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Wow, do I miss New York...

calveless wonder

calveless wonder

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..and i've decided i'm moving back up here in 1-2 years.

My weekend get away to NYC then the hamptons made me really realize how much i miss the city, especially in the summertime. There really is no other place like it, anywhere. Fuck florida...ideal situation is a house up north w. a vacation spot in miami.

normal, real people(this is the biggest thing)....
tough/strong headed girls
always something to do
great public transportation
just an amazing vibe, that i completey forget about

i was driving into Soho after i flew into Newark and it hit me all of a sudden.

you ever go to a city and your personality changes? when i'm here or in NJ, i'm more warm, friendly, real..because i can relate to everyone i guess.

now if i can only get past the $2500 a month for a 500 sq foot studio in Manhatten...
 
NY always had the opposite effect on me. Pretty much why I bolted the day I graduated high school and never looked back. My current company could offer to double my salary and I still wouldn't go back.

Kinda interesting how subjective that all is.

Don't get me wrong...I spent 12 years of my life between various places in Manhattan and Long Island and a part of me will always have a connection to the area. It's just where you go back and think "home," I lived there 12 years and never got that feeling. I guess I'm a closet hick lololololol
 
nefertiti said:
NY always had the opposite effect on me. Pretty much why I bolted the day I graduated high school and never looked back. My current company could offer to double my salary and I still wouldn't go back.

Kinda interesting how subjective that all is.

Don't get me wrong...I spent 12 years of my life between various places in Manhattan and Long Island and a part of me will always have a connection to the area. It's just where you go back and think "home," I lived there 12 years and never got that feeling. I guess I'm a closet hick lololololol
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interesting. well, long island is one thing. i'm not a huge fan of long island, although we have alot of family out here (aside from the hamptons, and even then...i can only tolerate it for a weekend or so)

but as far as manhattan goes, it's just so...me. i'm a city boy, even when i lived in the suburbs, and i was raised on the manhattan mentality/style.
one of my favorite times in my life when i was working right by wall street for my brother in law's subprime bank, taking the train in everyday, eating and going out for drinks afterwards.. the whole everyday experience and routine was just awesome

took me a few years away to really realize though

yes you must be a closet hick lol
 
calveless wonder said:
interesting. well, long island is one thing. i'm not a huge fan of long island, although we have alot of family out here (aside from the hamptons, and even then...i can only tolerate it for a weekend or so)

but as far as manhattan goes, it's just so...me. i'm a city boy, even when i lived in the suburbs, and i was raised on the manhattan mentality/style.
one of my favorite times in my life when i was working right by wall street for my brother in law's subprime bank, taking the train in everyday, eating and going out for drinks afterwards.. the whole everyday experience and routine was just awesome

took me a few years away to really realize though

yes you must be a closet hick lol
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I'm just too laid back for city life. And too active. And too friendly.

I need easy (daily) access to outdoor activities, I need trees and grass, and stars. When I was a kid in manhattan I practically lived in central park. My favorite thing to do there was climb the rocks. They don't quite cut it for me anymore lol. I also can't deal with the crowds...I need my personal space. Biggest thing, though, is I'm the kind of person who smiles and says hi, looks someone directly in the eye, says excuse me, please, and thank you. Sir and Ma'am. I was raised on southern manners and from years of experience I can say that plus my preference for fresh non piss smelling air and a slower pace of life made for a bad match between me and Manhattan.

But yeah, I'm still kind of a hick. :qt:
 
nefertiti said:
I'm just too laid back for city life. And too active. And too friendly.

I need easy (daily) access to outdoor activities, I need trees and grass, and stars. When I was a kid in manhattan I practically lived in central park. My favorite thing to do there was climb the rocks. They don't quite cut it for me anymore lol. I also can't deal with the crowds...I need my personal space. Biggest thing, though, is I'm the kind of person who smiles and says hi, looks someone directly in the eye, says excuse me, please, and thank you. Sir and Ma'am. I was raised on southern manners and from years of experience I can say that plus my preference for fresh non piss smelling air and a slower pace of life made for a bad match between me and Manhattan.

But yeah, I'm still kind of a hick. :qt:
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see....i think that's bullshit. the whole NYC isn't friendly thing. personally, i think people are more friendly in NY than in alot of places.. especially post 9.11.
People in NY are WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more friendly htan people in fort lauderdale, or in miami. It's not even a comparison
And usually when new yorkers are friendly, they're genuine as opposed to being nice just for nices sake (compared to the fakeness alot of southerns have). the only thing about new york is the lack of patience/bluntness that alot of people have, and the fact most people are in a rush. that is sometimes perceived as "being rude" but i think it's just being real and not wanting to waste time.

maybe it's just me, but people in NY are very friendly to me and vice versa. might just be my aura
 
of course my view might be a little jaded.

considering i spent most of the time with my sister and her husband at their 4 million dollar house in Southampton...he let me drive his masserati around town. and when i was in the city, i was staying in their brownstone. true socialite lifestyle..but it's cool because everyone they associate with is very real and down to earth, and so are both sides of the family. i also might be singing a different tune when it's snowing from november to march

i need to save major $$$ before i make a move back
 
too active for ny?

i find people here to be terribly unfriendly. whenever i walk by, hardly anyone bows to me or addresses me by my proper/royal name.
 
Im a southerner born and raised currently in austin, texas but visited NYC last summer and holy shit it was awesome. so much so that I am seriously going to try to make a move there for a job when I graduate next may. I never even been north of Carolinas until I went to nyc so talk about culture shock but in a good way. calveless is right about the NYC rep about rudeness, I didnt really see any rudeness but people are in a hurry and are direct with no bullshit.
 
jackangel said:
too active for ny?

i find people here to be terribly unfriendly. whenever i walk by, hardly anyone bows to me or addresses me by my proper/royal name.
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lol. Yeah, I'd venture to say NY has one of the most active lifestyles of any major city in the country. Now, if by "active" you mean "I need to have a mountain 2 feet from my apartment door" or "there needs to be hundreds of miles of empty space around me at all times", then yeah, NY ain't the place. But if you put a teensy bit of effort into it, there are a TON of activities, groups and venues with a HUGE range of options around.

And we went thru this whole NYC people are rude stereotype thing. They are not rude, as a matter of fact, they are quite nice and friendly. Think about it - there are more people in NYC that are forced to share a tiny amount of natural and man-mande resources than in 99% of the rest of the country (these numbers are not scientific) - that place would be CHAOS if people weren't friendly.

You can't mistake "I have a goal and I'm going to achieve it, goddamnit" for being rude. They got shit to do and it's gonna get done. Nothing wrong with that.
 
i don't know. i asked this person for a handjob on the subway the other day. he was not being cooperative at ALL. so what if he's in a wheelchair? his hands still work.
 
jackangel said:
i don't know. i asked this person for a handjob on the subway the other day. he was not being cooperative at ALL. so what if he's in a wheelchair? his hands still work.
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He must be from Massachusetts
 
I've met quite a few people who have moved from NY/NJ to Colorado and most of them got tired of the rat race. Everyone is trying to be a /somebody/. All work and little play.
 
Active, meaning physically active. Dancing in clubs don't count. Austin was a great "city" for me because it really catered to the kind of lifestyle I loved. Watersports, hiking, running, mountain biking, etc. Things like that.

Calveless (see I spelled it right that time),

NYers aren't "rude" per se. Just not...I don't know. See when I'm nice, it's not fake. I'm just a genuinely pleasant person. I'll strike up a conversation with a stranger. That's normal down south, but in NY my friends used to harass me for it. In my experience - note that I am not generalizing everyone, just speaking from what I have seen - people from the area I was born are just....more genuinely warm people. NYers have their own brand of nice, but it felt abrasive a lot of the time. Again, I can only speak for myself.
 
[flirt]nefz, i'll show you a wholly different brand of nice. if you read my damned posts. bitch.
[/flirt]

anyway, although i'm not active beyond my workouts, i might as well vouch for whatever activities the NYC area has available. dude, clubbin? is that all you're crediting NY for when it comes to an active lifestyle?
 
nefertiti said:
NYers aren't "rude" per se. Just not...I don't know. See when I'm nice, it's not fake. I'm just a genuinely pleasant person. I'll strike up a conversation with a stranger. That's normal down south, but in NY my friends used to harass me for it. In my experience - note that I am not generalizing everyone, just speaking from what I have seen - people from the area I was born are just....more genuinely warm people. NYers have their own brand of nice, but it felt abrasive a lot of the time. Again, I can only speak for myself.
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Maybe that's cause nobody wants to talk to the fatty girl
 
KillahBee said:
You can't mistake "I have a goal and I'm going to achieve it, goddamnit" for being rude. They got shit to do and it's gonna get done. Nothing wrong with that.
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That's it, that's it exactly - well said.

I think rude people would be rude regardless of where they were raised or choose to live.
 
jackangel said:
[flirt]nefz, i'll show you a wholly different brand of nice. if you read my damned posts. bitch.
[/flirt]

anyway, although i'm not active beyond my workouts, i might as well vouch for whatever activities the NYC area has available. dude, clubbin? is that all you're crediting NY for when it comes to an active lifestyle?
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I do read them, nerd.
 
KillahBee said:
You can't mistake "I have a goal and I'm going to achieve it, goddamnit" for being rude. They got shit to do and it's gonna get done. Nothing wrong with that.
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Like I clarified....They aren't rude, just a little abrasive for my tastes.
 
my wife just got back from 2 weeks in nyc.. we've never been in summer only in winter.. i might have to visit during the summer and possibly get a place ther since i'm rich..
 
Phaded said:
my wife just got back from 2 weeks in nyc.. we've never been in summer only in winter.. i might have to visit during the summer and possibly get a place ther since i'm rich..
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lol. It's too fucking hot in the summer. Go in the Fall. By far my favorite time in the city
 
also, please don't give too much credit to NYers for being on the move, with purpose, gotta get that paper, etc. i'm not a NYer, but i have a well-established impression of people in this world, certainly including the city. and it's not such a great one. that impression includes laziness, being caught up in themselves or in routine, or inability-unwillingness to stop/think/take a moment. i am guilty of (some of) these as well.

in other words, if i spot a typical new yorker on his way somewhere, and he's moving fast, possibly in a rush, etc...there ain't no way in damned hell that i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. my view of the world tells me that he's probably in a rush because he's used to being in one, and that he's an impatient fuck. if he stopped for a moment, or slowed down, it would almost certainly cost him approximately nothing.
 
KillahBee said:
lol. It's too fucking hot in the summer. Go in the Fall. By far my favorite time in the city
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she said it was like high 80 during the day got down to like 53 at nights..

thats my kindof weather..
 
jackangel said:
also, please don't give too much credit to NYers for being on the move, with purpose, gotta get that paper, etc. i'm not a NYer, but i have a well-established impression of people in this world, certainly including the city. and it's not such a great one. that impression includes laziness, being caught up in themselves or in routine, or inability-unwillingness to stop/think/take a moment. i am guilty of (some of) these as well.

in other words, if i spot a typical new yorker on his way somewhere, and he's moving fast, possibly in a rush, etc...there ain't no way in damned hell that i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. my view of the world tells me that he's probably in a rush because he's used to being in one, and that he's an impatient fuck. if he stopped for a moment, or slowed down, it would almost certainly cost him approximately nothing.
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Well said. See....I read them.


The irony of my posts in this thread is, once while I was back in college I wrote very long, very heated letter to Rick Reilly (sports illustrated) after he wrote a piece essentially hating on everything NYC in general (and Yankee fans in specific lol) implying "we" were a bunch of rude, peanut spitting jailbirds. He actually wrote back complimenting me on my well written response and apologizing that it was too long to publish. I think I even said, "That guy who won't talk to you in the grocery store - he's not rude, he just has things to do."

The more time I spent away from NYC, though, the more I realized I guess how much it clashed with me.
 
nefertiti said:
Like I clarified....They aren't rude, just a little abrasive for my tastes.
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like the joke about the exasperated tourist in NYC who goes up to somebody and asks "excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Grand Central, or should I just go fuck myself?"
 
jackangel said:
also, please don't give too much credit to NYers for being on the move, with purpose, gotta get that paper, etc. i'm not a NYer, but i have a well-established impression of people in this world, certainly including the city. and it's not such a great one. that impression includes laziness, being caught up in themselves or in routine, or inability-unwillingness to stop/think/take a moment. i am guilty of (some of) these as well.

in other words, if i spot a typical new yorker on his way somewhere, and he's moving fast, possibly in a rush, etc...there ain't no way in damned hell that i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. my view of the world tells me that he's probably in a rush because he's used to being in one, and that he's an impatient fuck. if he stopped for a moment, or slowed down, it would almost certainly cost him approximately nothing.
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I still think it's an individual thing - I was raised in the city and while I dislike standing in line as much as anyone else, walking (or driving) behind someone that obviously doesn't know where the hell they're going and is oblivious that they are holding everyone else up and yes, I want service fast, efficiently and effectively but even after I've lost my patience I can maintain some kind of calm and understanding for a period of time. I have friends that "boo hiss" when the evil "city" is mentioned and they are some of the more obnoxious impatient verbal f**ks I've ever come across and these are "country" folk.

My best friend was born in Argentina and move to eastern LI NY during grade school and she is the most impatient person I have ever known - and she make no bones about it in at least 2 different languages and loud enough for CT to know about it.

NYC itself has this incredibly energy to it and I believe that is what many people pick up on - the people that happen to on the streets are just secondary, kinda like props.
 
Mavafanculo said:
like the joke about the exasperated tourist in NYC who goes up to somebody and asks "excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Grand Central, or should I just go fuck myself?"
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BAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

:chomp:
 
Thinking of moving to a bigger city, I just don`t kow where I`d like to go. Cali, Arizona and New York make my short list, but I kinda need someplace family friendly.
 
New York is the ONLY place to live. Top notch food, women, clothes, drinks, clubs, bars, etc... The cost of living is high but WELL WORTH IT!
Hope to Welcome You Back Soon!

calveless wonder said:
..and i've decided i'm moving back up here in 1-2 years.

My weekend get away to NYC then the hamptons made me really realize how much i miss the city, especially in the summertime. There really is no other place like it, anywhere. Fuck florida...ideal situation is a house up north w. a vacation spot in miami.

normal, real people(this is the biggest thing)....
tough/strong headed girls
always something to do
great public transportation
just an amazing vibe, that i completey forget about

i was driving into Soho after i flew into Newark and it hit me all of a sudden.

you ever go to a city and your personality changes? when i'm here or in NJ, i'm more warm, friendly, real..because i can relate to everyone i guess.

now if i can only get past the $2500 a month for a 500 sq foot studio in Manhatten...
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Did i mention I LOVE NYC girls???

their walk
their style (which is usually their own mix...not some bullshit trend)
that "don't fuck with me unless you have something important to say" look
the fact alot of them are classy (some are stuck up, but often its pride/class)

Was sitting at a french restaurant outside in Chelsea earlier today before i left w/ my cousin and his friend friend and i was making eye contact with almost every girl that walked by. quite a few held it and did NOT Break it. most girls in other places get super timid, or will look away and look back. nope, not NYC girls

i need to get away from these ghetto miami girls. even the model girls are fuckin ghetto trash at heart. worst mistake i ever made was dating these whores. ruined my life. my wife will DEFINETELY not be from miami
 
Mavafanculo said:
like the joke about the exasperated tourist in NYC who goes up to somebody and asks "excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Grand Central, or should I just go fuck myself?"
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I prefer "Do I look like a fuckin map?"
 
velvett said:
I still think it's an individual thing - I was raised in the city and while I dislike standing in line as much as anyone else, walking (or driving) behind someone that obviously doesn't know where the hell they're going and is oblivious that they are holding everyone else up and yes, I want service fast, efficiently and effectively but even after I've lost my patience I can maintain some kind of calm and understanding for a period of time. I have friends that "boo hiss" when the evil "city" is mentioned and they are some of the more obnoxious impatient verbal f**ks I've ever come across and these are "country" folk.

My best friend was born in Argentina and move to eastern LI NY during grade school and she is the most impatient person I have ever known - and she make no bones about it in at least 2 different languages and loud enough for CT to know about it.

NYC itself has this incredibly energy to it and I believe that is what many people pick up on - the people that happen to on the streets are just secondary, kinda like props.
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Argentines are the biggest snobs in the entire world (right up there with the french). some are nice people, but still snobby.
If they act up, i usually call them out on the fact they're just fake wannabe italians. italians are not that snooty

they do make a MEAN steak though :p :p :p
 
NYC is great. I live just over the hudson, go to the city often, but Ill tell ya I hate all the traffic there.

Its like anything else has its +/-. It depends on what you want in life. The thing with NYC is that if you want to get away from it all, all you have to do is drive north an hour or 2 and there is plenty of trees/mountains so you can do alot of other things that the city dosent have.

I thought about moving out to either arizona or cali for a change, but not sure if im willing to do it yet. Wish I did though when I was in my early 20's
 
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