uptowngirl

How to live in New York City

The Thought Catalog sums up New York City with an article titled- How to Live in New York City

http://thoughtcatalog.com/2010/how-to-live-in-new-york-city/

A pretty accurate read though I am not too sure about the crying in public bit...oops yes now I do remember sobbing my eyes out somewhere in the east 70s and not caring I was because it was NYC and I was anonymous after all ..have any of you had a similar experience?

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hhusted Jan 13, 2011

I have yet to cry in public. I am a sensitive person at times, but won't cry in public unless I have reason to.

BroadwayBK Jan 14, 2011

That dude lost me when he confessed his love for Max Fish.

Uraniumfish Jan 15, 2011

I've seen a lot of random people crying in public, usually on the phone having a tearful conversation. They're definitely acting like no one else is around. @BroadwayBK Max Fish is not so bad, is it?

BroadwayBK Jan 15, 2011

I hate that place. Why is it so bright? Granted I haven't been there in years, so maybe it's no longer overrun by frat boy types.

BroadwayBK Jan 15, 2011

Also, isn't it closing? I thought they couldn't pay their rent or something....

hhusted Jan 15, 2011

@BroadwayBK: Considering many stores are closing their doors in NYC, I wouldn't be surprised if they were next.

uptowngirl Jan 16, 2011

@BroadwayBK Youre right its shutting shop on 30th Jan http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/fashion/16maxfish.html?pagewanted=all

ajadedidealist Jan 16, 2011

I cry in NYC taxi-cabs a lot. In fact, I've had really personal conversations in NYC taxi-cabs and not really registered the fact that the driver could hear. Gosh, the stories cabbies must be able to tell!

Uraniumfish Jan 16, 2011

@BroadwayBK Yeah, Max Fish closing. I can't say I've ever found it all that charming, it was a bit too pukey for me. But it always served as an easy reference point when I wanted to meet people in the LES - we would just meet up at MF. I agree though that I'm not going to cry once they're gone or anything.

Uraniumfish Jan 16, 2011

@ajadeidealist I'm sure they mostly wish they couldn't hear your private talk. Whenever I hear someone having a conversation on the phone in public with way way TMI, I wish I could find the off button.

uptowngirl Jan 16, 2011

@ajadedidealist Its a wonder no NYC cabbie has written a book yet or is there one and I just dont know about it?

uptowngirl Jan 16, 2011

@Everyone just read that Max Fish has got a one year reprieve!

BroadwayBK Jan 16, 2011

@uptowngirl Well, that's good I guess, even if it's not my favorite spot at all. They have been there a lot longer than the neighborhood's current opulence.

hhusted Jan 19, 2011

@Uptowngirl: It's probably because most cabbies are foreigners and don't have enough of a command of English to write something that us Americans could understand.

uptowngirl Jan 20, 2011

@hhusted I smell an opportunity there.. hmmm since I do speak Hindi which many of them do maybe I should find one and interview him/her for a book!

hhusted Jan 20, 2011

I agree there is a possible job there for you. Go for it.

JenMac Jan 24, 2011

The comments on that article were so vicious, I felt sorry for the writer. I actually tended to agree with a lot of what was said. . . however romanticized it was.

hhusted Jan 25, 2011

@JenMac: People are going to criticize anything they don't like. This is because they don't have a life and are jealous when others are doing well and they aren't.