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Travelling to New York in 13 days.
I'll be living in upper east side, near the 96th street.
My friend, who's been in NYC is trying to scare me, saying it's very dangerous and shit but he's also known for bullshitting for his own enjoyment so I don't really believe him.
How is it currently?
I know Bronx is a bad area, but I don't plan on going there anyway.
Manhatten is retardedly safe dude. Literally a festering shithole of gestapo police, theres more cops in NYC than most countries have soldiers in their militaries. That being said, if you arnt white and carry contraband, it will be very unsafe for you for this same reason.
You can pretty much go anywhere in manhatten and the city in general during the day, at night manhatten is still very safe but places like the bronx and parts of brooklyn can be sketch, however even those areas are much better these days. A couple of years ago i had to walk through the puerto rican area of brooklyn (bayridge? Bay something? Idk) in the middle of the night, alone, as my white skeletor self wearing a tie dye shirt and a back pack full of valuable shit - the same night all the ricans were drunk and rowdy from the puerto rican day parade. Nothing bad happened.
Upper manhattan (harlem) can also be a little sketch at night but even then thats in the areas dozens of blocks north of you. Obviously follow common sense - dont take shortcuts down dark alleys, dont go in parks at night, anywhere dark and seedy is probably a bad idea.
Realistically NYC is probably one of the safest large cities in the world, *especially* manhatten.
Hope this helps.
>>1110373
Ok, cool!
I already know that if it gets late and I'm far away I'm likely to take a cab anyway, not because of safety but because of laziness.
I've heard so many different stories about the area I'll be living in, some say it starts to get unsafe already at 80th street, some say 98th is the sweet spot, so it's good to hear that it's not as bad as some people try to make it out to be.
Not walking through dark alleys or parks as night applies to my city in Sweden as well, so I wouldn't do that anyway.
Thanks for the advice.
Lmao NYC is a playground. Gentrification has done a great job of pushing niggers out of the place. God bless the power of the dollar.
>>1110374
No prob mang. Seems like you have it covered pretty much. Generally speaking, any streets in the 3 digits are considered not as safe, but these days that only really applies to the areas in the extreme north - you wont find any trouble where you are nor in its surroundings.
If you plan to use cabs, you may want to consider the subway. Theyre clean, safe, and run 24/7 and are extremely easy to figure out, plus youll save a ton of money this way. You might also want to try uber, i think they are generally cheaper than cabs. I pretty much use the subway exclusively though so maybe i have bias.
Ausfag here, will be a first time visitor in NYC in October, planning on spending a week checking things out, mostly interested in cultural shit like music, so I'll try to see a gig every night - broad tastes so should find something each night? Also, how likely is it I might run across some coke when I am there? It's fucking $300/gram here, I know it's cheaper overseas, but I don't want to have to cruise the projects to "get on" as we say. Advice?
>>1110390
Commenting on the 3 digit rule everyone keeps spouting on here.
1. I would say its safe up until the end of the Columbia university Campus (~116th street west side).
2.There are even projects/public housing on 92-95th street on the east side, so it kind of negates the 3 digit rule.
3. Harlem isn't exactly cheap anymore and CCNY and Sloan Kettering is wrestling for more control of that area.
4. After that is washington heights which provides the GW bridge access to NJ, and the Columbia Presbyterian hospital so That's safe at least during the day (wasn't dangerous at night but I'm hispanic).
5. Further north you break into the 200's which is Inwood which is literally a bunch of artisan coffee shops and restaurants around old apartments by the cloisters(historic castle/park). columbia's athletic center and a the Weill Cornell Medical center are on the northern tip of manhattan.
6. Crossing the 225th st bridge has like a 5 block buffer of projects then it becomes riverdale, manhattan college, fieldston which holds all the super elite NY private schools, manhattan college is over priced liberal party school, and riverdale where I grew up is >50% jewish and we all went to the same charter and private schools. this all ends at around 260th street and is officially yonkers or if you cross east of the major deegan highway.
The entire west side, all the way through Washington Heights and Inwood, is very safe. Statistically lower Manhattan is more dangerous. You might want to be careful brandishing an iPhone in East Harlem after dark but no one is going to hurt you randomly. Just use some common sense.
>>1110448
Lower Manhattan, is that south of East Village or something?
Pic related.
>>1110451
Well, I was speaking in terms of anything below 59th street. Midtown has the highest crime rate in the city. It's just so crowded it feels safer.
>>1110460
I see!
What's this I heard about some lunatic slashing people in the face?
Is that a big thing or just people stirring things up that aren't really that bad (in how many times it happens, obviously getting your face cut is bad.).
>>1110479
>>1110479
Anything can happen at any time. This is a massive city and there are some crazy people out there. If they aren't slashing random people they're pushing them onto train tracks or getting naked and yelling at cars.
I don't put much thought into it desu and I don't know anyone who does. Statistically NYC is pretty safe. I've lived/worked everywhere from the Bronx to Staten Island to all over Harlem and Brooklyn - besides having a few phones jacked straight out of my hands I've never once had a problem.
I've felt more uneasy in places like Newark or Camden NJ than I have anywhere in NYC.
Manhattan is pretty safe. As a rule of thumb, stay away from blacks, arabs and hispanics. Basically anyone not white or with pants sagging lower than hips/waist.
I know it aint politically correct but its the truth.
>>1110525
Well you're going to have a pretty tough time doing that in NYC unless you never leave your hotel room.
How likely is it that someone you don't want to talk to approaches you in, say, the subway?
I come from Scandinavia and we don't generally feel comfortable with strangers entering our private zone.
When in Rome and all, I'm gonna be open-minded, but to be fair I don't know how I'll handle it if some super extrovert hobo approaches me and basically wants to start up a conversation.
>>1110649
Pretty high.
Either another tourist will mistake you as a local and ask for directions, or some crack fiend will attempt to hustle you for a dollar with some bullshit story. The homeless more or less keep to themselves, or try to make money by playing some shitty bongos - but they wont be directing themselves to you specifically.
Its NYC dude. Coming here expecting everyone to be autist robots like back home is going to end in disapointment. Just roll with it and accept youll have to occassionally spend a whopping 10 seconds of your time dealing with other human beings you'd rather not talk to.
>>1110657
Yeah I'm not completely against it, was mostly wondering if people leave you to your own business or approach you.
I won't spill any spaghetti if somebody approaches me, just want to know what to expect.
>>1110373
What's the cheapest area of NYC I can move to and still be safe and have access to the subways?
I'm not OP, but I'm moving out to nyc this summer. Looking for a studio (hate roommates)
Also how hard is it to find work these days in new york...I just got my masters if that makes a difference
>>1110662
Nowhere. Theres no such thing as cheap. There is "affordable", as in, you can afford to live there and not starve, but you wont be doing at all because youll be so broke.
And the safety part? LOL. Pick one and only one breh.
For real though, unless you are willing to sacrafice every dollar you earn just to scrape by, its not worth it. Unless you make that mad dosh, at which point you probably wouldnt be needing to ask here..
>>1110664
So....you're saying NYC is populated only by rich people? How is that even possible?
What about Jersey as far as price? I'm in LA btw...already scraping by here so
There are more jobs in my particular field in NYC than LA...hence why I'm making the move
>>1110666
No.
Im saying that there is no such thing as affordable housing that is also in a good neighborhood. The exception to this is rent controlled apartments, but protip: youre not getting one. Also, a one bed studio is pretty rare and very expensive, because no one likes sharing. So you have that working against you as well, considering even finding one that isnt insanely priced is a challenge. A cousin of mine, who lives in a one bedroom shoebox of an apartment in chelsea village, pays something like 3500 a month for rent alone. However thats a very nice trendy neighborhood, and she makes a retarded amount of money, which is the only reason its possible. Also worth noting she spent a good 5 years being able to afford such a place but being unable to find one in a nice area - thats how difficult it is to find a one bedroom.
How much are you willing to spend a month for rent? Whats your price range? I have no idea what housing goes for in jersey. But i do know that any savings will be negated by the cost of commuting. Queens or the bronx are also more affordable, but again, theres a reason for that.
NYC is one of the most expensive places to live in the world lol, theres no secret cheat code to avoid that fact.
>>1110374
>Not walking through dark alleys or parks as night applies to my city in Sweden as well, so I wouldn't do that anyway.
It's sad we've basically acclimatized ourselves to think of this as normal in the west.
When I was living in Hong Kong I never dealt with this kind of shit.
Fucking liberals.
>>1110695
Lol wtf does niggers lurking in alleys have to do with liberals? How is this even sad? Its just common fucking sense lol. If you want to avoid a potential encounter with criminals, ita best to avoid the ideal areas for criminals to hang out.
If im not mistaken, isnt hong kong kinda "sterile" for a city of its size anyways, this not at all a good comparison?
>>1110710
Liberals are responsible for permissive criminal justice systems.
>If im not mistaken, isnt hong kong kinda "sterile" for a city of its size anyways, this not at all a good comparison?
It's not some great cultural hub, but it's incredibly safe.
Try to learn from others when they do things better than you, instead of assuming you do everything better, and that we just need to accept endemic criminality as a fact of life.
Down with niggers.
>>1110714
Lol dude you literally have no fucking clue what you are talking about. I mean yeah, youre on the right track with liberal policy making being one of the roots of the issue, but criminal policy??
Lets get something straight. NYC does just fine with its skull thumping of criminals.
First off, as stated before, the city has more police officers than most countries have armed forces - there is literally like over 300,000 of them, if not more. Just think how fucking big of a number that is. Idk of you have ever been to NYC, but i have, and let me tell you - the police are EVERYWHERE. And thats not including the stasi plainsclothes police that you cant even tell apart from citizens.
Second, these police HATE minorities. They do not have mercy. They literally go out of their way to fuck them over. They outright violate the constitution with their stop & frisk policy of "random ;^)" searches of suspicious individuals in areas with "criminal activity" AKA where the minorities live. If you think the nigs have it easy here, think again.
HOWEVER - you are correct about liberals being part of the cause of the problem; not through their criminal justice agendas, but rather through the government welfare system. There are people who have been on welfare their whole lives, and so have the generations before them. They simply do not understand the concept of contributing to society - they literally could not survive if the welfare system ceased to exist. Its not all their fault, they are a victim of their enviroment; they are born and raised to believe their gibmedats are not only a gift, but an entitlement they truly deserve for merely existing and shitting and pissing like every other human being ever. And its NEVER enough, as our pop culture teaches them to embrace the chase of the almighty dollar.
We are kinda steering off topic here though. But in a nutshell, not being able to walk down a dark alley in NYC has nothing to do with our justice system.
>>1110726
>Second, these police HATE minorities. They do not have mercy. They literally go out of their way to fuck them over. They outright violate the constitution with their stop & frisk policy of "random ;^)" searches of suspicious individuals in areas with "criminal activity" AKA where the minorities live. If you think the nigs have it easy here, think again.
This is incorrect. Blacks are arrested at about the same level as they are reported to have committed crime on the NCVS/NIBRS.
>>1110727
So blacks commit more crimes in proportion to their population, and the arrest rates reflect that reality - thats what you saying?
Alright, how does that make my statements invalid? I never said the policing practices are not justified. The police, at least in NYC, do go out of their way to fuck with minorities. Whether or not that practice has a valid basis is a whole different arguement. I abhor the policies that violate the constitution, as that is facilitating our slow decline into an increasingly tyrannical state - but i agree that the police have perfectly valid reasons for doing what they do.
Idk man, maybe im not understanding the point youre trying to make, but im really not seeing how anything i said is at all incorrect.
>>1110726
>"you literally have no clue"
>literally
>there's 300,000 cops in new york
>I know, I went there once
You are the real fucking moron. NYPD has around 33000 uniform officers, given they work 3x 8 hour shifts, less than 1/3 of that number are on duty at any time (some are sick/on vacation/at training).
So, around 10k officers (inc. those who work off the street in a station, or in specialist roles ie crime scene) are on duty at any time.
Get your facts straight.
>>1110714
Show me on the doll where the black man touched you, faggot.
Walking alone through dark alleys can be dangerous because of drugged out schizos more than anything else. There are no packs of wild black men hiding in the shadows waiting to attack the first fat white loser they see.
>>1110755
LOL
Yep. I will be the first to say that im officially fucking retarded, there is infact not a third of a million cops. Woops. I remember reading a blurp of NYPD having more officers than some countries have troops, i guess thats how my fuckup came to be. Sorry!
I still stand by absolutely everything else though, despite my number having an extra 0.
>been there once
Yeah, today. I was infact in east williamsburg when i wrote that message. Im in brooklyn twice a week for work. Not to mention having family there, and being a short trainride away - ive been in NYC literally countless times. Im no local but its certainly fair to say i know what im talking about, mostly.
Doesnt excuse me from going full retard though ;^)
>>1110768
Black people commit a disproportionate amount of violent crime in the United States.
There is no possible way to argue against this. Volumes of statistical data, not just from arrests or police reports, but from nationwide victim surveys, affirm this.
Now. Stay out of Europe nigger. No one wants you here.
>>1110773
>If NYC were its own country, its army, the NYPD, would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea. Its GDP, $413.9 billion, would be the seventeenth largest, just behind the Russian Federation and just ahead of Switzerland. With more than 8 million residents, it would be more populous than Ireland, Switzerland, or New Zealand.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/rnc/9573/
>>1110775
I live in NYC. It's one of the safest major cities in the world. Your autistic fear of black people won't change that. No one gives a shit about you enough to harm you.
I guarantee its better than whatever shithole you live in, because people like you are too stupid and afraid to come here.
>>1110777
That looks like what i read. So yeah despite me spitting out the wrong number like a bumbling idiot, its safe to say everything but was based in reality.
So yeah, again, perhaps not hundreds of thousands lol. However the point i was attempting to make is that NYC has a crazy police presence, which with all things considered, do a pretty good job at what they do.
Is it wise to walk around with a DSLR camera bag or is that screaming for attention of muggers and bagsnatchers?
I'm an amateur photographer and I love to photograph, I don't feel a small digital camera will cut it, I will bring it as well as a complement though.
>>1110783
There are so many tourists all over this city, carrying huge cameras everywhere.
I really don't understand how people get to anxious about things like this. Just have some common sense. Be aware of your surroundings. In all likelihood you'll be so entrenched in tourist activities you'll barely interact with locals. We generally try to avoid tourist areas.
>>1110789
Reported. go back to pol
>>1110783
Literally zero issue at all. You obviously will need to have common sense precautions, like having a wrist/neck strap for it, and making sure that its secure when taking subways - not unheard of for thieves to grab your shit and dash through a set of closing doors as you get helplessly shuttled to the next stop. But yeah, people walking around with expensive shit is mega common. Just dont be a low hanging fruit and oblivious to whats going on around you.
I probably wouldnt be taking it out at night either, unless you are in manhatten, which is safe 24/7.
>>1110789
You were making fair points until you kicked into gear with the full blown racist shit.
Yeah, blacks are indeed more likely to commit crimes and live in shitholes. But thats not because of their race, but because of their economic status.
Crimerates are completely based on class/economics. The fact that there is a correlation between crime and minority neighborhoods is just that - a correlation. The CAUSATION is the fact that these minority neighborhoods are poor as fuck, and dependant on welfare. Im not going to retype what i wrote earlier so just reread that post again for the full picture on how they are simply products of their enviroment.
In short, even if the city was 100% white, youd still face extremely similar issues as long as the economic factors remained identical (ie: white trash trailerparks).
>>1110795
>But thats not because of their race, but because of their economic status.
>crime rates are completely based on class/economics
Many people believe that a bad social environment is a major contributor to crime. They believe that if people of all races had the same education, income, and social status, there would be no race differences in crime rates. Academic research, however, shows that these differences persist even after controlling for social variables.
In fact, the percentage of the population that is black and Hispanic accounts for crime rates more than four times better than the next best measure: lack of education. Furthermore, even controlling for all three measures of social disadvantage hardly changes the correlation between racial mix and crime rates. The correlation between violent crime and the percentage of the population that is black and Hispanic is 0.78 even when poverty, education, and unemployment are controlled, versus 0.81 when they are not. In layman's terms, the statistical results suggest that even if whites were just as disadvantaged as blacks and Hispanics the association between race and violent crime would still be almost as great. It may seem harsh to state it so plainly, but the single best indicator of an area's violent crime rate is its racial/ethnic mix.
>>1110795
>In short, even if the city was 100% white, youd still face extremely similar issues as long as the economic factors remained identical (ie: white trash trailerparks).
The biggest "white trash trailer park" state is WV, which also has abysmally low income/SES metrics, yet still has a significantly lower crime rate than just about any black majority city, town or neighborhood.
>>1110797
Except we're not talking about West Virginia. We're talking about NYC. The fact is, NYC is one of the safest cities in the world. Unless you're a total moron nothing is going to happen to you here.
>>1110794
Europe is nothing but one giant shithole. Just stay there. I'd take a slum in America over that filthy continent any day.
>>1110799
>The fact is, NYC is one of the safest cities in the world.
NYC Murder rate: 2.2
London Murder rate 1.5
Vienna Murder rate: 1.1
Hong Kong Murder rate: 0.2
Number of rapes that took place in HK in 2015: 70.
Number of rapes (not counting sexual misdemeanors) that took place in NYC in 2015: 1,000+
>>1110801
>is black
>entire black diaspora is known for turning inner city areas into shitholes
>"y...your entire continent is a shithole!"
You aren't a real American. Your people are statistically a negative net loss upon American society (affirmative action, welfare, unemployment, crime). Every area you inhabit in large enough numbers turns into a slum.
Like I said, stop leeching off of the success of White Americans. If Black America were a country it would be third world. Fact. Even low-tier European countries like Greeks think you are savages.
>>1110804
50% of gang rapists in London were identified as black by their attackers.
>>1110804
You literally have no idea who I am, you insufferable faggot.
>>1110806
*victims sorry.
>>1110806
You can find this sort of thing in tons of cases:
>There were repeated references to the "white bitch" during the attack which Mr Bevan said was "overtly racist in nature".
The death of black men is a beautiful thing. Wish I could have urinated on Trayvon's corpse.
>>1110810
Are you actually going to do anything about it or are you going to sit behind your computer like an angry fat loser?
What exactly happened to you personally that makes you so bitter about black people?
>>1110814
>expecting me to fight nigger crime single-handedly
lol. how is this even an argument?
people rely on law enforcement to do that, unfortunately in the west that means they get hold of them, if they're lucky enough to secure a conviction they're out in a few years, if that, for "minor" violent offenses.
And they then go on to rape and murder.
>What exactly happened to you personally that makes you so bitter about black people?
You realize if black people disappeared from my city then the crime rate would literally fall significantly overnight, right?
Black people are so dumb. They think white people hate them "because they're different". They really, genuinely believe that, as a group, they don't do anything wrong.
>>1110802
New York is the 10th safest big city in the world according to several "safest big cities in the world"-lists.
>>1110796
This is cherry picked data.
Again, yea, there is a strong correlation between between race and crimerates. But there are simply too many others at play to take this at face value.
A small list pf examples: cultural values, lack of father figures/fragmented families, violent upbringings/living areas, victimization (real or imagined).
Theres plenty more. The point im trying to make is that being black does not automatically make that person more likely to commit crime - it is the trends mentioned above as well as others that are almost certainly the cause. It just so happens these trends are far more prevalent in minority areas, which results in raw data like you are showing.
There simply isnt a direct link between a persons genetic makeup and crimerates - it is rather the result of the enviroment in which a person dwells inside.
>>1110822
>This is cherry picked data.
No it isn't. It's data evaluating the exact things you said were the main determinants of an area's crime rate, namely poverty, and plotting it next to crime rate.
The correlation is much weaker than when crime is compared to an area's ethnic mix.
If your hypothesis was true, the opposite would be the case.
>A small list pf examples: cultural values
Ah, so now it's more than just poverty eh? Culture is an expression of genes as well as environment remember.
> The point im trying to make is that being black does not automatically make that person more likely to commit crime
A black person of equal socioeconomic status to a white person is more likely to commit crime. That's a fact.
>There simply isnt a direct link between a persons genetic makeup and crimerates
This is untrue. There are established genetics factors behind propensity to violence (the no. of repeats in androgen receptor genes for one).
I heard that The Bronx is a pretty rough area, but going to the zoo, during the middle of the day, should be no problem at all, right?
>>1110775
Most black crime is by repeat offenders and in the same neighborhoods. Also the force is less white then other times.
Ok, besides all the arguments about spooks, coons, moolies, jiggaboos, spades, shines etc etc, I wouldn't mind enjoying some blow while I am in your lovely big apple, but I don't like the idea of going searching for it in projects or other seedy areas. Is it likely I will be approached in bars/clubs or do I need to assess someone during conversation & just ask?
Does anybody know where pic related is?
It says Williamsburg, but when I use google map I don't find any place looking remotely similar, just two parks close to Brooklyn Bridge but that doesn't have the exact same view.
>>1111596
East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
It's always insanely crowded with finance douche bags who think they're unique for living in Brooklyn, along with their vapid wives and children. In the past few years it has changed from hipster central to the new Hells Kitchen.
>>1111435
>travel just to do drugs
>why
No, that is not the sole intention, the question was, how easy is it come across without having to resort to dealing with street dealers / project slingers?
not OP, but if i'm gonna be parking my car for a week and just walk around the entire place, is it better to just park the car on the other side of the hudson, or is it safe to park in a parking garage within nyc?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/08/us/census-race-map.html?_r=0
Looks like 96th Street is the boundary between the White area to the south and the Spanish Harlem area to the North. Double check which side of the street on which you will be living. Personally, that's too close for comfort for me.
>>1110374
I think that if your white you'd have no problems south of Columbia university and it would still be relatively safe north of there, kinda sketchy at that point though.
>>1110414
http://www.news.com.au/national/crime/australian-curtin-university-students-shot-in-new-orleans-family-deny-drug-deal-allegations/news-story/4e1246d4e621eeb9fede01ae2c9ea576
Be careful buying drugs from people you don't know anon.
>>1112096
>Personally, that's too close for comfort for me.
Holy shit this post exudes inexperience and ignorance.
OP, just because there happen to be some Hispanic people living where you're staying does not mean your life is in any threat. That area has become so gentrified anyway that you're more likely to see white people walking around than any minority. I can't believe people still think Harlem/Spanish Harlem is some ghetto that you're guaranteed to be robbed in once the sun goes down. It couldn't be farther from the truth.
>>1110714
>Liberals are responsible for permissive criminal justice systems.
Yeah and I'm sure that "crackdown" on crime in the 80s by conservacucks made us so much safer right?
I literally just got back from New York City last week.
It's perfectly safe, especially in Manhattan. I stayed out late at night and never felt worried about safety. Manhattan is FILLED with tourists just like you.
Pic related
Dumping more pics
View from Central Park
if you want awesome pizza, go to Lombardi's in Little Italy.
>>1110375
does this go for NYC or just Manhattan?
>>1112141
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>>1110363
hold up , since when is the bronx bad? I'm from woodlawn , north tip of the bronx. go to yankee stadium for baseball/soccer games, south bx to chill with my boys. bronx is not bad. its diverse, cultural, and unique
>>1112222
I remember when I visited ground zero it was packed, really sunny day in April so obviously lots of tourists around. Anyway, the majority of people were taking selfies. Couldn't believe my eyes, I thought people would have some more respect. There were legit people with selfie sticks talking big smiling photos with their kids, unbelievable. It is a beautiful monument though
>>1110503
>there are some crazy people
statistically speaking there is a small standing army's worth of absolute lunatics in new york city at any given time
>>1110538
I spent a week in the city going all over the place and never entered a white minority neighborhood. Even going through Jackson Heights when I think it is white minority, it's just families pushing strollers around.
>>1110649
No one will fuck with you if you don't fuck with them. Ignoring people/minding your own business is the correct response in 99.9% of social interactions in NYC.
You have to understand that most New Yorkers are nice people, it's just that when you put so much American culture into such a small area the result is ... enriching to say the least.
>>1112332
>the majority of people were taking selfies. Couldn't believe my eyes, I thought people would have some more respect.
Anyone who has a selfie stick and frequently uses it should be shot on sight. The world's average IQ would immediately jump by a few points.
>>1112216
Pictures from there can't do it justice how fucking massive the city is. It's just an unimaginable amount of steel, stone and glass for miles and miles.
There are so many millions of lives in this picture. How many people are eating, fucking, falling in love, shitting in the frame of this picture the moment it was taken? It's preposterous. How many countless dollars changed hands that day?
>>1112249
It applies to all of the city. The only way you would end up in a shitty part of town is if you did it on purpose.
>>1112332
american """""culture"""""
How easy is it to connect with one of those "medecine" delivery services? I have read articles about them having business cards etc with a phone number...
Not OP, but will be going to NYC in June. Flying into Lagaurdia. Plan is to take the M60 to Astoria to catch the N train into mid-town.
Can anyone confirm that there is a metro kiosk at LGA where I can get a metrocard. Also, there's a day pass right? But, from what I can tell you can't use the day pass on the JFK airtrain, is that right?
>>1112347
It's tourists though. Only tourists go to these monuments and do that shit. The museum was supposed to be free for any first responder, and then it wasn't. Selling merchandise, hot dog carts, etc. It's all bullshit.
Some truly sheltered people on this board
>>1112479
Get a cab over to Citi Field (Mets stadium) and take the 7 train directly into Grand Central or Times Square, will save you a lot of time and hassle.
>>1112489
Thanks for the heads up. How much would that cab ride cost?
>>1112479
DO THIS
Cabs are fucking expensive. Just 2 weeks ago I flew into LGA, took the M60 to Astoria and to N to mid-town just like you are planning to do. It's way faster than a cab and WAY cheaper.
sorry but I don't remember if there was a kiosk at LGA or not, a friend who was recently in NYC gave me his metro card which had money left on it.
But.. When I took the M60 bus from LGA-Astoria, I didn't see a place on the bus to swipe my card. So I just hopped on and off at my destination. Never swiped my card. A bunch of people did the same
>>1112494
It's a 5-15 minute ride, and only a couple miles at most so it wouldn't be too expensive. Check the MTA site for info on the 7 Line, that's gonna be your best bet.
if you use public transportation you'd be accosted by at least one rambling threatening hobo once per day
>>1112544
Those hobos are actually hipsters. It's difficult to tell them apart at first glance.
>>1112332
People take selfies at Auschwitz so don't be surprised.
>>1112479
Get a Metrocard at the subway(el)station. There are machines.
>>1111847
go fuck yourself, you druggie scumbag
>>1112342
The average IQ is always 100, by definition. Who's the idiot now?
Hey guys, this isn't safety related at all (I've been to Manhattan a countless amount of times, and I'm from a city anyway, so I'm not at all worried about that), but it is NY related, so I figured I'd post it here instead of posting a new thread.
I'm going to be graduating with a tech degree that will allow me to work a large variety of jobs including anything IT related, software development, etc. It's always been a dream of mine to work and hopefully live in Manhattan.
What is the best way to make this happen? I'm not worried about getting a job there; I'm fairly confident that I can get a tech job pretty easily. But what's the best way to look for jobs? Craigslist? Should I spend a day there and just walk around some of the various business centers of Manhattan?
If I get a job, what would I do then? Should I try to save up a ton of money first to pay the first month's rent? Will a tech job even be able to pay for a studio apartment, at least in Queens or something until I work my way up?
I'm not expecting anyone to answer all of these questions, I'd just like some tips. I have no idea how I'd survive before my paychecks start coming in regularly. If anyone's actually managed to move to NY from somewhere else and land a job, share your story.
I'm from eastern PA so getting there's not a problem. I can easily take a cheap bus or train from NJ.
>>1112760
Here's a pic I took
>>1112544
I don't understand, how do they have money to use the subway?
Or isn't it like here in Sweden that you scan a card that costs a shit ton that allows you to pass a locked gate?
>>1112930
hobos arn't poor in new york, they just homeless. And sometimes not even that.
Plus places like the salvation army give out free tokens to help people get jobs or whatever. Plus the cops don't stop hobos from turnstyle jumping
>>1112932
You're 100% wrong.
The homeless in NYC are just as poor as anywhere else. No one gives free tokens (the MTA doesn't take tokens anymore). A lot of people with unlimited cards will swipe people in.
If anyone jumps the turnstiles in front of NYPD, homeless or not, they will be stopped. I cannot believe you actually think the NYPD just lets them do it.
Are there subway passes that you can buy that lets you use the subway limitlessly for a week?
I think that's what would be best for me.
>>1113148
Yes - 7 day unlimited MetroCards are $31
>>1113233
Great!
>>1110726
>these police HATE minorities
Action creates reaction, look at the firearm discharged reports, only brown and black people fire at police.
>>1110373
this.
NYC is super gentrified and manhattan is pretty much filled with rich white people and expensive housing. Realistically the sketchiest places you can end up in are south Bronx, east Brooklyn, or maybe parts of washington heights. other than that you should be fine, you're probably gonna see tons of homeless / dusted people on the subway or downtown, but that's just part of the city
>>1113736
Sounds good.
How's Red Hook or whatever that place in Brooklyn's called?
A friend of mine said he felt terribly unsafe there, but yesterday I read an article that said that it's a hidden gems for bars and such.
>>1113736
In NYC, does dusted mean high on PCP or just generally intoxicated and belligerent?
>>1113747
I've only been to Red Hook once and I got court summons for climbing in a abandoned building. I know the area used to be super industrial and sketch in the 80's and 90's, but I think it's slowly getting gentrified as well. I think the neighborhood is changing to more upper class white people but it's still got an 'old' Brooklyn vibe. It ultimately comes down to how comfortable you feel and how you can interact with people and hold your head. I'm a blonde white guy and I've been to deepest Brooklyn (Brownsville) going through completely vacant blocks without a problem
>>1113759
For me it's an all inclusive term for a combination of drug / alcohol intoxication and mental illness. You will probably encounter this at some point if you stay in NYC, but theyre probably not gonna bother you anymore than asking for money or being loud and rambling around.
>>1113736
If we're being real even Brooklyn isn't terrible. Brooklyn is mostly Spics, whom keep to themselves, and Hipsters who think graffitied buildings and coffee shops make them so counterculture.
Stay the fuck away from Harlem though. Niggers in NYC have no desire to keep to themselves. Most of them will heckle you, some of them might try to confront you, just ignore it and keep walking for the most part. There's this new push to get Harlem revitalized as some "cultural destination", because apparently nothing says culture to the liberals like sketch ass stores and projects where the nigs follow you heckling you for money. Fun times.
>>1113875
Isn't Harlem considered safe up til 125th~?
>>1113875
Harlem's weird, it's getting gentrified also but it also has a big homeless population, many of whom are addicted to synthetic smoke blends, K2.
>>1113826
Ok, might give Red Hook a go.
I'm naturally muscular and I always stand up straight and look confident, so I don't think I would be the first target someone would mug.
Gentrifier here, I have lived in East Harlem for about a year, I've never even seen a crime
Of course, now that I posted this, I'll probably be killed
>>1110649
>>1110661
If you ride the subway there is about a 50% chance each time some guy will go "ladies and gentlemen blah blah blah give me some money" and then walk up and down the car and try and stare everyone in the face.
Just ignore them.
If someone asks you something that isn't "give me money", just act human
>>1113672
Anyone can post fake stats.
>>1112096
I (am white and) live in Spanish Harlem. It's pretty cozy. It's mostly just families minding their own business. Apart from a few areas it's not too hood, like some of central/northern harlem still is (although even that's gentrified)
>>1112332
I don't really like the monument. It's a big hole in the ground with stuff falling into it. Couldn't they have picked better symbolism?
>>1112944
I'm aware this doesn't apply to every individual, but I regularly see the same homeless guy by my subway station and I think he brings in about 50$/hour in "harassing employed people" money.
>>1113875
What the literal fuck are you talking about?
I live on East 118th street and nobody has ever heckled me or even talked to me unprompted, except the occaisonal beggar
Pretty damn low compared to the rest of America. NYCers don't give a damn about you. I spent a month in NYC, there was only a single person I talked twice to. If you don't initiate the only unwanted contact you'll get will be peddlers on the trains. But they aren't that pushy generally, so just ignore them. To avoid being targeted don't gawk around like the world's most obvious tourist.
>>1114242
Whats the real stats if you think its fake?
>>1110373
>certain areas should be avoided
>don´t venture into the dark
>describes abusive police
>can´t even go into a park at night
>one of the safest large cities in the world
friend, have you ever been across one of the ponds? The conditions you describe would be seen as scandalous and a horrific reduction of quality of life in most large european and east asian cities. I don´t want to be a america basher, but it never ceases to shock me how a first world country is unable to tackle basic public safety issues. Instead you seem to prefer to blame it on race and just continue to watch the downward spiral of your public life. It´s sad.
>>1110374
violent crime rates have slowly and steadyly risen in Sweden since the Rocker wars, but it is still nothing compared to New York. You might me intimidated by Parks at night out of fear of stumbling across a homeless, or the general propensity of men to fear the dark, but the odds of something happening are still minuscule. I would bet that the numbers of murders in NYC alone is easyly 4 times as high as the one for all of sweden...
>>1114491
I don't want to downplay a 4 times multiple, but you say that as if Sweden and New York City didn't have similar population numbers.
>>1114491
That's generally among minorities.
As a white male, you got literally nothing to worry about in NYC, as long as you don't search for trouble, dude.
Black man punches tourist for not tipping after giving "free hug" in times square.
http://abc7ny.com/news/canadian-tourist-slugged-by-free-hug-guy-in-times-square;-suspect-arrested/1335434/
Its big bring money
>>1114518
I've got about 1900 dollars, should be fine for a week.
>>1114519
2000, now that I think of it.
I hope I don't need to spend more than say, 100 dollars a day though.
>>1114507
You can almost feel how decades of SJW brainwashing fades away from her.
>>1114506
I know nobody that has ever been mugged in sweden. And I have lived in Sweden all my life, 15 years of that in Stockholm. The only crime I have experenced first or second hand are the ocasional pickpocketing, bar fights, brawls after sports matches and catcalling tier sexual harassment. All of these are extremely rare and have never ocurred to me personally as victims or perpetrator. If you don't dare going into a dark place at night as a swede you are probably just generally afraid of dark places.
>>1114507
1 tourist, put of a gorillion visiting Times Square each day.
>>1114242
Crime statistics from New York Police Department
I was born and grew up in the Bronx. It's not that bad as long as you mind your own business.
>>1114652
Your safe sweden may be not be as safe anymore as sweden take in more rapefugees.
"National broadcaster SVT reports what police area manager Stephen Jerand described as a “worrying trend” of unprovoked violence on women in public places."
http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/cologne-is-every-day-europes-rape-epidemic/news-story/e2e618e17ad4400b5ed65045e65e141d
>>1110363
I live up near 125th, city is fine just mind your own business and probably shouldn't go past 112th late since you even have to ask. Generally just don't be a target and you'll be fine like literally every other place on earth.
OP here, I just arrived.
94th/95th really seems like a nice middle-class neighbourhood. Funny how it switches to the complete opposite just a few streets up, though.
Queens looks like a shithole, at least the part that the taxi took me through (Jamaica?), and from what I saw of Bronx across the river (driving by La Guardia) it doesn't look like something that really interests me either. Brown buildings which looked like they could fall apart any second.
Manhattan though, wow! It's beautiful as far as I can tell, and I'm hopeful for Brooklyn.
Pleasantly satisfied, apart from driving through Jamaica and seeing that part of Bronx.
>>1115037
>muh rapefugees
Sweeden has extraordinary high rape rates, because its rape laws are extrsordinarily strict. May I remind you that Assange is beeing prosecuted in sweden for lesser degree rape because he removed his condom without consent during consensual sex.
Sweedish rape statistics have continually risen for 40 yeats as rape laws and prosecution have continually gotten stricter. Sweden is rated as one of the top countries for it's prosecution of rapes btw. this is a goid starting reading to understand this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden
>>1112757
dammnit, you stole my smartass joke =^/
>>1115219
Mostly working class neighborhoods on both sides of the Van Wyck.. People take care of houses,guy.
>>1111321
You can find blow in any bar/club in the city
>>1114507
This guy as been doing this for a while. He's a repeat offender. He's also nuts. Doesn't take his meds.
This place is awesome. I don't even know why I made this thread in the first place.
Feels as safe as back home. Manhattan anyway.
I haven't been out at night yet but I doubt I'll see much trouble in mid-upper east side where I will visit most bars.
>>1112220
>Not L&B Spumonis
>>1112094
I parked a car in chinatown for a week in a garage that only accepted cash and spoke no english. It was a boring but newish toyota though. Worked out totally fine.
>>1115267
>Assange is beeing prosecuted in sweden for lesser degree rape because he removed his condom without consent during consensual sex
That absolutely should count as rape, at any level of strictness. It stops being consensual when you do something like remove a protective layer against STIs and pregnancy.
>>1116118
The point is that it does not count as rape anywhere (?) else.
