We are moving to Austin and had a going away party. As a "cheesy party gimmick" we asked the guests to write their most favorite and least favorite things about NYC. Our reactions are in italics.Favorite Things:
- People who are so beautiful and then their bouncer tosses you to the curb
- Ethnic Food
- Diverse Food Options
- Culture of Philanthropy NYC is a city where you trade some of your wealth for status by giving it away or buying a political office
- It's Like One Million Cities at Once.
- Opportunity to Work @ Well-Known Companies & Organizations As an unpaid intern!
- Great Bars Open 'Til 4AM Suck on that Boston
- Our SUPER AWESOME public transportation system ... esp the SUBWAY which is open longer than the bars, Suck on that Boston
- That You Can Ask a Stranger on the Train about a book and he might decide to stay on the train past his stop to finish it and give it to you.
- Acting like a jaded NYer i.e. acting blase about celebrities, h8ing on Times Sq., Rockefeller Center, Hating tourists @ Grand Central funny the Times Sq. bomber/terrist said the SAME thing!
- Summer Thunderstorms so sensual
- The Cloisters thought this was just a made up place that didn't actually exist
- Finding Food @ 3AM after clubbing & not necessarily DINER food. See Taco Mix, Roti Roll, etc.
- Meeting peeps that are so different and from all over the worlds (so cliche)
- Lots of opportunities to practice espanol
- Never Have to Drive
- Minimalist Living don't let the things you own end up owning you
- Waiting on celebrities @ Murrays thought we were jaded about the celebs
- Running into celebrities
- The Transit Museum! (its in an abandoned subway station)
- The Hair
- The Irish Hunger Memorial
- Roberta's Pizzeria so delicious its worth putting up with the pretentiousness
- Central Park
- Laundry Outsourced lots of exploitable people in NYC
- Masturbating on Subways
- Places are open past 2AM
- How no one speaks just one language
- Lunatics living here
- Farmers Markets
- Taco Mix yes the best taqueria in NYC
- Everybody minds their own business often poorly
- How CRAZY everyone is (unusually large number of disturbed persons)
- The Boss Thought Bruce was from Jersey
- MetroCard Fares/MTA/Signal Probles/Sick Passengers
- Urban Malaise this is only acceptable in moody arthouse flicks, not IRL
- Grocery Store Beer Prices yes, $12 for a 6-pk
- Psyching Yrself Up to Leave the House
- Slush at Every Corner Like they are nobody's responsibility
- Ethnic Food Made by Mexicans NYC, where Mexicans make every type of food, except when Asians make Mexican Food
- Having Friends That Live 2 Hours Away and Still Live in NYC
- When Its 100+ degrees and HUMID and you Must Descend Into The Train Station at least the trains have AC
- Hooka Clubs soo 2003
- The Marine Air Terminal OMG I got off at the wrong terminal for my flight to Chicago!
- Strollers!!!
- Blizzards, and ever more so, walking thru the slush @ corners post-blizzard
- No Backyard
- GODDAMN STROLLERS ON THE SUBWAY yeah only people rich enough to afford car service should be allowed to procreate
- New Jersey Bridge & Tunnel Crowd
- Stench (of garbage, sewage, trees?) in the summer! see #16, add cologne to the list
- Liberals just realized no Repubs would come to our apt in E. Harlem and that this should be in the Fave Things column.
- Hard to make plans to get together w/ friends
- Carrying Groceries Home
- No washer/dryer in apartment
- Bald People
- Fucking Hipsters assuming 'Fucking' is meant as a pejorative not a verb and that this in the right column
- New York City style driving thought we didn't have to drive
- Taxi Cab Driving Skills!
- No Nature
- Masturbating Men on Subways :( And they said there was no nature!
- Hummers assuming this refers to the car, not the sexual act, and this is correctly categorized
- The Bus system. It's dirty
- Lunatics
- Street Trash whatever you say, Mr. Bickle
- Midtown is actually just a huge outdoor mall
- Broadway has lots of people
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