I could be all wrong here, but I remember when almost every day brought another thread about visiting New York City. But NYC is rarely the subject of discussion here lately. Or so it appears to me.
In fact, traffic on this entire site seems to be a lot lighter than in years past. (??)
Have regulars migrated to new sites like the one on FB?
Or are people dissuaded from a trip to NYC due to high prices, perceived crime (not only perceived, unfortunately) or other factors?
Or is the hard core of posters getting too old to travel??

Just curious.....

Since I own a home here, I'm not a candidate for travel advice for the city. But even on the European site, my impression is that there are far fewer threads being started....same with Asia, which used to have such a lively forum.

Is it me, or have things changed a lot on Fodor-land?

I suspect people are dissuaded from a trip to NYC since it's the dead of winter.

Holiday season has passed.
It's $#%#@# cold out there
Kids are back in school
Those of us who hibernate are focused on warm destination dreams
....

That said,
Overall forum activity on the travel related forums seems to have declined over the years....

I just made reservations for a long weekend in NYC in late February. I know the city pretty well and don't feel I have to run an itinerary past people on Fodors. I do look at recent threads and TRs to get ideas. I'm not sure what we'll do. Probably some museums and a lot of walking around different neighborhoods.

I do think people believe that NYC is very expensive and are deterred by that. I found reasonable hotel rates in February compared to other times.
We probably won't go to the theater because I think those prices are way too high.

Never been interested in NYC, sorry!

I posted about NYC a few months ago after I made the trip. We had a fantastic time despite the utterly fantasy prices ($20 cocktails!) and inane rules (no one under 25 years old allowed! We were meeting up with a 23 yr old relative and had to sneak him into the bar) in most places!

I'm surprised at the "no one under 25" rule!

I love New York City and would be delighted to see more posts about it. We have visited several times and feel we've barely scratched the surface of all there is to do. We had a great trip in October of 2023 and plan to return this May to see several plays. We haven't planned the rest of our activities yet but I know we'll keep busy. I must admit, I'm not great at always posting trip reports.

We stayed at the Warwick hotel on our last trip which worked well for us. It is an older property but our room was large and comfortable and the location was great. It was also more reasonably priced than many hotels in the area. I can't remember all that we did but highlights included visiting the 9/11, Met, Brooklyn, Natural History and Cooper-Hewitt museums, strolling through Central Park, watching a taping of the Colbert Show, seeing three plays and walking along the Highline. On a previous trip we particularly enjoyed seeing the Statue of Liberty and touring Ellis Island.

ekscrunchy, I am sure you know how fortunate you are to live in NYC!

As Yogi used to say, "Nobody goes there anymore.... it's too crowded."

People are most definitely visiting as NYC enjoyed record tourism this past year. Plus whenever I am heading into Manhattan for a museum, or a show, there are lots of people with luggage who are transferring from the Air Train. Clearly not all are tourists as many local residents use the AirTrain to get to JFK, my own family included.

I wondered the same thing, escrunchy. I have the feeling that with the internet being as ever widening and more informative, that people are doing more research directly on their own rather than posting questions here. As Madam pointed out we have seen record tourism this year (almost 65 million) so people are getting their information somewhere and pricing may not be that much of an issue (it could also be possible that some come here and see past questions and responses - no matter how old those threads might be - and are accepting that in lieu of asking for new information).

Nothing specific about New York City. Look at the forum contributions. The entire forum is slow. Took 10 days to even fill the first page of this US forum. Also yes that other platforms are more currently popular for online research. Can't tell you how many times people say "Saw it mentioned on..." whether Insta, TikTok, FB, etc.

Traffic is slow. This recent report, NYC Trip with Kids was unusual and interesting. I agree with nycguy that most questions can be answered by checking out past questions. In fact, that's what I usually do first. I no longer live in the city but get back every month or so (I have an in-law who keeps a pied-a-terre and lets us use it.)

Eks, we are now looking at NYC for October. I sincerely hope that you'll forgive me for last time, when that get-together which we arranged while renting your home when you were in Spain did not go as planned. Who could've known that those folks were Hell's Angels and not the 'Friends of Rhododendrons Society' as they'd told me in that first email? Again I apologize for the carpet, the sinks and all the things taken.

As for forum slowness, I suppose that all such specialty sites go through cyclical rhythms and periods of high/low traffic. Dunno...
The old Thorn Tree forum on Lonely Planet certainly went through different periods. It has re-surfaced (in case you might be unaware) in a smaller version over on Reddit.

Btw, for some of us who watch too much Law & Order, the NYC crime rate does give pause, whether real or imagined. I am no longer the 30 year old who once fearlessly went through every corner of your city snapping fotos, recording sounds, taking notes.
Last time I was there (pre-Mrs Z), there was a young fellow making his NBA playoff debut. Let me see now, what was his name? Gosh, it seemed every restaurant and bar TV had his games on at night. Oh, now I remember!

Jordan Michael. He was a very good player.
I am done. the Canux

Living in the D.C. area, friends and I will take a long day into NYC on Amtrak every once in a while for an exceptional exhibit (not at MoMA or The Met--their tickets are extortion rate), but mostly NYC is just another big, noisy, dirty, overpriced, pretentious metropolis; and somewhere along the way the city lost its lustre for me.

Bloggers have flooded the Internet for better or for worse with their impressions of big cities. Unless someone is planning a niche experience there's really no reason to head to a travel forum for advice.

Quick note to zebec - the basketball players name is Michael Jordan, not the other way around.

I'm pretty sure zebec knows that. His posting style/sense of humor may take some getting used to

Quick note to NycGuy: JJ is spot-on about my quirky sense of humour. I've actually met Larry Bird. And my wife and I once hung out for a few days on a Zimbabwe safari with then-Commish David Stern and his wife Dianne. Gave him some free advice about which bidding group to consider for the about-to-be Raptors franchise entry.

*True story: the day before David and Dianne departed, he asked to borrow the camp's relic walkie-talkie. He then stood about seven yards away to make a call to America. He was so loud that we could not miss what he said (verbatim):
"MICHAEL?! David. I am so sorry to hear about your father but at least they caught the bastards!"
He was phoning Jordan to offer condolences on his dad's murder.

I am done. the ekscrunchy drop-off and the Olivia Benson whisper

Never mind the cracked toilet in the hall bathroom, Zebec. What you do not know is that one of your friendly flower fanatics left m tied up in the closet when he left the pad, and there I remained, shivering and hungry, for three entire days until the doorman rescued me. If you had bothered to send even a short thank you text, you might have known all this.

Can't write much more now because I am at this moment cruising on the Sun Princess past the shore of eastern Cuba to our next destination. Amber Cove, the Princess-owned (or leased) sliver of the Dominican Republic.
This is my first humongous-ship cruise, taken to placate the partner who got a (cheap) deal from the Men's Club of our Florida condo. Rather than describe my experience thus far, I refer you to the article by Gary Shteyngart in the May 2024 issue of THE ATLANTIC, entitled: CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP ON THE BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP EVER. I imagine you've read a book or two of his, so you can envision the direction the article takes.

If I did not fear offending dedicated cruisers on this site, I might write my own trip report!

Lol!