OK, so what if I _didn't_ go in all bummy and...

[loratliff]

Originally Posted by msalama

Well, one hears such (overblown) horror stories about NYC and (the less than savoury contingent of) its inhabitants killing each other all the time that it just makes one a bit wary, that's all. Ach, the h*ll with it, maybe I should just bury this topic and go there to see if I can get my butt shot to Swiss cheese, no?

WTH? "...its inhabitants killing each other all the time"???

Dude, you seem to have this preconceived notion that we're all savages out to destroy each other.

I'm a 20-something white female and have walked through some pretty unsavory neighborhoods in this city by your standards, and haven't received so much as a sideways glance. Just mind your own business. If you want people to hang out with, you should travel with friends and not impose on people who live here.

[msalama]

Ok then. My 1st post regarding this was indeed a masterpiece of stupid, granted, but now that I tried to reformulate the BS into "how people make friends in NYC" I'm getting told I'm a bummy creep trying to seduce gangstas with takeaway Chinese Sod it, I just gotta stay here in Europe then, in order to avoid myself getting shot by YOU Citydataeans in the unfortunate case of darkening your beautiful shores with my odious presence, no?

But thanks for the chat regardless. Take care now, folks, and don't do what I wouldn't - and that includes buying Chinese to Crips in Bronx I suppose...

PS. A "carryout" as in a carryout of Budweiser, natch.

[Vic Future]

Originally Posted by msalama

Ok then. My 1st post regarding this was indeed a masterpiece of stupid, granted, but now that I tried to reformulate the BS into "how people make friends in NYC" I'm getting told I'm a bummy creep trying to seduce gangstas with takeaway Chinese Sod it, I just gotta stay here in Europe then, in order to avoid myself getting shot by YOU Citydataeans in the unfortunate case of darkening your beautiful shores with my odious presence, no?

But thanks for the chat regardless. Take care now, folks, and don't do what I wouldn't - and that includes buying Chinese to Crips in Bronx I suppose...

PS. A "carryout" as in a carryout of Budweiser, natch.

tee hee, that was me....

PPS: you're goona get stabbed AND your beer taken.

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[Lagwagon113]

Originally Posted by loratliff

This.

I don't understand why you think making friends and meeting people here is any different than anywhere else.

Major fail on my part. It can be hard to tell sometimes on the "internets".

To the OP NYC is fairly safe and I wouldn't give up. I'm just not sure why you are so intent on going to the rough parts of town and hanging out with the thugs. In order to do that you'd need to have some understanding of their culture as I stated earlier.

I've hung out with what people might consider thugs before but I always had a close friend with me who was "in" with them so to speak. Even then they cracked jokes like calling me an undercover cop lol because I'm white and dorky I guess. So I can just imagine what a solo foreigner would experience.

Why don't you stick to the bars in the good part of town first and work your way up?