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Originally Posted by Halsted & Villagio
^ Lol. True. Except maybe the part about "perception" and media hype not equating to reality. On tv we see a cleaned up version of NYC. My views expressed are mainly those of the group I went there with. I already pretty much knew what it was like from my business trips... although I saw more of the place this time around. But back to my group... they had a view of NYC being somewhat clean and definitely at least landscaped... and they had no idea about the broken sidewalks, broken up streets, wall to wall tourists, the level of the noise and layers of dirt and soot. Those are things rarely talked about today and you definitely don't see it today on tv or in the movies.
And the part about Chicago feeling taller is an interesting take that my group had... and it is something rarely discussed as well.
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Hmm, I went for 5 days to NYC about this time last year. I don't remember seeing everything covered in soot and dirt. I'm not sure what you mean. I mean the subway stations and parks aren't scrubbed with bleach everyday like some uber-clean German Train station, but it seemed fairly normal amount of dust for a big city when I was there. And they don't have alleys so trash is going to be on the sidewalk, they can't get around that. That's the benefit of Chicago alley system.
Otherwise, being crowded with tourists and noisy is pretty much the cliche of Manhattan to me. Did you go to Williamsburg? I enjoyed it there alot. Or Greenwich Village? That area seemed really quiet, and similar to Lincoln Park. But I agree the intensity of the city was enough for 5 days, but I couldn't image living there with the crush of people everyday. Only if I had nice brick condo a block from Central Park and rich would I enjoy living in NYC lol.