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Why is this a New York specific phenomenon? Living in a large town/small city in Europe, I find the same effect plays out here. A very few number of times my so
by icepat 3y ago
Why is this a New York specific phenomenon? Living in a large town/small city in Europe, I find the same effect plays out here. A very few number of times my social activities have been actively planned. Most occur after bumping into someone at a local venue, concert, or other event.
- The_Colonel 3y agoI guess it's quite rare within US.
- hypeit 3y agoIt's actually not, every city in the US has packed parks and stuff to do.
- afavour 3y agoI am talking from a US perspective. There are few cities in the US that offer this, though NYC is by no means the only one.
- hypeit 3y agoYou should really get out of NYC sometime. Pretty much every city and even mid-sized town in the US has what you're describing. A lot of it is far easier to navigate than Brooklyn as well.
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- afavour 3y agoI get out of NYC plenty! I’m not saying mid-sized towns have no amenities. I’m saying the sheer density of NYC provides many more opportunities. If you’re claiming that even mid sized towns have dozens of museums accessible by public transit… they do not. But to provide more context to my original comment about serendipitous connections: the default path for many people living in NYC is not to move to a mid-sized town (fewer job opportunities, for one), it’s to move to the suburbs. Out in the burbs (where I’ve spent more time than I ever care to) you’re driving absolutely everywhere and people are scattered all over the place. That is what I don’t want.
- hypeit 3y agoWell you talked about having ice cream and going to parks, so I'd say yes pretty much everywhere in the US has that. Other places are also much more walkable than Brooklyn, tons of smaller cities have started focusing on revitalizing their downtowns and providing walkable communities.
- afavour 3y ago> Well you talked about having ice cream and going to parks That's two of the things I mentioned, yes. I also mentioned museums and other amenities which are also "third places", as discussed in the article.
- ryanklee 3y agoIt still sounds like the things you claim are unique to NYC aren't. Maybe your strong preference rests on something else you aren't identifying. In my experience NYC has nothing in it that you can't find in dozens of other US cities for far cheaper. Edited to remove worthless snark.
- afavour 3y ago> In my experience NYC has nothing in it that you can't find in dozens of other US cities for far cheaper. Then you haven’t truly experienced NYC, I’m sorry. It’s simply not a true statement. I’m not saying NYC is for everyone or that you even have to like it, but it having nothing you can’t find in dozens of other cities? To paraphrase Principal Skinner: “can it be that I simply don’t know NYC as well as I should? No, it is all of the seven million inhabitants who are wrong”
- ryanklee 3y agoName something. Also, it's pretty dubious to think 7 million people agree with you just because they live in the city in question.
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- Klonoar 3y agoNo, no they don’t. That commenter explicitly called out museums etc. You are not going to find that level of museum in a mid sized town.
- hypeit 3y agoI think they're mixing two different things. Yes, you can go to a lot of museums in NY. No, living in NY doesn't provide an easier and more serendipitous social environment for families than the average US city.
- ryanklee 3y agoThat's so misleading. The number of mid-tier cities in the US with worthwhile museums and varied cultural access is in the many dozens. Totally skewed to think that NYC/L.A./Chicago are the only places you can raise kids in a bustling urban community. Anything Cincinnati-sized or bigger will do.
- ant_li0n 3y agoI agree, it's not exclusive to NY. I live in a college town of around 65k (100k with the student population) and it's amazing. We have a very modest home, but it's super walkable: 1/2 mile to a small grocery store, 3/4 mile to downtown, 1 mile to the river, 1 1/2 mile to the library. We moved during COVID from one of those cities where "a park is a giant empty field of grass". Major life changer.
- robotburrito 3y ago[flagged]
- screye 3y agoNYC, Boston and Chicago ?