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I'm no Picasso

Joined: 28 Oct 2008

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: Re: Need some tips on traveling to NYC

bucheon bum wrote:

moosehead wrote:

the Lower East Side - yes, there are a lot of artists who live there and street art is around - but it's virtually everywhere in nyc - one just has to open one's eyes to it - that's what's so great about it - but again - to tell someone to go to the LES w/o specific directions - that's just plain arrogant - but then - so are most of the suburbanites who flock into Manhattan just to hang out and rag on it but never stick around long enough to understand the city and the people who make it work.

Why don't you just admit you haven't been to NYC in ages?

And that as well. The LES, from what I understand, stopped being an artists' slum five years before I even got there....

I'm no Picasso

Joined: 28 Oct 2008

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:14 am Post subject:

pkang0202 wrote:

I'll be staying in NYC for 3 days, 2 nights.

Day 1:
Sightsee the major tourist attractions

Night 1: Rest in the Hotel

Day 2:
Shopping, sightseeing popular stores
Night 2: See a broadway musical

Day 3:
Wake up early and go to the airport.

I don't mind paying a little extra money in order to get a place in Manhattan if it means I don't have to worry about transportation.

It will be far more convenient. You'll be exhausted enough without facing a commute at the end of every day. Hope you have a great time. NYC is a truly fantastic city.

MikeGrey

Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Incheon

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:11 am Post subject: Re: Need some tips on traveling to NYC

bucheon bum wrote:

moosehead wrote:

wow - there are so many - hmm - errors here -

Well you do have that right.

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once more, hostels in nyc are NOT a good idea - I've known people who stayed there and said they were dirty, scary and difficult to rest in - think about it - cheap housing in one of the most expensive cities in the world - who is it going to attract? be safe, be secure - stay in a hotel - there really are less expensive ones around, if you check.

As someone who has actually stayed in hostels in NYC, I can vouch that they are as safe as any other city in the world. There are crappy ones and decent ones.

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Manhattan is NOT all expensive -there's plenty of great things to do and see, as well as to eat, for reasonable prices - cheap even - if you know where to go - as the locals do (like me)

Well to some degree, yes. Cheap food in Chinatown. Food vendors are cheap. Obviously the Met can be done for free and parks obviously don't cost anything. Staten Island Ferry=free way to see NY harbor.

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Brooklyn is NOT for the faint of heart - especially after dark - and since it closes down virtually all over around 8 p.m. - not a good recommendation unless someone is accompanying the person and they know exactly where they are and where they are going - Brooklyn Heights is a neighborhood - where a person might find good views is something one might have difficulty with finding upon first arrival - and one can just walk across the Brooklyn Bridge for that matter - but again, it's pretty difficult when one doesn't know one's way around.

Now this is where you really go off the deep end. Two other people have corrected you in your gross generalization.

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Why don't you just admit you haven't been to NYC in ages?

Actually the last I heard the Met was thinking, or already has, started to charge people. Sucks

If he'd been to manhattan in the past few years he would know that everything has been gentrified, and manhattan is full of nothing but "yuppies" whatever yuppies are supposed to mean nowadays.

Little Italy is a block long now. Chinatown is slowly disintegrating.

Oy. When was the last time you think this guy was in New York? The 1980's after watching the movie Wall Street?

MikeGrey

Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Incheon

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:17 am Post subject: Re: Need some tips on traveling to NYC

I'm no Picasso wrote:

bucheon bum wrote:

moosehead wrote:

Why don't you just admit you haven't been to NYC in ages?

And that as well. The LES, from what I understand, stopped being an artists' slum five years before I even got there....

Everything stopped having a personalities in manhattan in the 90's.

Sure crime is down, but you can't see lou reed passed out on junk in the bowery anymore. psssh. have to go to one of the boroughs the for that.

MikeGrey

Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Incheon

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:20 am Post subject:

pkang0202 wrote:

I'd suggest midtown for shopping, or SoHo. Soho is less crowded, but might be more expensive than midtown. The famous macy's is a block from penn station in midtown. Almost every train stops there. Check out the NFT maps i linked to if you need em.

I'm no Picasso

Joined: 28 Oct 2008

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:08 am Post subject:

MikeGrey wrote:

pkang0202 wrote:

SoHo, definitely. Of course I don't have a scrap of clothing that cost more than thirty bucks, so I don't know about the prices or what's available, but walking around SoHo and looking into the shops.... far superior atmosphere. Plus, you can see a film at the Angelika after.

I'm no Picasso

Joined: 28 Oct 2008

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:11 am Post subject:

Oh -- and be forewarned that every single time I have ever taken anyone to the Empire State Building, the observation deck has been closed. Especially in winter. And they don't always tell you this at the ground floor, so be sure to ask. You can still get a nice view from inside the gift shop at the top, but it's usually pretty crowded and, in my opinion, really not worth the money/time wasted standing in line.

bucheon bum

Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Need some tips on traveling to NYC

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