Do You Visit Other Boroughs? (living, airports, reverse commute)

[Moderate Guy]

I'm constantly going back and forth between Queens and Manhattan. I live and work in Manhattan but consider Queens to be my favorite borough of the five. Thus I go there a lot. I also visit friends and relatives there but sometimes hang by myself. In an ideal world I would live in Queens and have an apartment in Manhattan as an ofice and pied-a-terre.

[SilkCity0416]

I like to take pictures once in the blue, so I'll head to Manhattan, Brooklyn, or The Bronx. Usually, I'm in Queens. I haven't been to Staten Island in a while, maybe since January.

[Tumbler13]

I go to Manhattan at least once a week for all sorts of different reasons-- shopping, eating out, meeting up with friends, just to walk around, etc. Also, my best friend lives in Brooklyn, so I go there to visit him every few weeks. It's a long trek, over an hour and a half door to door.

Back when I lived on Long Island, I used to go through Queens every day on the LIRR. Nowadays, I rarely go there. Staten Island, I've only been to once, and that was just passing through to get to Jersey.

[Fred314X]

I visit all five boroughs...why not? NYC is my hometown! Not as often as I might like, but I do eventually get around to it.

[neonwattagelimit]

I've visited every borough at some point or another, most for both work and play. I live in Staten Island, and I've lived, worked, and gone to school in Manhattan at varying times. I've also worked in Brooklyn. I've gone to Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens to: visit friends and/or girlfriends, spend a night out, go to Mets games, go to concerts, wander around, go to a museum or a movie or a party or whatever...so yeah. I go to the other boroughs a lot, and always have.

With the exception, that is, of the Bronx. I've set foot in the Bronx twice in my entire life. I plan on doing a Bronx tour with some friends someday in the next few months to rectify this situation.

[TheMachineStops]

I make sure to take my passport if I leave Manhattan.

[jax78]

Originally Posted by Motion

I was just curious to know if New Yorkers usually stay in their borough or is it that you rarelly leave yours unless it's for job or family reasons? Is the city too big to just travel around just for the heck of it? Is there a borough you've never visited?

I have only driven through Staten Island. There just was a never a reason for me to go there. I live and work in Queens, but I go to Manhattan often. Bronx and Brooklyn sometimes.

[rs1]

In 6+ years of living in Manhattan, I only go to the other boroughs maybe 2 times a year (excluding trips to the airports). Not something I'm proud of, but I just rarely have cause to leave Manhattan. I think a decent number of Manhattanites would say the same.

[Motion]

Originally Posted by rs1

In 6+ years of living in Manhattan, I only go to the other boroughs maybe 2 times a year (excluding trips to the airports). Not something I'm proud of, but I just rarely have cause to leave Manhattan. I think a decent number of Manhattanites would say the same.

I guess Manhattan has everything you need? I remember reading somewhere else where a Bronx person was saying that they rarely left the Bronx because the Bronx had everything that you can find in the other boroughs.

[Fred314X]

Originally Posted by Motion

I guess Manhattan has everything you need? I remember reading somewhere else where a Bronx person was saying that they rarely left the Bronx because the Bronx had everything that you can find in the other boroughs.

Brooklyn is in the house, too! Just as true on this side of the East River.