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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 02:53 PM

Backseat Driver (2,801 posts)

I have some weird questions. Do people in the various boroughs of NYC,

not the State of New York, exhibit a lot of rivalry/competitiveness with each other based solely on their borough of their residency or more along the line of religious/nationality/racial characteristics 1)within NYC; 2)within a particular neighborhood of their borough? Do they have an "I don't want to live there because..." Were the crime families ecumenical in their exploitations in each borough, having a larger regional boss, or "different" leadership bosses assigned to the neighborhoods/boroughs?

I find it odd that persons born/raised/residing in NYC's particular boroughs as children or young adults don't seem to have associated with "rising stars" or have been "mentored" by leaders, corporate, in the "trades," political, or criminal in other neighborhoods.

I've never been to NYC and probably would not attempt it without a native guide, so help me understand various characteristics of the citizenry there.

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I have some weird questions. Do people in the various boroughs of NYC, (Original post)	Backseat Driver	Feb 2020	OP
Yes. But neighborhood more so than borough. n/t	PoliticAverse	Feb 2020	#1
THIS 100%	Runningdawg	Feb 2020	#5
All of the above	Sanity Claws	Feb 2020	#2
"Oh, yeah? What exit?"	CurtEastPoint	Feb 2020	#3
HEY I grew up in Teaneck !! Waa....	pangaia	Feb 2020	#4
Everyone not in NJ...	NeoGreen	Feb 2020	#7
My town, Maplewood, N.J. has an overabundance of refugees from	3Hotdogs	Feb 2020	#13
Why would you be afraid to visit NYC alone? It's easy...	pangaia	Feb 2020	#6
I'm "directionally challenged," spin-me-around and I'm lost, LOL!	Backseat Driver	Feb 2020	#8
At least in Manhattan the skyline is your compass	Runningdawg	Feb 2020	#9
Stay in Manhattan	Midnightwalk	Feb 2020	#10
Most of Manhattan is a square grid. Impossible to get lost	pangaia	Feb 2020	#15
Don't wear a Boston Red Sox to Yankee Stadium	Sanity Claws	Feb 2020	#11
LOL Oh yeah. Even MORE dangerous !!!	pangaia	Feb 2020	#16
It is super easy to get around in NYC.	BigmanPigman	Feb 2020	#12
Of course, Manhattan is NOT the entirety of NYC, however..	pangaia	Feb 2020	#17
Visitors should venture out of the city. Take the ferry to Staten Island	3Hotdogs	Feb 2020	#14
Staten Island, Governor's Island, The Bronx and Queens are part of NYC.	pangaia	Feb 2020	#18
I know. The o.p. asks about places in N.Y.C.	3Hotdogs	Feb 2020	#19
But you started your post with, "Visitors should venture out of the city."	pangaia	Feb 2020	#20

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 02:56 PM

PoliticAverse (26,007 posts)

1. Yes. But neighborhood more so than borough. n/t

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:11 PM

Runningdawg (3,829 posts)

5. THIS 100%

Our building, the 2 next door and the 3 across the street were tighter than the 400 person small town I grew up in. It helped that we had working girls in our building and their madame sat on the stoop all day. NOTHING got past her. NOTHING. If someone needed something, she put out the word and they usually got it. Could be as simple as someone to pick up their meds at the pharmacy or a little cash for an emergency. I remember once it took her maybe 2-3 hours to raise all the funds needed for an old womans cat to have surgery. Didn't know the woman, didn't know the cat, but she organized the whole block to pitch in.
NEVER believe it when they tell you NYers aren't friendly, those were the best neighbors I have ever had!!

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 02:58 PM

Sanity Claws (20,717 posts)

2. All of the above

but we are united in making fun on New Jersey. Who would want to live THERE?

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:01 PM

CurtEastPoint (16,157 posts)

3. "Oh, yeah? What exit?"

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:08 PM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

4. HEY I grew up in Teaneck !! Waa....

But I was born in Manhattan, so there is that.

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:17 PM

NeoGreen (4,007 posts)

7. Everyone not in NJ...

...makes fun of NJ.

Just sayin'

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:30 AM

3Hotdogs (7,937 posts)

13. My town, Maplewood, N.J. has an overabundance of refugees from

Brooklyn's, Park Slope. It may now be as much as 15% of the town's population.

And the problems they have assimilating. One woman posts on the community website that she needs the phone number of the local zoo. Seems one of their deer got lose and is wandering in her yard.

Maplewood abuts a reservation which has a herd of deer that wander into town.

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:11 PM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

6. Why would you be afraid to visit NYC alone? It's easy...

Just don't wear a Yankees hat to Citi Field and you;ll be OK.

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 04:05 PM

Backseat Driver (2,801 posts)

8. I'm "directionally challenged," spin-me-around and I'm lost, LOL!

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 04:12 PM

Runningdawg (3,829 posts)

9. At least in Manhattan the skyline is your compass

learn what the 10 tallest buildings look like, where they are located and you will always have a map in your head.

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 04:20 PM

Midnightwalk (3,131 posts)

10. Stay in Manhattan

Which is called “the city” anyway.

Manhattan is mostly a grid. You’d really have to try to get lost.

Don’t drive. You don’t need one in the city and hotel parking will be ridiculous.

As others said hell yeah there’s rivalry but mostly between neighborhoods but most of it is bs’ing.

Tourists on the other hand are fair game for everyone

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:51 AM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

15. Most of Manhattan is a square grid. Impossible to get lost

Streets get higher South to North. Avenues get higher East to West.
Just stay out of the bottom end.. although you might have loads of fun just walking around..

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 04:38 PM

Sanity Claws (20,717 posts)

11. Don't wear a Boston Red Sox to Yankee Stadium

That's another good rule.

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:52 AM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

16. LOL Oh yeah. Even MORE dangerous !!!

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Mon Feb 24, 2020, 11:57 PM

BigmanPigman (46,068 posts)

12. It is super easy to get around in NYC.

You can't go wrong with a grid system which is what NYC has for the area north of Washington Sq. Take a subway (safe and clean since the 80s) and Uptown and Downtown is the same as North and South. I have the worst sense of direction on the planet so for me to consider NYC easy to navigate than a 5 year old could do it.

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:53 AM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

17. Of course, Manhattan is NOT the entirety of NYC, however..

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:33 AM

3Hotdogs (7,937 posts)

14. Visitors should venture out of the city. Take the ferry to Staten Island

and see Governor's Island. Go to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. See the museum of moving image in Queens or the transit museum in Brooklyn.

Or go to Bedlow's Island in New Jersey and climb the Statue of Liberty.

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:54 AM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

18. Staten Island, Governor's Island, The Bronx and Queens are part of NYC.

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:57 AM

3Hotdogs (7,937 posts)

19. I know. The o.p. asks about places in N.Y.C.

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Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:59 AM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

20. But you started your post with, "Visitors should venture out of the city."

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