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Published: January 13th 2010
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Think that New York is glamourous, exciting and fun? ... Well, that is true, I cannot deny it.
New York is a world in itself, a melting pot of cultures, interests, genres, languages, cuisines and ideas.
Every day we step out our front door, we encounter something different. Something new. Something exciting.
These new experiences are greeted with a smile and more importantly, provide a chance to learn something about other people and the world that we live in.
A large number of these things are beneficial to us.
Others, however, are just offensive, annoying and downright rude.
Below is a very crude list of the good, the bad and the ugly side of living in Manhattan, New York and the United States of America. We hope you enjoy!
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*Firefly's in Central park at Dusk in Autumn.
*Central Park.
*Broadway Shows.
*Fabulous restaurants.
*Being an Australian novelty in a country that loves us.
*The New York Yankees and Yankee Stadium.
*Organic Farmers Markets on the weekends.
*Close proximity to Canada, D.C. and 5 other states.
*$99 flights to The Caribbean and only 2 hours to The Bahamas. Aaaah, paradise ...
*Skim Mozzarella String Cheese.
*Californian and
New England India Pale Ales (Hops = Heaven).
*Free Furniture on street.
*MSG and High Fructose Corn Syrup in every type of food conceivable.
*The simple fact that you tried to visit every bar/restaurant in Manhattan for at least one meal, it would take you decades.
*And because there is so much competition, it is simply survival of the fittest, the crap ones simply do not last.
*Fierce competition in all realms leaves us with supreme quality everywhere. Only the best for New Yorkers.
*Zip Cars - Hire with a full tank of gas by the hour.
*Online shopping catalogues. (Most stores don't even stock half their range).
*Awesome Bands actually tour NYC, and their tickets are supercheap.
*Subleasing furnished apartments complete with extensive DVD & CD libraries, book collections, and cats.
*The ability to get anything you want 24/7/365.
*Sharing streets with celebrities.
*Stumbling onto movie sets every week.
*Fat-Free Organic Greek Yoghurt, (mmmm, so thick and creamy).
*Cheap clothes and awesome shoe designs never seen in Oz.
*$14 for MAC eyeshadow, (apparently the greatest make-up brand ever, and about 1/3 of the price back home).
*Netflix - Endless streaming movies and DVD's delivered to your door for a
mere $9 a month.
*Magazine subscriptions - Any magazine you want for $1 an issue.
*Missed an issue? ... pick up last month's on the street for a buck!
*Unlimited internet access and unlimited downloads.
*Hulu: the greatest website ever for free, legal downloads of almost any tv series or movie your heart desires.
*Subway runs 24 hours a day.
*The diverse mix of cultures. Rarely will you find anybody who is actually 'from New york'.
*Learning Spanish from Mexican co-workers, (mostly swear words).
*The delicious aroma of honey-roasted nuts in winter.
*Wholefoods Market.
*Giant punnets of fresh strawberries on every street corner for a coupla bucks.
*Christmas on steroids.
*Watching people ski in Central Park.
*Being surrounded by a race of super-fit-n-healthy people, (it lifts your personal standards. Despite living in the most obese country in the world, all the street walking keeps New Yorkers trim).
*Not needing a car in such a walkable city.
*No rain in winter, just gorgeous sunshine, expansive blue skies and snow.
*Snow!! Need I say more??
*The city-wide mood change as spring arrives.
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*Owners of Big Dogs that you just know live in tiny apartments.
*Stepping over dog whiz every 5 steps along the sidewalk.
*Garbage truck morning: 4am Friday.
*Yanks who line up outside the UGG store all day and pay $300 to wear SLIPPERS in the street. Idiots! Someone needs to enlighten them. Ugg boots are NOT SHOES!!!
*Tourists in Midtown, and Soho, and Madison Avenue, and Fifth Ave ... infact, tourists in general!
*Terrible coffee.
*Too many cultural parades blocking access across town.
*Rats the size of cats, (no exaggeration).
*Month/Day/Year - ??????
*Like, all the young girls that, like, say 'like' like every second word. (Probably my biggest pet peeve).
*People who don't wait for you to get off the subway before they try to get on. (Although this one is right up there).
*Speaking of waiting, every trip to the post office is laden with angry customers, very few staff (that are either useless / full of attitude or usually both) and of course queues that would rival Rollercoaster ride lines at Disneyland in Summer.
*Lack of Metric System.
*Paying to receive phonecalls and text messages.
*Endless 'wrong number' calls from dodgy Mexicans thanks to cellphone numbers being recycled immediately.
*Snobby Upper East Side old ladies that haven't worked a
day in their lives and spend all their time at beauty parlours and cosmetic surgeon's offices.
*In winter, going through the ritual of donning/removing coats, beanies, gloves, etc, every time you go out/come in.
*Horrible, itchy, dry, scabbed skin in winter thanks to the dry air and overheating.
*Lack of healthcare for Pen, (until she scores a real job, she can't afford to get sick).
*Having your face crack and fall off mid-winter.
*Fosters is NOT Australian for beer!
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kaz
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haha great list! the one where cultural parades block access across the city reminds me of that awesome -puerto rican day parade seinfeld episode!