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I have such respect for these people. Partly because without them, NYC would be devoid of life. NYC is unlike any city in the world. I challenge anyone to live
by smpetrey 10y ago
I have such respect for these people. Partly because without them, NYC would be devoid of life. NYC is unlike any city in the world. I challenge anyone to live there for a time in their life. You won't regret it.
- istorical 10y agoHow is it different than other metropolises like London or Paris, Tokyo or Seoul? (I live here and I'm not sure). Sometimes I hear people say these things and I wonder if you have to live in Manhattan to understand, I commute from Brooklyn.
- RankingMember 10y agoThe real never-ending life of it. Most cities have off-hours- NYC is literally a 24/7 city.
- beagle3 10y agoSo do London, Berlin, Tel-Aviv and a few other cities.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI think one telling feature is that the New York subway runs 24/7; every other metro in the world shuts down for nightly maintenance.
- jeffbr13 10y agoBerlin's U/S-Bahns certainly give the impression of being open 24/7 -- I've never had problems getting to/from clubs or airports at any time of day. London can also claim a useful 24/7 service, with the night tube starting a couple months ago and the third and fourth lines (Jubilee and Northern) just opening up this week[1]. [1]: https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-are-doing/night-tube https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-are-do...
- mrec 10y agoLondon's Night Tube only runs on Friday and Saturday nights, which I'd think makes it 24/2 rather than 24/7.
- douche 10y agoIt's been a few years, but I remember getting stranded at the U-Bahn station a few times when I was in college because we got out of the bar too late and having to walk home or wait around for daylight.
- tormeh 10y agoIt's open 24 hours on weekends but close at nights preceeding working days.
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- Symbiote 10y agoCopenhagen's metro runs all night. It helps that it's new and driverless.
- mstade 10y agoAt least for London, this is simply not true. Sure, you may find there are some things open late, like maybe a gas station off The Highway, or casinos devoid of anything interesting beyond buckets to sink your money into. And that's what it comes down to I think. While London (I can't speak for Berlin and Tel-Aviv, I've never been) may be a big city, it's far from interesting at 3am. Hell, in most areas it stops being interesting around midnight or 1am, when most pubs close. You'll have a hard time finding anything that's more interesting than a seedy chicken shop at that point. That the only public transport available 24/7 are buses, most of departs perhaps once an hour, probably doesn't help making a city active 24/7. On the other hand, in London you'll see bankers having a large pint at 8am. So I guess there's that.
- beagle3 10y agoWhen I used to frequent London (which would be 15-10 years ago), there was stuff to do at 3am, clubs, etc. It wasn't everywhere, but you didn't have to look hard. The tube stops running at some point, but the buses take over and are actually useful. When I lived in NYC, it was the basically the same. Most subways switch to 1/hr after midnight, most parts of the city are sleeping. Union Square wasn't interesting at 3am, neither was Madison Square Park or anywhere around Central Park. There's stuff in SoHo/Tribeca, but not that much. At least that was my experience.
- evanelias 10y agoNo NYC subway lines drop to 1/hr late night. Some lines stop running entirely, and others switch to making local stops, but the scheduled late-night headway is 20 minutes between trains [1] on all lines that run at night. It's been that way the whole time I've lived here (a decade) at least, probably longer. Obviously this can be affected by track maintenance, police activity, etc but that's not the norm. Other rapid transit systems in the area are a bit worse, but still not 1/hr. PATH late-night headway is 35 minutes; Staten Island Railroad's is 30 minutes. The commuter rail systems (LIRR, MetroNorth, NJ Transit) may indeed drop to 1/hr or worse per line, but that makes more sense for heavy rail. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_services#Train_frequency_charts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_s...
- throwaway1892 10y agoYou have graveyeard shift in any city that's big enough, it is not limited to NYC.
- jpindar 10y agoPeople working, yeah. But NYC has more businesses that stay open to the public all night.
- ookblah 10y agoI think I Seoul rivals NYC in terms of the 24/7 nightlife or entertainment that isn't Las Vegas. When I was there you could literally go out every day of the week if you wanted to whereas NYC does settle down during the week. Seoul is a bit sanitized, though. I don't think you can replicate NYC's "busyness" or grittiness which is why I love it here.
- ipnon 10y agoNew York City is definitely the most ethnically and linguistically diverse place in the world, and because of this you have a myriad of different lifestyles taking place side by side. I don't think you need to live in Manhattan to understand that.
- SideburnsOfDoom 10y ago> New York City is definitely the most ethnically and linguistically diverse place in the world Citation needed. FYI, other cities such as Auckland, Toronto and Los Angles and London are ahead by some metrics. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/75964986/Auckland-a-melting-pot-ranked-worlds-fourth-most-cosmopolitan-city http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/75964986/Auckland-a-melting-... And NYC is probably ahead, but about level with London on others https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_born#Cities_with_largest_foreign_born_populations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_born#Cities_with_large...
- JBReefer 10y agoQueens is the most diverse place on Earth. http://traveltips.usatoday.com/indoor-attractions-queens-new-york-108847.html http://traveltips.usatoday.com/indoor-attractions-queens-new... Elmhurst Hospital has to have translators for 153 languages. (the article is also really good, would recommend it heartily!) http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/13/every-disease-on-earth http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/13/every-disease-o...
- acchow 10y agoThe term "foreign born" means very different things in London vs. New York. I don't think it's a meaningful comparison.
- CydeWeys 10y agoWhat are those different meanings?
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- grosbisou 10y agoOnce I landed back home in Paris on a Sunday. I couldn't find any grocery store open. I couldn't find any restaurant open. I lived there 20 years and I was honestly lost... I literally forgot how different NYC and Paris were. I ended up eating at McDonalds...
- davidf18 10y agoNYC has a 24/367 Apple Store (Fifth Ave), a 24 hour Best Buy (Union Square -- at least 5 days/week), 24 hour Staples and Fedex, 24 hour quality grocers (Fairway, West Side Market,...), pharmacies, subway 24 hours, also many fast food 24 hours. Population is diverse: 40% of New Yorkers not born in USA.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoChicagoan here. I think a lot of the "Only in NYC, right guys?" sentiment applies to pretty much any city with more than 2m people. Big city life follows certain predictable patterns. Ironically, I find it fairly provincial when people say that because it tells me they don't spend time in other big cities. You don't look terribly worldly when you ignore the rest of the world.