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Hi everyone, i'm new to this forum and would like to see myself relocated next year sometime. I have spent most my days growing up in the midwest near Kansas City. NYC has been on my mind for years, and my first trip will be next month. Very excited! So my question is what is the typical day in the life of someone living in NYC? It will be a total culture shock for me im sure, but im completely ready for it!
thanks
Hi everyone, i'm new to this forum and would like to see myself relocated next year sometime. I have spent most my days growing up in the midwest near Kansas City. NYC has been on my mind for years, and my first trip will be next month. Very excited! So my question is what is the typical day in the life of someone living in NYC? It will be a total culture shock for me im sure, but im completely ready for it!
thanks
No offense, but these kind of topics are hilarious to me. What do you think we do? Honestly, we do the same things that anyone else living virtually anywhere else in the U.S. does–we grocery shop, we eat out, we go to work, we watch T.V., we read, we walk our dogs, we go on dates, etc., etc.
The whole idea of New Yorker has a separate species is comical to me. I often feel like I'm living in a human terrarium when I walk down Bleecker Street near my apartment and have tourists in the big double-decker busses taking photos of nothing more than old walk-up tenements and shops.
No offense, but these kind of topics are hilarious to me. What do you think we do? Honestly, we do the same things that anyone else living virtually anywhere else in the U.S. does–we grocery shop, we eat out, we go to work, we watch T.V., we read, we walk our dogs, we go on dates, etc., etc.
The whole idea of New Yorker has a separate species is comical to me. I often feel like I'm living in a human terrarium when I walk down Bleecker Street near my apartment and have tourists in the big double-decker busses taking photos of nothing more than old walk-up tenements and shops.
I know what you mean. But to be a bit fair, most people who don't live on the East coast have ever seen buildings this old. A coworker was visiting from Denver a few years ago and was fascinated by the old buildings. Everything around her is about 50 years old or younger. Even the 'old' buildings are usually only 100 or so.
Why do you think you want to live in NYC if you have never been there? It's cold, you have to walk a lot and use public transportation, work days can be very long. This is not the paradise TV shows and movies depict it to be. People don't go shopping all the time, don't eat out at well known restaurants every day, apartments are very small, etc. Normal life just like everyone else.
Let's see- normal work day: wake up at 7am, shower & dress, leave for work by 8:15. Spend 30-35 minutes riding a bus exactly 2 miles to my office, work until 7-8pm (no lunch "hour", just 5-10 minutes to run across the street and spend $10-13 on a salad and a diet coke). Decide to walk home for exercise. Arrive home (which is a 275sf "studio" apartment I pay $1500/mo to rent), spend $50 picking up a few work clothes items at the dry cleaners, nibble on cheese & crackers for dinner because my grocery budget is $40/wk, watch local news, go to bed.
"Typical" Saturday- wake up, go for walk (Maybe in Central Park if weather is good and I feel like schlepping over there), run errands/do housework, meet friends for dinner at a medium-nice restaurant ($60, including 1 drink), go out for drinks (3 beers = $25), and take a cab home ($15).
I know what you mean. But to be a bit fair, most people who don't live on the East coast have ever seen buildings this old. A coworker was visiting from Denver a few years ago and was fascinated by the old buildings. Everything around her is about 50 years old or younger. Even the 'old' buildings are usually only 100 or so.
Agreed. Also to be fair it's a culture shock for most people coming to NYC. They never saw so many tall buildings and people so close together.
It will be the same way if any New Yorkers went to a farm in the middle of the country with barely any civilization for miles on end.
New York City is a great city, but IMO it's better to visit here once in a while then live. The cost of living is not worth the benefits.
Thanks for all the replies.. and to answer any questions about why i would want to come to NYC. It just seems like a big change, and that is exactly what I am looking for in my life.. Like really, can you imagine living in a small Missouri town your whole life? It can get kind of depressing if you are wanting more out of life.
Thanks for all the replies.. and to answer any questions about why i would want to come to NYC. It just seems like a big change, and that is exactly what I am looking for in my life.. Like really, can you imagine living in a small Missouri town your whole life? It can get kind of depressing if you are wanting more out of life.
Well it is smart that you are just not packing up and "aimlessly" moving to NYC- Definitely come in for a "few" visits before you decide if the move will really be for you-
I am sure you are anxiously waiting for your trip! thats great- Hope you enjoy your vacation here- Venture out and explore!!!
There is nothing wrong with just packing up and "aimlessly" moving to NYC. Those kinds of things are what life is all about..and so long as you set your expectations appropriately (you should not believe you will be living in a 2,000 sf loft in Tribeca, and have your dream job earning $250,000 within a month), and do your homework/research, then you should just have fun, enjoy the ride. And if you absolutely hate it you can simply leave.
Don't let people scare you into not doing something you want to do. Americans in general are afraid of everything and anything, and they let their fear control them. So long as you have reasonable expectations and do your research, I say go for it and give it a shot.
Last edited by SobroGuy; 10-28-2010 at 07:54 AM..
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