to work and I take the train to work.) All things are possible.
Then NYC is not for you. No need to understand it. Either you do or you don’t.
Reason #2,564,879 to not live in NYC.
I agree. Enjoyable daily routine and public service or not, I’d take the money and run - far away from NYC, or any other city for that matter.
OK, naivete will show here: people want to build residential spaces in that small a plot? Jeez.