New York City for the most part is full of insenative people for one reason only, or is it many!

High cost of living, trying to PAK A CAR, owning one and getting parking spaces, shity Taxi Drivers whom cannot speak English and want to give you a tour of the town before they get you from JFK to your Hotel, Uninformed Police Officers who cannot get out of their own shadows, and Poloticians who hold them selfs above the rest of The World and State.

Now, blame this on the GOD DAMN Tourists who pump $$$$$$$ into that City! If it is so great, they why do people ride the tain 1-3 hours to get there for work and so do the same thing getting home!

It aint all friends at the coffe house.

Last time I was there, not a soul could tell me how to get to 7 th and 7 Ave. COPS, Citizens, or Cab Drivers!:confused:

Land of the lost, Zombies one and all!:(

Enjoy Kansas City!:) If and when you come! Let me know, We Hicks Have a LOT To See!:D

I've heard that one of them does.

Yankee's fans, NYC better then thou attitudes, Long Island accents (though this is far more prevalent in Long Island), preschools that cost more then my college education, people who are actually from NJ and try to pretend like they are from the city, Yankee's fans, $50 cover charges for clubs and $15 well drinks, Paris Hilton, the city is dirty...oh yeah....and Yankee's fans.

I hate things about NYC when I'm here but as soon as I go anywhere else I can't wait to come back!

I hate the "Battery Ladies" selling in the subway. And the kids selling candy for $1 "I ain't selling for no basketball team or school trip. I'm just trying to make a lil money and stay off the streats" Well stay off my subway freakshows! I know they're trying to make a living but the subways are already crowded. And plus the candy is stale and the batteries die after a week!

I hate subway changes on the weekend.....

Amen! That used to piss me off when I lived in DC!

But about NYC...too friggin expensive! And they say the Bay Area in Cali is crazy with rent prices! :rolleyes:

Let's see:

There's the traffic, the crazy cab drivers and the bike messengers and the double-parked cars - hence why I refuse to drive in Manhattan.

Everything is so expensive.

There's the crime. This seems to be getting handled a bit, though.

There are the crowds, especially the people who don't know how to walk down the sidewalk (there are rules!).

Ah, how I miss the city... :(

Dave Eggers is from Lake Forest, isn't he?

I didn't like how abrupt everyone was with their time. When you get in a line, it's because there's a wait. It's not like I singled you out. "You'll rue the day you got behind me in line! mwa ha."
Impatience is ubiquitous, but not everywhere does someone berate me, with cuss words, over the time it takes to retrieve change from my pocket. You don't have the spare 10 seconds? If your schedule is THAT tight, you need to make an adjustment.

and that skank from Fire Island. no, i don't wanna buy you a drink, but thanks for asking if i did. for the price of your well drinks, i could support a 3rd world child...maybe send him to college, where he'll start a FarmHouse chapter at the University of Somalia-Mogadishu.

Go Cubbies!

Ditto. The other day I had some girl try and say she was from the "North Shore" of Milwaukee - um, there's like 4 cities up there, just say which one you're from. :p

ditto high prices in the city.
thanks hijacker....i hadn't thought much of the north shore of chicago in a while. i'm a wilmette person and a new trier-winnetka high school graduate. lots of good memories from chi-town.

NYC has the lowest crime rate of any big city in America, and has been this way for years. Odds are that the crime rate is lower than any city of any one who posted in this thread.

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Just so you know your Fire Island remark has me cracking up. Fire Island is a huge gay hotspot...so I hear.

-Rudey

Rumor has it that its called "Fire island" because most of the people who go there are flaming.

Amen. Add Rangers to that too.

1. Bad traffic
2. The subway system
3. Everything's so $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
4. The Chinese food isn't as good as Toronto's Chinese food (we have 5 Chinatowns including the ones in the suburbs)
5. Everythings so fast-paced

I said it was getting handled. It is better than it was. I'm still not going to walk down the street by myself at night in certain neighborhoods. NYC still has a long way to go.

Incidentally, you'd be wrong about your last statement.

That's true of any city though - I can't think of anywhere I've been that's a major metro area where I'd feel safe in every single neighborhood.

Wrong. I doubt that you've eaten at a lot of chinese restaurants here.

LOL Exactly. I'd rather be in the bad parts of NY than the bad parts of Chicago, DC, or LA.

-Rudey

Have you been to Toronto's Chinese restaurants? They're just as authentic as those in Hong Kong. I'd say that NYC ones are about 20 years behind.

I'm not crazy about Chinese food anyways (have to really be in the mood for it) so it is one of those things that would be hard for me to rate. However, New York definately has the best Italian food, Pizza and Bagels hands down. I was dying in California last summer with those hockey pucks they call bagels. Lenders are even better then them.

Yes I have. Hong Kong does not represent all Chinese cuisine, but it sounds like the upscale restaurant, designed and operated by the Chinese government to represent the absolute best of China, won't meet your standards as "authentic" because it is not exclusively Cantonese.:rolleyes:

In how many chinese restaurants in NYC have you dined? Be honest.

And how can "authentic" ethnic cuisine get dated in 20 years? That makes absolutely no sense at all.

I must point out that a lot of the restaurants in Hong Kong were there long before HK was transferred to China. I'm sure the Chinese government is more than happy to have so many world-class restaurants in HK, but that's not to say the Chinese government established them all. Look at Man Wah, the Peninsula Hotel dining room, heck, even the floating restaurants in Aberdeen - all established well before the handover.

But this thread is about New York, not Hong Kong. If you want world-class Chinese in NYC, try Shun Lee. Excellent food, and convenient to Lincoln Center to boot. Can Toronto top that? ;)

Oh... this thread was supposed to be about what you hate about NYC... oops, wrong thread :)

At least five. I don't live in NYC, remember. Only one of them came close to what I eat here. What do you think of Tdot's restaurants? Did you go to those in Hwy 7/404 (Markham) and those in Agincourt? What about Dynasty on Bloor (within walkable distance to U of T's Fratland)? Lai Wah Heen? I am also ethnic Chinese so maybe there is a bias. I also enjoy Shanghainese dumplings, especially in places that specialize in regional cuisine as well as the casserole dishes in Hong Kong style diners (I don't, however, enjoy Hong Kong tea (very strong black tea with condensed milk) or Yeen Yeung (half Hong Kong tea, half coffee) all that much. Shun Lee isn't all that great compared to Lai Wah Heen or Markham. I know that my dad, who is in NYC very, very frequently, definitely does not enjoy the Chinese food there.

ETA: Toronto's Chinese population is approximately 350,000 or about 1/10 of the total population. Also LA and San Francisco Chinese food is probably closer to what we get here. Don't forget that there is a larger population out there, percentage-wise, anyway.

There's Chinese food between chow mein, chop suey, sesame chicken, and pepper steak? :confused: :p :confused:

Don't forget fried rice! (Pork fried, chicken fried, combination fried... etc.)
Chop suey, like the ubiquitous fortune cookies and egg foo young, are actually an American invention and not native to China.

Ditto with the California roll - strictly an American adaptation of roll sushi.

You should withhold comment because you really don't know what you are talking about. The best Chinese food in NYC is often in side streets.

And don't judge non-Cantonese by a Cantonese standard. There is a lot more to China than Hong Kong.

Which brings me to another thing that I hate about New York. People who know nothing about the city, but think that they can write their own Zagat's.

Did you read my entire post?

Yes. This thread is about New York. If you wan't to discuss Toronto, start another thread. I probably won't post in it because I don't live there and won't pretend to be an expert on it.

You know, Russ, my dad DOES live there, and no, he doesn't like the Chinese restaurants there as much as he does here. Of course, he enjoys the REAL REAL thing much, much more :)

First your dad is in the city often. A few posts later he lives here. How did he move so fast?:rolleyes:

Wait a minute here! You just said that your dad "is in NYC very, very frequently."

I see you're digging yourself into a hole here. Quit while you're ahead, okay?

This has nothing to do with my love or hatred for NYC. This has to do with your inconsistency.

Very, very frequenty, yes, because he goes on business in Europe and Asia. He spends about 70% of his time in New York, maybe 15% in Toronto and the other 15% abroad.

But then you said he "lives" in NYC. Inconsistency.

Like Kenny says, "...know when fold 'em...know when to walk away."

Just fold...and walk away.

He does because the head office is there and that's where he spends most of his work time. But because he travels, he could also be seen as being there "very, very frequently".

ETA: Anyway, it is just my opinion and my dad's opinion that NYC Chinese food (or rather, Shanghainese and Cantonese food) isn't as great. Maybe the Taiwanese stuff's better, since there is a larger population there than in Tdot.

What do I hate about NYC? That it's so far away!

The Yankees, P. Diddy, the way New Yorkers talk, TRL, Those damn cliche I Love NY shirts...

Well TRL can be a little out of control but the accents you can't diss, I love NY accents, Yankees are the best and people complain because their teams isn't LOL and IHeartNY t's are classic. I don't really pay attention to P Diddy. Don't be bitter about the other cool things you mentioned :D

My feelings exactly!

Oh...and I hate the Knicks too.