> When you go to NYC you kinda hope to run into these old school New Yorkers and have them turn and yell at you, "I'm walkin' here!" Visiting NYC in 2018 and 2

> When you go to NYC you kinda hope to run into these old school New Yorkers and have them turn and yell at you, "I'm walkin' here!" Visiting NYC in 2018 and 2019 made me realize that that phrase is literal. There's nothing like walking down the sidewalk only to have the guy in front of you just stop to gawk at something with no warning, forcing you to stop short or swerve on a dime to avoid bumping into them. Or maybe if you're lucky they didn't just stop short, they'd already been just standing there in the dead center of the sidewalk since they came into view, but you still have to go around them. After one afternoon of walking around the city, I already felt like shouting "Hey, I'm walkin' here!" several times. (and being a tourist myself, I was actively self-conscious of whenever I wanted to gawk at something, so I always made sure I moved to the innermost part of the sidewalk and put my back to a wall if I ever wanted to stop and look at something or pull my phone out)