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That Manhattan is all there is to NYC. There are four other amazing boroughs that you can explore and have a great time in. I love my neighborhood (Astoria) and it's possible to live a fun, fufilling life outside of Manhattan. I was born and raised here and always associate Manhattan with going to work so when I have days off I try to stay off that island and enjoy my own neighborhood or friends' neighborhoods.
That Manhattan is all there is to NYC. There are four other amazing boroughs that you can explore and have a great time in. I love my neighborhood (Astoria) and it's possible to live a fun, fufilling life outside of Manhattan. I was born and raised here and always associate Manhattan with going to work so when I have days off I try to stay off that island and enjoy my own neighborhood or friends' neighborhoods.
That Manhattan is all there is to NYC. There are four other amazing boroughs that you can explore and have a great time in. I love my neighborhood (Astoria) and it's possible to live a fun, fufilling life outside of Manhattan. I was born and raised here and always associate Manhattan with going to work so when I have days off I try to stay off that island and enjoy my own neighborhood or friends' neighborhoods.
Really? There are other boroughs?
Kidding. Queens is great. I like Long Island City and Forest Hills. Astoria is cool too.
So true! I wanted to post this also but it slipped my mind.
That is absolutely the #1 misconception, NYC very much goes to sleep, almost everything closes except the subway and a handful of bars & clubs.
Good luck finding a store that's open at 2 am
Especially once you get out into the boroughs. The closest bodega on my old street in Brooklyn closed up for night around 10. The 24 hour one was a ways away.
I think the biggest misconception that TV always provides is that young and decent parts of NYC are for everyone.
You generally see characters in large airy 2 bedroom apartments (everyone's got that roommate) but they're working middle America jobs.
Few shows have characters working 50 hours a week to live in a 1 bedroom hellhole, recognizing it sucks and then leaving.
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