Things that suck about New York: A List

Rent (not the play)

real estate fixation

street cred

foodies

and what you get for the rent (mostly)

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inter-borough subway navigation

with the exception of Manhattan obv.

the importance of money

Yeah I wanna live in one of those cities where you barter pigs.

the weather

no good swimming

jerks

the relatively too much importance of money xpost

banks

connecticut muffins

baby boutiques

no good swimming - just wait'll they resurrect the McCarren Park Pool

swimming pools are not good swimming - think lakes

or sea

i enjoy the beach but its not really prime swimming - ft tildon is recommended

how about oceans jhøshea?

anyone who swims at coney island is fucking disgusting

anyone who swims at coney island is fucking disgusting - but I love it anyway

i love coney island too but i would not swim there

ive seen people swimming in the east river oh god

That they closed the myrtle avenue el in the 60s.

i swam at brighton beach (next to coney) a few times in the 80s. no worse than a medium-funky lake.

but the jerzey shore is much better swimming than long island (tho i've never been to the hamptons)

imagine that! 27 years in nyc and i've never been to the hamptons. don't know the right people I guess which leads to one of the things I think suck about new york

the class system, snobbery etc.

That they closed the myrtle avenue el in the 60s.

-- Ed, Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:10 AM (19 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

ha yah it would be occasionally useful did not not know abt that - tho elevated tracks are some of the most oppressive architecture in the world

have you ever swam @ the rockaways? its nice water is clean beach is clean doeant feel like the funky city - like i said ft tildon is my spot

Under the el tracks does suck but when I come come back from new york I miss the rattle of the M train outside the bedroom window. (I'd hate to be right by it though).

yah income inequality is so O_o around here - youve got a sizable chunk of all the wealth in the world then like 8% of the city is in public housing

(xpostage) yeah used to take the A train. can be pretty desolate there, or it used to be.

more complaints:

social climbers and/or
careerist egomaniacs

they have em everywhere but something about NY attracts ^^ or maybe amplifies these qualities in people

loud people

haha I'm one of those

shhhhhhhh

psychological speed and stress
no in and out burger

going out all the time instead of hanging out at peoples homes

feeling so cooped up in the winter

People stand in front of subway doors not adjacent to them when waiting to board, when will people learn it is slower that way.

u cant actually hail a water taxi

that bullshit planned for ground zero (transit hub excepted)

Mexican food as prepared by Chinese people

haha yes^

time warner cable

The line at immigration in terminal 7 at jfk.

No daily price capping on the metrocard.

how difficult its is to leave the city

lol it took you two hours to rent a car and u have been driving an hour and yr still in the bronx - oh wait you thought you were free how abt this mystifying chronic back up in bridgeport wtf

taxi tv

Nightlife photographers.

puke on yr stoop (selected neighborhoods only)

The debacle of gaining admission to concerts for a reasonable price if you are not really quick on the draw right when tickets go on sale or, more broadly, the maddening conundrum being a concert-going enthusiast in a city where, on any given night, there are 27 bands playing you'd love to see but your broke ass can barely afford to refill your Metrocard so you spend most of those nights at home watching television or at the pub down the street drinking $3 PBRs and becoming increasingly hardened and bitter.

puke on the train (see: brooklyn bound q approx 10:30 last night)

loud neighbors

rent (the musical)

gallery culture

crowded bars on weeknights

walking in Williamsburg west of the BQE on a weekend night

Yes, I get it. I'm an asshole because I don't like Daddy's lame buyback policy, which doesn't really exist, the more likely scenario because I'm a douche/tool yuppie who is too old to be in that neighborhood anyway, and because I'm so rude to the staff and other patrons.

Another thing that sucks about New York: cigarette prices.

xxp The hivemind at work already.

i have no qualms with breakingaway.jpg, kudos

i would hang it on my wall

Cutty, I already lived in Manhattan for 14 years and like having a bigger apartment and backyard.

AJ Styles, there's nothing rational about it, that's what makes it a phobia.

-- thirdalternative, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 1:59 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

lololololol

Guys I swear to god even though I also hate Daddy's and am old and smoke like it's my last day on earth, that person is not me.

maybe you should move back in with your parents if you hate brooklyn so much, douchebag

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$1400 is pretty cheap for an apt with a backyard dude. how did you find it?

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Parents paid redic broker fee -- guessing its one of the new constructions way east

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My friend lived there for years and when she moved she hooked me up with the landlord. It's a good deal for sure. After two years he hasn't raised the rent--and never did in the seven years my friend was there. The only trade off is that he's a landlord in absentia--any problems must be dealt with on one's own, no super or anything like that. Which is fine, it's in good shape.

I like Brooklyn and Williamsburg very much. Does not liking Daddy's and having clausterphobia=not liking Brooklyn?

Catsup, it's just one of the typical 3-story, 6-family buildings wtih alluminum siding.

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o never mind

Cutty, I already lived in Manhattan for 14 years and like having a bigger apartment and backyard.

AJ Styles, there's nothing rational about it, that's what makes it a phobia.

-- thirdalternative, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 1:59 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

lololololol

-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 8:53 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Catsup, can you explain to my old, out-of-touch, douchebag self why this is lol-worthy?

Also, Lauren, want to get a drink? You sound great: old, drinker, smoker, hates Daddy's.

Lauren has a BOYFRIEND

Please see "I Always Get These Two Confused" thread.

Yes, I get it. I'm an asshole because I don't like Daddy's lame buyback policy

i don't think that's it.

hahahaha

kevin otm all over this piece

I'm glad I don't live in NYC or else I'd be worried about "buybacks" all the time. Instead, I pay for my beer, get my beer, and leave a tip, like a normal person.

isn't happy hour illegal in chicago? pah.

now he's hitting on people? this guy

since when are buybacks exclusive to NYC

Hysterical over here.

I don't worry about buybacks, it's just that Daddy's is the ONLY bar in many, many years of bar-going that doesn't seem to do regular buybacks. That is all. Jesus. You guys are so foul-tempered.

Would someone be so kind as to tell me where I was such an asshole on this thread? Just trying to figure out what's going on here--I mean we've got a million sarcastic near-snobbish jibes from cutty, and ketchup making stereotypical assumptions based on little or no information.

Was joking about laurel/lauren.

Buybacks aren't unique to NYC but they are more frequent here than anywhere else.

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this thread is fucking bananas.

I guess I've heard from some people that if you tip more than $1 per drink, bartenders are inclined to give you a drink for free. I've never thought to try it out. But this?

In NYC, a good bartender gives you your 3rd or 4th drink free if you're not causing any problems and tip regularly. It's good business.

Simply doesn't happen where I live.

Simply doesn't happen where I live.

-- jaymc, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 3:38 PM (Wednesday, May 7, 2008 3:38 PM) Bookmark Link

john is just being a troll at this point because we've had this conversation before on a chicago thread and he knows fully well it does.

they hide the buybacks in 4 foot deep pizzas

Things that suck about New York: A Thread

Would someone be so kind as to tell me where I was such an asshole on this thread?

passim.

OK, my mistake. It happens to Kevin. It's never happened to me or anyone else I know. Maaaaybe if it's late and the bar is closing and they don't feel like opening up the cash register, but that's it.

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Simply doesn't happen where I live within a 10-foot radius of me.

Fixed.

BANANAS!!!

i mean we've got a million sarcastic near-snobbish jibes from cutty

welcome to ILX

can a mod move this thread to williamsboard somehow

things that suck about new york: chicago thread drama

some proper butthurt on this here thread

can a mod move this thread to williamsboard somehow

-- sleep, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 4:43 PM (Wednesday, May 7, 2008 4:43 PM) Bookmark Link

^^^this

It's cutty and catsup's faults.

Well, of course it doesn't happen within a 10-foot radius: the closest bar is downstairs.

my, you all had a slow workday, huh?

^^^that

plus plenty of fodder from newbie

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