Why Do People Love New York?: The Pros and Cons of Living in NYC

The Purposely Lost ^ | 12/10/22 | Lyndsay

[DallasBiff]

Although there’s no shortage of things to do or sights to see in this American melting pot, living in New York City isn’t always as glamorous as it sounds.

Why do people love NYC?

Yes, New York is expensive. Yes, it can be challenging to find affordable housing. Yes, some elements of city life are difficult.

But those challenges pale in comparison to the benefits.

In New York, you can meet new people every day. You can discover new places to eat, drink and shop. You can explore your creativity.

Writing your novel, designing your website, building a business—it all feels attainable here.

[DallasBiff]

.Well todays New York is not Frank Sinatra's, New York.

[EvilCapitalist]

This broad has to be kidding. I think New York City is a sh!t hole.

[lesko]

Dumbass sitcoms

[Thunder90]

Chiraq (Chicago) isn’t any better.

[BigFreakinToad]

you can keep it lady. I wouldn’t drop a good Texas turd in NYC

[Dr. Sivana]

You can explore your creativity.

Writing your novel, designing your website, building a business—it all feels attainable here.

I thought the best place to write your novel was in an empty hotel in the mountains of Colorado.

New York State (and therefore New York City) is teh most business hostile area in the country. Even Amazon isn't immune.

The main things you need to build your website is suitable PC, a fast and reliable Internet connection, and access to food, drink, and sleep. You don't need to go to New York for that.

Some people are energized by having a lot of other people around. Others find it irritating and suffocating. Rush Limbaugh liked New York because if you have enough money, you can get anything delivered to you. That was also true in Nero Wolfe's New York. Most people don't have that kind of money.

[gov_bean_ counter]

For the same reason some people love serial killers…

[PGR88]

Had to visit NY City several times for a job over the summer. Was mostly in Hell’s Kitchen area.

Especially at night, one could find a rat wherever one looked. Rats were literally everywhere on the street and sidewalks.

[frank ballenger]

Rush said before he moved out of NYC:
Everybody tries to justify living in New York and putting up with the gridlock, the overcrowding, the derelicts approaching you on the streets, the constant crime, the ridiculously high prices on everything including apartments and they’ll try to tell you they like the culture and the museums and the concerts. It’s a lie. They are enduring living here for the money and the power. That’s all.

[SamAdams76]

I've been working in midtown Manhattan for ten years now and the place has rather grown on me.

I know NYC has it's haters (usually people who have not spent a significant amount of time here and/or rely on what they see on the media).

For me, it's been a pretty safe place. You mind your own business (interpreted by out of towners as rude) and you likely won't have any issues.

It's a great walking city. Lots of parks (besides the big one at Central Park). Lot's to see, eat, and drink.

Don't need a car here. In fact, I have never brought my car into the city even once. I park at the commuter rail station in Connecticut and once I'm here, I get around all areas pretty quickly. If I lived here, I would definitely not bother with a car.

It is super expensive. You will need a lot of money to live here. I have best of both worlds. I get to work here and make the big money and then go home to my suburban CT town, where prices are much more reasonable (still higher than national average).

Also, you would be surprised, that I don't get flack for being a conservative and supporting Trump. Nobody really cares, really. Sure, the residents here vote overwhelmingly for the Democrats but it's not like they walk down the street asking you who you voted for or how you feel on the political questions of the day. They just don't care. They are minding their own business.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Yep, people talk about the opera, the theater, the ballet, world class museums, and Thai restaurants. Those are supposed to be key attractions of NYC.

[dfwgator]

I thought the best place to write your novel was in an empty hotel in the mountains of Colorado.

[Sirius Lee]

I remember Giuliani's New York, and it was a magical place. My brother lived on the corner of 42nd and the Henry Hudson and I would drive up from D.C. or down from CT to visit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU Rhapsody in Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MvqRvxbRoE Manhattan Serenade

[Terry L Smith]

it USED TO BE an exciting place, in the 1960s and 1970s.

After that, it went down. I lived in a commuter bedroom town.

It was fun to go to mostly Manhattan.

[PGR88]

In New York, you can meet new people every day.

You can meet new people every day -- who all have exactly the same post-modern, woke outlook and opinions. IMHO, NY City is the most group-think place on earth. I've seen more diversity of opinion and openness to different ideas in Islamic schools in Egypt than one sees among NY City hipsters.

[Jim W N]

They just don't care. They are minding their own business.

...and having fun doing it. I love NYC, but I'm a city kind of guy.

When is the best time in NYC weather-wise - not humid but not freezing cold? Whenever that is, I'd love to be in NYC - Manhattan - if I was rich enough.

[Alberta's Child]

It sounds as if you like NYC because you fit into a very narrow band of people who can experience it on your own terms.

A former Wall Street executive described his company’s London office that way. He said (I’m paraphrasing): “It was much better to travel to our London office than to work there, because you get to experience the delusional, fairytale version of London when you’re traveling on a $1,500 per diem company expense account.”

[mass55th]

They're retarded. I was born and raised in Rochester, NY. That city went to $hit because of Democrats. Been living in Oneida County (Red County) for the past 50+ years. Visited NY City as a kid with my parents. My Dad worked for the NY Central R.R., and we could ride the train for free. Took my kids on the train when they were young, and spent a few days in NY, visiting the museums, and stores. As a Correctional Officer, I had to go to NY City a few times to escort convicts for court hearings or wakes. Those were overnight trips, and we were put-up in a hotel. On one of those trips, my partner and I were almost T-boned by a truck barreling through the intersection illegally. Thankfully "Red" had quick reflexes, and saved us from being killed or seriously injured. "Red" was an awesome guy, Navy vet, who had also been a lumber jack in his life. He also liked to jump from planes with his son, who was also an officer. On his last jump, "Red" left the plane, but his parachute never opened. His son watched him fall to earth. They figure he'd had a heart attack or aneurysm, and that he was already dead before he hit the ground. RIP "Red."

One year I took my youngest son who was probably 18 at the time, to see the Knicks play the Orlando Magic as Madison Square Garden. We got there a day early, and I wanted to visit Ellis Island, which is where my father, his two brothers, and my grandparents had come through in 1913, from Holland. We got on the subway, and it wasn't two stops before the system shut down. We were stalled on the tracks, it was hot and humid, and everyone had to get off the car, and head up to the street. I ended up paying for a taxi to get me to the port, in order to catch the ferry to Ellis Island.

My first impressions of NYC, every time I have had to go there, is the strong smell of urine, and gasoline fumes. One time, while I was still working, I took the train, and met a friend in the city to visit the museums. The first thing we saw when he walked out of our hotel was some derelict with a big hole in the front of his pants, and you could see his dick and balls. This had to be at least 23 years ago, because I retired in 2003. That crap was tolerated even back then.

[ansel12]

Don’t you do any adult reading at all?

Do you live in a complete bubble of fluff?

[Jonty30]

I wonder how much money the city paid her to fluff up New York?