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I am born and raised in manhattan (washington heights, then chelsea) and I really used to be the proudest new yorker around. Now, at 31, i am back here after several years of living elsewhere (miami), and I really feel like it's not all that great here. I came back because the job market is better here, but the general quality of life is not great, and so overpriced (can only afford to be here because staying with family). everything crammed, dirty (phlegm and vomit on the street), and man-made (i think central park is generic and ugly). You look around and just see gray buildings...my mind can't process how someone can think it is beautiful in the middle of the city. I feel like I've learned that the best things in life really are free... like walking along the beach in december, jogging by the bay with palm trees surrounding you, and just natural beauty of the environment.
I don't get the whole day-to-day hustle mentality. Life is so short. People here are so uptight. I wish more people here could just truly be chill. Stress kills. Everyone so proud of how loud, tough, opinionated they are. Everything is not a contest. I'm opinionated, but I don't care about getting that last witty comment in.
Also, winter. What is there to do in the winter asides from drink? Watch a movie? Blah blah blah. In the summer, everything fun is overrun with too many people. For example, the highline. How is it fun to weave your way around the other 2mil people on that thing on a sunny saturday?
I'd rather be here than any small town...I am definitely a city girl. But there are so many cities that are less gentrified, have a higher quality of life, and are much more beautiful than new york. I feel like no one in manhattan is actually from here anymore, that nyc is so over-hyped, and full of people tied together by silly "NY moment" anecdotes. I'm lucky to be able to stay with my parents for a bit, and sometimes i feel selfish because i know a lot of people would love to be here in my place. but i really have a hard time seeing new york as anything other than a means to an end at this point.
On the plus side: great transportation. best food -- best pizza especially. can't think of anything else. i wish the hudson river was bluer; then, it would make the list. I guess to each their own, and I'm glad that many people do love living here, but I needed to rant as this whole facade that I made a great move is wearing thin.
It's way better than Miami though. Miami has 3 distinct advantages on NYC, the women, the weather, and the nightlife.
Dat's it!!
I think you just got tired of NyC which is cool and perfectly normal but to say Central Park is ugly, wow.
It's way better than Miami though. Miami has 3 distinct advantages on NYC, the women, the weather, and the nightlife.
Dat's it!!
I think you just got tired of NyC which is cool and perfectly normal but to say Central Park is ugly, wow.
I have been hearing lately that places such as Miami and LA are good for the average guy and progressive places like Boston, NYC, DC and SF are good for the average woman. I need to check out Miami.
Central Park is probably the most beautiful example of a landscaped green area in the world. Regents Park is a close second though it is much smaller.
Central Park is beautiful.
Prospect Park is also beautiful.
OP makes it sound like the only available things to do in NYC are in the crowded, tourist areas. This is just not the case. If tired of Central Park, why not try one of the Botanical Gardens? Your choice of the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn...
OP makes it sound like the only available things to do in NYC are in the crowded, tourist areas. This is just not the case. If tired of Central Park, why not try one of the Botanical Gardens? Your choice of the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn...
Central Park is a crowded, tourist area. If you really want to get out to nature, you need a car, and you need to drive an hour and a half north, more so with traffic. NYC is like a an over infested rat cage, where the rich can escape and live above it all in pent houses.
Thank you and sadly you will be attacked for defending New York.
City data is insane. Basically if you're a whiner then his site is for you. If you're a optimistic person who defends your grounds (as should -__-), then you are being a "troll".
Amazing lol.
But like I said previously. Once a whiner always a whiner. These same people will be whining about their new homes eventually.
If you feel I'm going to be a whiner no matter where I am, then why do you bother posting responses? I feel like there are a couple people on here that have really tried to put me down, and everyone else just gave me advice or their opinion without being nasty. I can't help but think you are just as miserable with your insistent responses. I posted about New York, not whether I'm a "whiner" or "loser"... What do you get out of repeatedly calling me that?
Central Park is a crowded, tourist area. If you really want to get out to nature, you need a car, and you need to drive an hour and a half north, more so with traffic. NYC is like a an over infested rat cage, where the rich can escape and live above it all in pent houses.
You don't need a car. I personally don't own a car. I rent occassionally, and otherwise get by without one. You can go to the beach, go hiking, go upstate, etc, without a car.
Central Park can be crowded. That's why I offered a couple other suggestions like the Botanical Gardens.
In terms of getting "out of the city", here are other suggetions:
Central Park is probably the most beautiful example of a landscaped green area in the world. Regents Park is a close second though it is much smaller.
I do not agree. I can't tell you how many times I got lost on the park because so many stretches looked exactly the same to me. I grew up by ft tryon park... Now there is a park with some character. CP= so generic
Have you ever been in LA? There's a STIGMA against people with no driver's license. Honestly, if you have no driver's license you will not get a job in places like Los Angeles or San Diego.
All over NYC there are lots of driving schools. But before you even go there, go down to DMV. Get the test booklet that prepares you to take the written test. They may even have a pdf of it online. Study it well. Go to DMV with all your documents and take the written test. Then you can sign up for driving lessons/take the 5 hour class, and then you can take the ROAD test.
Also, if hospitality jobs worked out so well for you, you wouldn't have left Miami to begin with, would you? If you want to be able to live in expensive cities you need to come up with a sustainable career plan. Perhaps you should speak to a career counselor. A fashion degree isn't going to do much for you in most places. You might consider going back to school. You don't want to age out of the hospitality sector. If you wait too long, you'll be too old to be considered for any other kind of job. And then it will be just WalMart jobs for you.
Oh I would definitely learn to drive if I were going to move to LA. Already got my DMV packet.
Hospitality was actually going really well for me in Miami, but I wanted to use my degrees while I can, so I took a chance and moved back here as jobs other than hospitality are few are far between in Miami
I do not agree. I can't tell you how many times I got lost on the park because so many stretches looked exactly the same to me. I grew up by ft tryon park... Now there is a park with some character. CP= so generic
Well maybe in places. Maybe at least part of it is to do with the stark contrast from the urban environment around it that makes it so welcoming.
Ft Tryon park is more of an example of natural beauty rather than landscaping - so a different category when it comes to beautified green spaces.
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