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The funny thing about NYC residents complaining about this kind of thing is if they lived anywhere else for a while and came back then the normal background noi

The funny thing about NYC residents complaining about this kind of thing is if they lived anywhere else for a while and came back then the normal background noise level of the city without construction would seem so loud as to seem unbearable. It's all just an example of the crazy weird microcosm that NYC is.. everyone living in a bubble of insanity and unable to tell.

ghaff 8y ago
I actually rather like visiting Manhattan but a few days is about my limit. Even for people who find ordinary city living quite tolerable, Manhattan takes things up a few notches compared to most places. I lived in Manhattan one summer for an intern position when in grad school (admittedly in a dirtier/more dangerous city than it is today) and pretty much decided I couldn't live there no matter how much money I was offered.
- amyjess 8y ago
  Yeah, I visited NYC last year for a week, and it was so much fun, but I would never ever want to actually live there. I could've done with spending a second week there, though. Admittedly, I had a bit of a skewed experience on my trip: I was in Manhattan during the day but spent my nights staying with my cousin and her family in Westchester. This meant I didn't get to spend nearly as much time in the city as I wanted to (which is why I wish I had a second week there), but it also limited my exposure to noise and prevented me from getting sick of it.
dade_ 8y ago
After a weeklong trip to NYC, I was walking home from the airport thinking how quiet downtown Toronto is and then I started to laugh when I realized that I was walking past a construction crew jackhammering the sidewalk. I guess I just tuned it out.
CPLX 8y ago
I mean it’s all relative right. Perhaps if the rest of the country stopped living their lives entirely within strip malls and parking lots for a few years you’d notice how insane that is.

ghaff 8y ago

I actually rather like visiting Manhattan but a few days is about my limit. Even for people who find ordinary city living quite tolerable, Manhattan takes things up a few notches compared to most places. I lived in Manhattan one summer for an intern position when in grad school (admittedly in a dirtier/more dangerous city than it is today) and pretty much decided I couldn't live there no matter how much money I was offered.

amyjess 8y ago
Yeah, I visited NYC last year for a week, and it was so much fun, but I would never ever want to actually live there. I could've done with spending a second week there, though. Admittedly, I had a bit of a skewed experience on my trip: I was in Manhattan during the day but spent my nights staying with my cousin and her family in Westchester. This meant I didn't get to spend nearly as much time in the city as I wanted to (which is why I wish I had a second week there), but it also limited my exposure to noise and prevented me from getting sick of it.

dade_ 8y ago

After a weeklong trip to NYC, I was walking home from the airport thinking how quiet downtown Toronto is and then I started to laugh when I realized that I was walking past a construction crew jackhammering the sidewalk. I guess I just tuned it out.

CPLX 8y ago

I mean it’s all relative right. Perhaps if the rest of the country stopped living their lives entirely within strip malls and parking lots for a few years you’d notice how insane that is.