New York City

Just spent the week end in the Big Apple,what a crazy crazy city, glad i dont live there.

Did all the sights, Statue of Liberty, 911 Memorial garden, Lunch in Central Park, Fifth Avenue,Time Square, Dinner on Broadway, the list was endless.

A lot of the big stores were already for Christmas, Rockafeller christmas tree was all covered up ready for the big switch on begining of December.

If anyone is going I can recommend the Fairfield Inn and suites just round the corner from Penn Station on 33rd street between 8th and 9th.

Also if youre going and will be there on February 8th the Arctic Monkeys are playing at Madison Square Garden. Reccomended is a restaurant called Angus, food is good and not too expensive for NYC.It is directly opposite the theatre that is showing Phantom of the opera.

 

Know quite a few who have gone there all excited to visit one of the regularly spoken of best cities in the world, only to come home disapointed. Dunno if you agree with reasons why but some i've heard is it's really expensive, natives are bad mannered (really not into the British thing of being chatty and will barge you out of the way on the street to get somewhere quicker), not the most scenic of places just full of tall buildings to strain your neck to look at, and security is abit overbaring all over the place, but that is understandable after 9/11.

 

Dont go to shitholes

 

Would agree with most of that.The natives are just trying to get on with there every day lives, its definatley not a place i would want to live.

My parents are over from England so it was good to take them, They really liked it.

Security is over the top especially when going to Liberty Island, although we got asked to conseal a box in our pockets to see if security would pick it up,by a memebr of NYPD, That was fun and they discovered the box of ammo.

 

Yeah you say hello to the shopkeeper and they look at you as if to say why are you talking to me! Could be worse. You could have taken them into the deep south where alot of people are still racist and homophobic.

 

i saw all the sights too. is that strip club still open just by TGI's off times square??

 

Brilliant place but yeah it just seems all go all the time, great for sitting in a Starbucks and just watching the world go by.

I had a look the other day to see how much it would cost to go there for the new year - and guess what, I won't be going!

Anyone thinking about going - don't go in August, it's red hot when you factor in the micro-climate because of all the buildings, people and cars. But, make sure you do spend the extra and stay in the middle of Manhattan, some friends stayed in Jersey City and, while it does save you a few hundred quid, I get the impression they spent more in transport to get to Manhattan and didn't even bother going half the time they were there.

 

You could be describing London there!

 

I work in Jersey City, and yes... it is a sh1thole! However, just along the river is Hoboken which is lively and a great place! But, having been here for 18 months, I do find NY to be underwhelming. Some fantastic places within driving distance tho...

 

Hoboken is fantastic. The birtplace of Frank Sinattra

 

Not to mention Yo La Tengo (more my thing). That is one thing that I do love about NY though... pretty much every artist plays here at some stage. Violent Femmes last Thursday night rolled back the years!!

 

NYC is amazing. But if you don't like London you aren't going to like it. We had 6 nights there in 2010 for our first wedding anniversary (including Arcade Fire at Madison Square Gardens). Wandered for hours and hours. Rooftop bars, pizza in DUMBO, drinks in Hell's Kitchen, jazz in Harlem, Staten Island ferry, Yankees game, softball in Central Park, day in the Met and MoMa, Brooklyn bridge. Excited just thinking about it. And she was allowed approximately 1 hour shopping time!

But I'm same in any big city, like a giddy kid

 

I've read some rubbish about football on here before but this thread is up there with them in the main.

I can't remember coming across anyone rude in New York, ever, and I've been twice. People in the USA in general are far more courteous than in England.

It's not expensive at all, much cheaper than London. I've had two course meals with alcoholic drinks on Times Square for two people for $50 as recently as 6 weeks ago. I don't think it's any more expensive than Leeds, where I live.

It's a great place in my opinion. I appreciate it's not everyone's cup of tea, but some of the things in this thread simply aren't true, or you've been going to the wrong places.

If people are rude to you, maybe ask why...

 

Never been to NYC. Don't fancy it one bit.
Chicago's fantastic, LA's horrible but the bit in between is just amazing.