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One person calls NYC living, as "Brutal." Another calls it, "Hell on Earth."
I have lived here most of life, and sure, it is not for the faint of heart, but I would not go to those extremes.
Only if you have lived here, or live here now, what is your take on this?
Born and raised in NYC and now living in CT and the one of the things I miss about NYC are New Yorkers ! I don't miss the parking and the traffic but real Born and Raised New Yorkers are a different breed I amonly now an Hour away from NYC but sometimes feel like hundred of miles away
One person calls NYC living, as "Brutal." Another calls it, "Hell on Earth."
I have lived here most of life, and sure, it is not for the faint of heart, but I would not go to those extremes.
Only if you have lived here, or live here now, what is your take on this?
Those statements, in my opinion, are ridiculous. Extremely dramatic.
New York City is a very competitive city that offers challenges that no other city does--at least in the United States. Rent is high, car usage is low, walking to and from is a must, and there is a risk of higher crime and interaction with sketchy-to unavoidable stranger interaction at times on the street and in public.
I think it is certainly a city that brings out certain emotions in people more strongly, due to the challenges the city offers. However, on the flip side, people move here and live here due to the amazingness a city like this can offer people.
There's always a choice to move away. I consider it myself on occasion, but I don't think I would be as happy living anywhere else right now in my life.
The way I describe it is that it's a constant struggle for limited resources. Parking, seat on the train, waiting in line. There are good things about NYC, however they are outweighed by the bad. I was born and raised here and the 70's, 80's, and 90's were brutal.
But, I was here in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and I have survived? Sure, I have had to work very hard for what I have achieved, but I would not call it "brutal" or "hell in earth'' ? My take on this is that NYC prepares you to face the world head on......it makes you very strong mentally, physically, and in every way, some people can take, others cannot.....
NYC is the best city in the world if you are super rich. If you are working class poor NYC is not for you.. your money will not go very far between the cost of housing and taxes.. same with California especially San Fran.
Born and raised in NYC and now living in CT and the one of the things I miss about NYC are New Yorkers ! I don't miss the parking and the traffic but real Born and Raised New Yorkers are a different breed I amonly now an Hour away from NYC but sometimes feel like hundred of miles away
I have travelled abroad, and throughout 49 states, and came close to moving to San Diego, California, "Americas Finest City," for good, lived there for a while, and missed NYC and New Yorkers immensely. People there were so different than here, and their thought process was so pathetic, that I could not stand it.
But, I was here in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and I have survived? Sure, I have had to work very hard for what I have achieved, but I would not call it "brutal" or "hell in earth'' ? My take on this is that NYC prepares you to face the world head on......it makes you very strong mentally, physically, and in every way, some people can take, others cannot.....
Yea, I survived too. And if just surviving is what you believe to be a good quality of life, God bless you. Packing so many people into such a small area, living in a high crime environment, paying an exorbitant amount of cash for a shoe box of an apartment, inhaling noxious fumes on a daily basis, not having exposure to the natural world, dealing with knuckleheads, in my humble opinion is not a good quality of life.
You see, what happens is that the abnormal becomes normal if you stay in that environment and can't imagine going anywhere else. Believe it or not there is a better quality of life outside of NYC, and it's not that far outside of NYC.
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