Posted: 9/18/24 at 2:08pm
When visiting from the West Coast, NYC gives me the quirky mix of grit and glamour that I love.
Why do you 
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Updated On: 9/18/24 at 02:08 PM
Posted: 9/18/24 at 3:22pm
And then, of course, there's Broadway to love.
https://www.nyctourism.com/things-to-do/broadway-and-performing-arts/
Posted: 9/18/24 at 3:49pm
I'll never forget the first time I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. The view of the city was breathtaking. NYC has a way of making you feel small yet significant at the same time. It's a city that truly captures the human spirit.
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Updated On: 9/26/24 at 03:49 PM
Posted: 9/18/24 at 4:19pm
JanetBrophy said: "I'll never forget the first time I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. The view of the city was breathtaking. NYC has a way of making you feel small yet significant at the same time. It's a city that truly captures the human spirit."
Yes! Those historic, magnificent bridges.
https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/new-york/new-york-city/experiences/news/photos/pedestrian-bridges-with-the-best-views-of-new-york-city
Posted: 9/18/24 at 8:27pm
I started visiting NYC at the age of 7 (in 1972). I discovered the glorious world of Broadway and saw literally every show that opened every season for decades. During my college days in the mid/late 80s, I spent my weekends in Manhattan (I was going to school in Boston). Jump ahead a few decades and I decide to move to NYC in 2015 to pursue my second career. Endured the 2020 lockdown and lived like a regular New Yorker. In 2022 I just got burnt out. Suddenly I started noticing the garbage on the streets, the smell of urine everywhere and that glorious thrilling and exciting NYC was getting on my nerves so in July 2022 I bolted and moved to Laguna Beach (California). This is now my last life move and my 7 years in NYC are a blur. Truly feels like it was some movie and I honestly do not think I’ll ever return. Been there, did it, did it well, and I’m done. Looking out my window every night and seeing the glowing orange sunsets overlooking the Pacific Ocean is surreal these days.
Posted: 9/19/24 at 5:04pm
And as a Queer guy, I can't forget the Rainbow Community.
https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/
Posted: 9/19/24 at 5:17pm
Obviously, It's the theatre scene. Before moving to London last week, I would visit NYC about once a month to catch a show and escape reality for a little while. What I loved most was that it was a place to escape from my everyday life. Even though it was just for the day, it still felt longer than that. I hope to have the same feeling now that I am in London.
Posted: 9/19/24 at 5:20pm
Highland Guy. When I was just a NYC visitor from South Florida, NYC was cinematic and exciting and I hated leaving. Visiting NYC is glorious and thrilling and magical. Living in NYC is a whole different ballgame and consolidating errands just to not have to venture around the city becomes routine, especially during hot sticky humid days - the ones where you find yourself taking 3 daily showers due to feeling sticky and gross just running a simple errand. Suddenly, Broadway becomes an afterthought and you avoid Times Square and midtown - sometimes 6 months went by before I had to venture into Times Square Hell to see a show. That’s why many move to NYC and leave after 3 months. The reality of living in NYC sure wasn’t like the fantasy they had of it during that weekend trip to see a marathon of Broadway shows.
Posted: 9/19/24 at 5:43pm
In December, 1966, I was a new 19-year-old sailor making my way to my first U.S. Navy ship in Scotland. I was to fly out of NYC (my first time in the city), but the weather was bad so the Navy put me up at the Waldorf Astoria for two nights (not a luxury suite, I assure you). In the lobby, I was wearing my "Blues" that had white stars on the two corners of the back collar. I felt someone touching my back, and heard two people say "luck". When I turned around, it was a middle-aged couple who told me that touching the stars was meant to bring me luck. That simple gesture meant so much to this teen-aged sailor. Through the years, there were numerous times that my stars would be touched and I was wished "luck". But that first time in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria remains a special memory.
So, yeah, I LOVE NYC !!
Updated On: 9/19/24 at 05:43 PM
Posted: 9/19/24 at 5:45pm
“I don’t like cities, but I love New York… other places make me feel like a dork”
- Madonna, 2005
Posted: 9/19/24 at 7:42pm
Many reasons and I will start off with the food. You can get any ethnic type of food you want at all hours of the day. Since we are responding on Broadway site, obvious answer is theater. I just love the vibe of the city; it is alive and full of energy. I have to mention the great museums in the city and landmarks like the Statue of Liberty. Even with its faults, it is still a great place.
Posted: 9/19/24 at 7:44pm
"I'll never forget the first time I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. The view of the city was breathtaking."
That is so much fun to do and I always tell people who are visiting for the first time to do it. I love photography and you can get some awesome pictures from the bridge.
