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like i said, if you want to find out more about nature in nyc then find out for yourself.
what do i look like trying to prove your point? prove your own point.
and it doesn't matter if you're my mother's age, if you never left your block then you never left your block. doesn't mean that nyc doesn't have nature, because we do.
well its like 5 against one. 4 and a half sound like they've never been to nyc at all and the other sounds like he never left his stoop.
no one said that nyc had the best wildlife in the country or the best nature in the country. all i'm saying is that we have nature and wildlife.
like i said before, if you want tops in nature/wildlife/cowtipping, thats what lga and kennedy are for.
go to orbitz, book your flight round trip and fly outta here.
The biggest problem with questions of this type is:
define NYC.
Someone living in 1 of the 5 boroughs thinks it means Manhattan. Someone living in Manhattan doesn't even recognize the other boroughs.
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Are you serious? IDK how staten island rocks. But people from the other three definently dont consider manhattan to just be nyc. Why would we? Staten islanders are disconnected from just about every borough and is more rural than the others so ys might think differently
Some of this might seem frivilous but there were some things I noticed when I was a kid living in Queens:
1. No large first class amusement parks in NYC. There are some nearby, especially Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey but nothing in the city like Florida or California has.
2. No large first class aquarium in NYC. There are 5 zoos(!) but the Coney Island Aquarium is on the small side. Nothing like Sea World anyway.
3. No water parks at all. At least that I know of. Kind of suprising given the population that could support them. Instead New Yorkers drive out to Long Island or Pennsylvania.
4. No trolley cars. I seen the tracks, especially in Brooklyn but no trolley cars.
5. No downhill skiing. The highest point in the city I think is over 400'.
6. No hunting --- legal anyway.
7. Farms. Someone mentioned this but there are still a few, noteably the Queens County Farm Museum.
8. Auto Racing. No racetracks, although years ago there used to be. There was a horrible proposal to build one around one of the lakes in Flushing Meadows but it got shot down.
9. No Indian Reservations.... which brings us to
10. No casinos. There are proposals to put one at Aqueduct Racetrack but not so far. However, I think there is gambling at Yonkers Raceway, which is right on The Bronx and Westchester County line.
Take a trip outta the city and see what this great nation has to offer.
USA >>>>>>>> NYC
I consider NYC to have the "amalgam." To those less versed in the English language, it means, roughly, "mashed together" quality.
As a result it doesn't have a real anything.
Nature? If you consider parks and sculpted landscapes "nature", sure. Mountains? Nope. Killer views which have a balance of urban AND nature? Nope. Wildlife beyond the random pidgeon, squirrel, and falcon? Nope.
Don't even TRY to compare nature, you're looking like a fool. Just go to the Grand Canyon and see for yourself what NYC is lacking.
Is it a great city to visit? Sure. Does it have a lot of good qualities, sure. But is it "all that"? As a person who's been to London and Tokyo... it's getting there ;-)
There is no connection to nature in New York City. I remember visiting New Mexico as an adult and wishing that I had the opportunity to go camping and riding a horse when younger like many kids growing up there have. I mean really camping in the wilderness, not going to a "camp." I think that closeness to the land gives a balance to life that is often missing in NYC. I love New York but the emphasis it places on acquiring all things man-made can be unhealthy. The ability to drive out of the city and really be in open country is something we cannot do here.
I'm not understanding you...are there cement barriers surrounding New York City?
The Hamptons, Connecticut, Upstate New York (Westchester). My brother lives in Manhattan and New York City metro "country" is some of the most beautiful county areas I've ever seen! The only people who think NYC doesn't have nature seem to carless transplants who never set foot out of Manhattan.
The Hamptons is just amazing. It's like a picturesque rural farm town on the beach that is sprinkled with glamorous Hollywood glitter
Ah, so a couple hundred dollar plane ticket instead of a 30 minute drive is the way to see nature. Got it . Been doing it wrong all these years I guess.
40 minutes from Manhattan:
If this is not nature, then what the hell is?
This is as much nature as a sane person could ever wish for. Anything else , I might as well move to the jungle in Africa or South America.
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. Been doing it wrong all these years I guess.
