Knocking New York down to size

I used to live in New york, and this is an awful guide to that city.

Maxwell wrote:

I used to live in New york, and this is an awful guide to that city.

I feel sorry for you. New York is rude, pretentious and incredibly overrated.

Anonymous wrote:

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I feel sorry for you. New York is rude, pretentious and incredibly overrated.

Some of that is true. And why is it again that you feel sorry for me?

Don't be afraid of NYC, it's just a bigger downtown Chicago :). You can take the MTA easily from LaGuardia to Manhattan--get on the M60 bus and take it to the N train in Queens or 6 train in Harlem. Downtown for $2 instead of $40! No scarier than the Blue Line, and faster too. You're from Chicago, you can handle subways.

For a cheap stay, try Hotel 17 in the NYU area (East Village/Union Square)--shared bathrooms but cheap, clean and quaint. You'll be out walking anyway, so don't worry about small rooms.

You MUST have a knish in NYC! Street vendors are the best. Also have to try falafel and NYC hot dogs--just to say Chicago's are better ;)

Be sure to stop at Battery Park to see the Sphere from the original WTC site. Haunting & harrowing, yet tragically beautiful.

New York belongs to all Americans. It's our shared city, and even if rude and pretentious it's still yours for the taking. Go!

So I am a backpacker and plan on heading to NYC later this month. Does anyone have any real ideas for what to see? I hate shopping, and want to experience normal NY life. Any good pizza places? I never trust these travel pages, especially when they mention specific restaurants and such, because I see what recommendations they have for people visiting Chicago.

Also, why does the trib think anyone who lives here in Chicago would be scared to go to NYC?

New York is fun, but always smelled like tar from the subways.

kinda offensive, saying people in chicago would be intimated by ny. if anything, people in chicago would be more used to the size and scale than people from any other city in the us. its definitely a fun place to go, but im not sure if id follow this guide's advice all too well

Though I was born and raised on Chicago's north-side, I've got to share with you that New York, New York, the Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps is a heck of a town!
Manhattan is fabulous - no matter who you are {if you're at all interesting in architecture, great food, music, theater, fashion, parks - as in Central, and - did I mention the food}.
Staying in Mid-town, grab'n a pastrami-sandwich to go from the Carnegie Deli, walking into the park with your honey, picnicing by the fountain, walking up to the Met {Metrop;olitan Museum}, catching a play on Broadway....
Yep, it's a heck of a town.

Thought_Police wrote:

911 was an inside job.There were no planes.Watch the great truth documentaries - 911 Taboo,September Clues 2008 and many others.

Please take back Paul Hogan.

what an embarrassing article. why would anyone from chicago be afraid to visit new york? it's not much of a difference at all between the two cities, from the subways to the el.maybe it's because the author isn't really from chicago, but hinsdale. obviously, only a small-time suburban midwesterner would be afraid on nyc. geesh!

More Fibune nonsense.
What a non-story/fairy-tale.
Suggest fear and danger - when there is none.
Manhattan is safer than Chicago - folks. Gang-bangers don't live on the upper-east side, etc, etc, and they don't tolerate bums on Wall Street {bums running Wall Street's another matter}.
New York's a remarkable city and they've got a REAL daily newspaper [the NYT], not a rag like the Fibune. I cancel'd my print edition subscription yesterday. It had already gotten pretty lousy, but, the new format makes it useless. I've cut out myself as a middle-man between the presses and recyclng.

New York is at a different level than Chicago. I work in the Loop and love it. But, NYC is to Chicago what Chicago is to Cleveland.

The best thing to do in NYC is just walk through all the different areas. You will stumble upon great treasures.
Bring comfortable shoes.

poor taxpayer wrote:

Now that our New York-centered financial industry has been exposed (yet again) as a bunch of lying, scheming, hucksters in suits, let's all take our tourist bucks elsewhere. While we're at it, we should all divest ourselves as much as possible from anything traded on Wall Street.
HEY NEW YORK: GO F*** YOURSELVES!!! You've been doing it to the rest of the country long enough!

You're an aho!

geno wrote:

So I am a backpacker and plan on heading to NYC later this month. Does anyone have any real ideas for what to see? I hate shopping, and want to experience normal NY life. Any good pizza places? I never trust these travel pages, especially when they mention specific restaurants and such, because I see what recommendations they have for people visiting Chicago.
Also, why does the trib think anyone who lives here in Chicago would be scared to go to NYC?

You don't say what your interests are .. normal NY life is a little different ... Uptown, try the upper east side, or Amsterdam Ave... downtown the village can be a lot of fun .. backpacking along the hudson up in the 100's and beyond can be a nice walk .. as for pizza .. a lot more thin crust them chicago ... but at $3 a slice, spread it around!

Thought_Police wrote:

911 was an inside job.There were no planes.Watch the great truth documentaries - 911 Taboo,September Clues 2008 and many others.

you're an aho too!

Yeah, NYC is great but so is my own hometown Chicago. Save your money, explore our own rich heritage right here at home. New York is worth seeing and experiencing but by no means anything to be intimidated by.

Willie wrote:

New York is at a different level than Chicago. I work in the Loop and love it. But, NYC is to Chicago what Chicago is to Cleveland.
The best thing to do in NYC is just walk through all the different areas. You will stumble upon great treasures.
Bring comfortable shoes.

So what are you trying to say about Cleveland? My hometown may be a lot of things, but we will take on NYC any day!

:)

geno wrote:

So I am a backpacker and plan on heading to NYC later this month. Does anyone have any real ideas for what to see? I hate shopping, and want to experience normal NY life. Any good pizza places? I never trust these travel pages, especially when they mention specific restaurants and such, because I see what recommendations they have for people visiting Chicago.
Also, why does the trib think anyone who lives here in Chicago would be scared to go to NYC?

i always hang out by the lower east side. Like ave a,b,c, delaney, ludlow, etc. Lots of bars there and a good night life. U'll find what ny is all about instead of the touristy stuff.

restaurants that i would recommend would probably be too expensive for just backpacking.

just dont go to Flatbush, BK.. although for whatever reason I felt safe there.. knowing that there were no gangbangers and did not have to worry about how I should wear my hat... I love NYC and love visiting there.. I go every other month to get away from Chicago... February though.. Ill be there permanently

Anonymous wrote:

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I feel sorry for you. New York is rude, pretentious and incredibly overrated.

I don't think you have ever been to New York. Have you ever travelled outside your zip code?