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Only in New York!!

Only in New York you can walk EVERYWHERE Only in New York...(your thoughts please)

Only in New York do you always have a designated driver...he's called a "cabbie" (hence, drink up everyone!) Only in New York can you have Thai, Korean, Mexican, Kosher, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Indian food all in one week without leaving your neighborhood. Actually, without ever leaving your apartment or hotel. Any others?

You can walk pretty much everywhere in Philly, Chicago, and Portland, OR, too. On one memorable occasion I walked (in Philly) from Chestnut Hill to Penn's Landing (From the CH loop to Valley Green coming out near Queen Lane/Lincoln Drive, to Kelly Drive to Center City and down to Front St.). Wouldn't do it again, but it CAN be done!

I don't believe that walking is prohibited outside of New York so I would have to disagree that only in New York can you walk everwhere.

Only in New York do you meet nice people, and rude people, busy people, slow people, old people, young people.

I'm thinking about this one seriously. BTIlke makes a good point that you can walk most anywhere in Boston, Philly and a few other places too, not to mention much of the Old World. In America, NYC is the only place I can think of where the subway runs 24-7. Nowhere I've been to has all the big liquid crystal TV screens like are in Times Square, although I understand Tokyo is similar in feel (as well as parts of London).

Only in New York can you party ALL night!! It truly is the city that never sleeps!!

John K: Granmanzana? How appropriate to be responding to a New York City thread. Only in New York Kids, Only in New York.

Only in New York can you pay $1500 for an apartment that is 10x12 sq ft. I like how some of the songwriters have put it: "Where the underworld can meet the elite" "Those who can't afford silk & satin, dames with gigolos who are Latin, come from Yonkers, the Bronx and Staten..." "Little people who ain't got nothin', join the people who live on Sutton..."

Only in New York can you get a cab driver that does not know where the Lincoln Center is!

I had a cabbie last week who had "heard of" JFK Airport but had no clue how to get there. He called a buddy, spoke in some strange language for a few seconds, then off we went to JFK. We made it, despite 2 wrong turns!

I found an old e-mail someone sent me, that is along these lines. I'd say most of it is true: 25 Signs That You Have Lived in New York for Too Long! > > > > 1. You get very annoyed with out-of-towners who think the subway is > > unsafe. > > > > 2. You actively avoid bars that people from the outer boroughs >frequent. > > > > 3. You figure that a date costs at least $200. > > > > 4. You have not seen a bank teller in several years, because your >idea of > > going to the bank is using the ATM at your corner deli. > > > > 5. You haven't smelled grass clippings in over a year. > > > > 6. You haven't "called shotgun" in a long, long time. > > > > 7. You think that New Jersey is really far away. > > > > 8. You plot the Barney's Warehouse Sale on your calendar. > > > > 9. You have over two month's rent in credit card debt, but you still >eat > > out every night. > > > > 10. Your give out your cell phone number to people you meet, because >that > > is the best way to reach you. > > > > 11. You have stayed out later than 4 am on a Monday or a Tuesday >night. > > > > 12. Your passport gets more use than your driver's license > > > > 13. You are ashamed to be assigned a 646 area code. > > > > 14. You can't imagine eating dinner before 8 o'clock at night. > > > > 15. Not one of your adult friends is married, has a car, owns an > > apartment, or aspires to any of the above. > > > > 16. You think nothing of a man in leather pants. > > > > 17. Your childhood bedroom is bigger than your current apartment, >but > > your rent costs more than your parents' mortgage payment. > > > > 18. At least one meal each week consists solely of drinks, olives, >and > > nuts. > > > > 19. You eat Thai, Vietnamese, Indian and sushi at least once each >week. > > > > 20. You tell everyone you love NY because of the cultural >institutions, > > but can't remember the last time you set foot in a museum or >theater. > > > > 21. You spend $10 to see a movie. > > > > 22. You take $150 with you every night you go out: $20 for cabs, $20 >for > > cover, $60 for dinner, and $50 for drinks. > > > > 23. You have gone out on 3 dates with 3 different people in the >same > > week, but haven't spoken to any of them since. > > > > 24. You wear Prada shoes, Gucci sunglasses, a Cartier watch, and > > cashmere, but claim to be poor. > > > > 25. You think the only places you could ever live are New York, >Paris, > > London, San Francisco or on an island in the Caribbean > >

Only in NY would a co-worker, then a 21 year old recent Yale grad with a double major in Math and Economics, shell out $1,500 bucks for a small-studio apartment because he had a view into the aerobics studio of the all-female gym across the street. Only in NY would the gym put a curtain up a week later.

More signs you've been living in NY too long... 1.You spend more on your dog than most people spend on their infant 2.Your passport gets more use than your drivers license 3. "Manhattan" really only refers to streets below 96 St. Everything north is the island of Harlem 5. You view the world as having two types of people-downtown and uptown 6. You could write an episode of "Sex and the City" based on personal experience 8. You think "Trial of the Century" refers to Puffy Combs 9. You are not aware that speed limits exist in Manhattan 11. Talk of politics beyond Hilary or the Mayor is a social faux-pas 12. Unlike 99% of Americans, you dread the summer 14. You know the names of every media mogul in town but do not know who your congressman is 15.Though your salary would buy you a very comfortable lifestyle anywhere else in America, your quality of life is little better than a Calcutta slum 16.You have pondered exactly which intersection in Manhattan the center of the world exists 17. You know your local homeless man by name 18.You claim to be athletic but can't remember the last time you participated in a game where a score was kept 19. You own twice as many pairs of shoes as your non-New York friends 20. You have no problem standing in line for an hour waiting to get into a bar to pay $8 for a beer and look at people you will never talk to 21.Everyone but you has a great rent situation 22.A movie shoot on the street is nothing more than an inconvenience, which you have the right to walk through during filming and heckel the actors 23.You think everyone living outside of New York is jealous of you 24.You wear Gucci shoes, designer sunglasses and cashmere, and claim you are poor 25.You think the only places you could ever live are New York, Paris, London, San Francisco or a remote ranch in the Rockies