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Originally Posted by Cactus Jack
I've been 8 times, it's a pretty amazing city.
- Don't stay within a few blocks of Times Square. You'll thank me. Times Square is an amazing place to walk around for the first time but then it wears thin. Too many people.
- Museum mile (or, as a Canuck I like to call it Museum 1.6Km) is near the middle of Central Park and worth checking out. I prefer the Museum of Natural History.
- Central park is fantastic, especially if you're a jogger (as long as you're not allergic to horses). I think the best time to see the park is in the fall but there is no bad time. You'll spend hours there. The south part is much better than the north part.
- Checking out a Broadway show is worth the money but you can get by with the cheap seats ($66 ~). Go see a show you haven't seen before (as in, not Chicago or Lion King or something).
- Walking the Brooklyn bridge doesn't take long and is free and fun. You see a nice view of the city and the statue of liberty. Plus, on the otherside stop at Grimaldi's for pizza. It's a little tricky to find from there so you will need a map but it's worth the wait in line.
- I find NYers to be pretty rude so prepare for that and people overload. It's not a clean city either as you may image, you'll see garbage bags and rats quite frequently. It can be shady and the subway is kind of a dump but is the most efficient and best way to get around as long as you stay on the main line (the other east-west) aren't dependable on the weekend. It's also a safe city and one of the most unique in the world.
Enjoy!
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Where the heck were you?
In 2+ years I've seen 3 rats, 2 in the subway and one in a lumber yard in a shady area of south Chelsea.
And NYers in general aren't rude, we're just in a rush most of the time. There are a lot of hard exteriors to people here, it sort of comes with the amount of interaction, but if you ask for directions or need a hand with anything you're more likely to find yourself having to choose which advice to follow from the 4 people who will offer to help.
As for the subway, the weekend can be a pain due to construction, but you can always get to pretty much everything. If a whole line shuts down for any period of time it's big news (as happened with the 7 train recently) and it's incredibly rare. You'll never have an issue getting around Manhattan and there are numerous lines (there's no such thing as a 'main line'), reaching out to the boroughs can be a bit harder but is still easy relative to getting around Calgary.
The Natural History Museum is great, definitely worth the trip, but there are tons of different museums if you're into something else. The Met is incredible, I often swing by right before closing (when it's free) and spend 20 minutes in a few rooms. (BTW the Met is part of Museum Mile, the southern most museum actually, the Natural History Musueum is on the other side of the park). The MoMa is pretty cool, it's not just bizarre modern art either (although there's currently an exhibit that involves squeezing between 2 naked people in a hall), the exhibit on product design is really cool as is the area on furniture. In the museum category there's something for everyone to enjoy.