ali benarbia's studs
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man you can walk down any ol street at 3am and get a great meal.... NYC ROCKS!!!! i get a buzz just thinking about that madhouse! ;D
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MCFCinUSA
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des hardi said:man you can walk down any ol street at 3am and get a great meal.... NYC ROCKS!!!! i get a buzz just thinking about that madhouse! ;D
too right.
the Village, the East Village, Chinatown, Little Italy (despite someone suggesting the Bronx as an alternative - the feast of San Gennaro is still held downtown) The Bowery (for value shopping, and it borders Canal St) Midtown (if you're into the arts) The Financial District - some history down there and of course the ferry/Lady Liberty, Uptown, Central Park, Harlem, and all of this before you even get to Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and the rubbish dump (Staten Island - which many of the mobsters made their sprawling homes on) but key as you put it DH is literally the pulse of the place.
It really does have a beat to it - Manhattan especially. It was the centre of the universe for a protracted period in my life, and it'll always be 'one home' to me and a fascinating meltingpot of human endeavour.
News anywhere in the world is news to someone in New York City - it's not got the United Nations Building there for no reason.
NYC has to be the most cosmopolitan city in the world, and for this reason if nothing else holds so much for so many.... unless of course you prefer your metropolitan areas to be bland and homogenous?
Bring it, NYC - it's definitely 'in yer face'.
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I wasn't writing the place off mate, I was just saying that I prefer Chicago as a place to visit. We all have different tastes and you obviously think that your city is the best in the world, I don't. Example, I would rather sit in a pub in Failsworth and then get a Hollands meat pie on the way home, than walk around London looking at buildings. I'm sure there are lots of great things about NYC but I prefer to spend my holidays elseware. Anyways, I wouldn't be too worried about what I think, I doubt there are many scousers or brummies that prefer Manchester to their home town.
I wasn't writing the place off mate, I was just saying that I prefer Chicago as a place to visit. We all have different tastes and you obviously think that your city is the best in the world, I don't. Example, I would rather sit in a pub in Failsworth and then get a Hollands meat pie on the way home, than walk around London looking at buildings. I'm sure there are lots of great things about NYC but I prefer to spend my holidays elseware. Anyways, I wouldn't be too worried about what I think, I doubt there are many scousers or brummies that prefer Manchester to their home town.
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Barcon said:MCFCinUSA
I wasn't writing the place off mate, I was just saying that I prefer Chicago as a place to visit. We all have different tastes and you obviously think that your city is the best in the world, I don't. Example, I would rather sit in a pub in Failsworth and then get a Hollands meat pie on the way home, than walk around London looking at buildings. I'm sure there are lots of great things about NYC but I prefer to spend my holidays elseware. Anyways, I wouldn't be too worried about what I think, I doubt there are many scousers or brummies that prefer Manchester to their home town.
agreed - but NYC isn't my hometown (I'm born in the UK).
I just found your initial comments a bit superficial, considering all that's going on in New York and what it offers to anyone, visitor or resident.
no worries.
Chicago by comparison, pfftt, sadly, no comparison (IMO) and I'd rather be based in NYC than Chicago, but the latter is where I'm going to be for the next few years (based out of) so there you go...
ali benarbia's studs
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i was down pier 17,wall street,brooklyn,queens,CP and on the twin towers. manhatten is class.... all the areas are class.... driving day or night is amazing!!! NYC rocks.... but i couldn t live there....far too mad ;D
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Dont forget too lads and ladettes that NYCity has The Mad hatter Pub. THE place for Man City fans not only in Zoo york but in North America as well. Chicago doesnt have an alternative remotely as good as this.....
I forget who said it but Chicagoans DEFFO have an inferiority complex when it comes to new York. The quote went sommat like this, "People in chicago are OBSESSED with New York and New Yorkers. New Yorkers dont even think about Chicago but maybe once a month!"
As a new Yorker it has an element of truth behind it....
I forget who said it but Chicagoans DEFFO have an inferiority complex when it comes to new York. The quote went sommat like this, "People in chicago are OBSESSED with New York and New Yorkers. New Yorkers dont even think about Chicago but maybe once a month!"
As a new Yorker it has an element of truth behind it....
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Frank the Yank said:Dont forget too lads and ladettes that NYCity has The Mad hatter Pub. THE place for Man City fans not only in Zoo york but in North America as well. Chicago doesnt have an alternative remotely as good as this.....
I forget who said it but Chicagoans DEFFO have an inferiority complex when it comes to new York. The quote went sommat like this, "People in chicago are OBSESSED with New York and New Yorkers. New Yorkers dont even think about Chicago but maybe once a month!"
As a new Yorker it has an element of truth behind it....
when I had a sublet on E13th I'd pop up the avenue to find some pubs and I think one of them had footie on... I'm not sure if they've changed names/ownership since then. I've also been on the West Side around Hudson to watch footie - particularly when we were in the World Cup and the place was packed with football supporters from all the countries standing on the tables. If you'd care to elaborate for everyone on the exact location of the Mad Hatter because I'm too lazy to Google it as I'm eating whilst typing this, then when I'm next in town Frank I may drop in..
PS - as I've a few native Chicagoans as friends I'll make sure that next time I can see the whites of their eyes I'll personally interrogate them to discover their innermost geographic insecurities, ehehe
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Im already drooling.Tripadviser recomends Keens Steakhouse is that any good ?and Lombardis Pizza?MCFCinUSA said:des hardi said:man you can walk down any ol street at 3am and get a great meal.... NYC ROCKS!!!! i get a buzz just thinking about that madhouse! ;D
too right.
the Village, the East Village, Chinatown, Little Italy (despite someone suggesting the Bronx as an alternative - the feast of San Gennaro is still held downtown) The Bowery (for value shopping, and it borders Canal St) Midtown (if you're into the arts) The Financial District - some history down there and of course the ferry/Lady Liberty, Uptown, Central Park, Harlem, and all of this before you even get to Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and the rubbish dump (Staten Island - which many of the mobsters made their sprawling homes on) but key as you put it DH is literally the pulse of the place.
It really does have a beat to it - Manhattan especially. It was the centre of the universe for a protracted period in my life, and it'll always be 'one home' to me and a fascinating meltingpot of human endeavour.
News anywhere in the world is news to someone in New York City - it's not got the United Nations Building there for no reason.
NYC has to be the most cosmopolitan city in the world, and for this reason if nothing else holds so much for so many.... unless of course you prefer your metropolitan areas to be bland and homogenous?
Bring it, NYC - it's definitely 'in yer face'.
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I've not been into Keens, but would think if you've got a boatload of people recommending it on TA then it must be decent.
S&W has a reputation for being a stand-up American steakhouse, and I have been in there and can personally vouch for that. There are lots of decent steakhouses, depending on how much $$$ you want to spend, and which neighbourhood you want to eat your steak in, so you're not limited.
Regarding pizza, that's like asking 'is there a good fish & chip shop' - there are usually a lot of decent ones, it's the crappy ones (the franchise stuff, like McD, or Burger King etc - for the 'fries' LOL) that are easier to pinpoint. I doubt you'll have trouble eyeballing whatever pizzeria's are on the neighbourhood as there should be something within 5 to 10 blocks of where you are, maybe even less. Pizza (the real stuff, not Pizzeria Uno, Pizza Hut, Dominos, etc) is NYC street food, and they're a dime a dozen.
S&W has a reputation for being a stand-up American steakhouse, and I have been in there and can personally vouch for that. There are lots of decent steakhouses, depending on how much $$$ you want to spend, and which neighbourhood you want to eat your steak in, so you're not limited.
Regarding pizza, that's like asking 'is there a good fish & chip shop' - there are usually a lot of decent ones, it's the crappy ones (the franchise stuff, like McD, or Burger King etc - for the 'fries' LOL) that are easier to pinpoint. I doubt you'll have trouble eyeballing whatever pizzeria's are on the neighbourhood as there should be something within 5 to 10 blocks of where you are, maybe even less. Pizza (the real stuff, not Pizzeria Uno, Pizza Hut, Dominos, etc) is NYC street food, and they're a dime a dozen.
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New york is a wonderful city to visit and sightsee and spend a week max but if you want a top place to have a good time then get to chicago! I admit i am bias due to my almost yearly visits but it is so homely and friendly! I will defend it to the hilt!!