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Originally Posted by Baronvonellis
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.
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I was probably overbroad in my statement that EVERYTHING was covered in soot and dirt. Put it this way, the area largely considered to be the HEART of Manhattan, imo, is coverd in soot and dirt. My hotel overlooked Times Square - we stayed at the Renaissance. We walked from the Renaissance TS, Broadway, all the way over to Central Park. Then we took a cab back to the hotel then took the subway to the 911 Memorial then walked over to Wall Street. That whole area - from TS up and to Central Park and back to Wall Street was most definitely covered in soot and dirt. A thin layer but a layer nonetheless.
We spent time in Greenwich Village - it was better... and Williamsburg... better... East Village... better... Tribeca - mixed... Hells Kitchen - mixed up and leaning rough... Little Italy - rough and decaying to my surprise.... we spent time in pretty much all the neighborhoods in and around Manhattan including the boroughs... we were there 7 days (minus the one day trip upstate)... but, imo, I felt that the cleaner areas were more on the periphery... not the heart of Manhattan if you will.
Look, I think New York is great. I
could live there if I had to no doubt about it. But I would do so only if my job required it. I mean, I fit right in. If you are from Chicago you can pretty much handle any big city in the world. But is it something I want to handle year in and year out? No. Is it a place that it is cracked up to be by the media, on tv and in movies? No. Is it far dirtier, grittier and grimy, smelly and trash filled than what it is portrayed to be? Yes.
Great city. Had a good time on our trip. Would recommend in short doses. Just relaying my experiences.
I totally agree with this quote Baronvonellis...
"only if I had nice brick condo a block from Central Park and rich would I enjoy living in NYC lol."
We have a jewel in Chicago people
