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i probably won't go atop the Empire or the Statue of Liberty.
the 30 Rock however if it has an observation deck I'll go up there
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Are 5 days enough to see the essentials of NYC?
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i probably won't go atop the Empire or the Statue of Liberty.
the 30 Rock however if it has an observation deck I'll go up there
Empire state building is nice, I've been up numerous times. If you do it definitely try to go up at night time so you can see the city lights
Man i always find it fascinating how tourists romanticize nyc, as a person who is been here 20+ years its w/e. I actually hate driving/going to Manhattan due to how freaking crowded it is. As for TC sure why not. Make sure you visit Times Square around 12-2 AM at night. Thats when its not as crowded but still more crowded than 99.9% cities in the world. But shops are open till 2 AM and bars are open till 4-6 AM so your gucci.
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Depends how you define essentials but yeah you can cross off the bucket list type stuff in 5 days. I could spend years just going to amazing restaurants but that's not really what you are after.
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No time for lying down. I'll do that when I hit Cancún my next stop
W/e is whatever and TC is topic creator which is you my friend. Also when you in NYC and you find people are rude to you don't take it personal lol, its just the NYC charm lol.
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believe me I've lived in worse places for years. New Yorkers wouldn't be able to survive where I lived
Good choice.
30 Rock has a better view, unobstructed
Empire State is fenced off with full obstruction of view
If you ever get the chance visit Boston. It's smaller, cleaner, and about a dozen times less superficial than NYC. It also doesn't smell like a dumpster every day.
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Yeah, I've only been up once, and that's because my company is a tenant and we get to cut the lines. I really wouldn't recommend it. It would be low on the list. If you want a view go to a rooftop bar or something.
You'll be bored in Boston after a day.
This is great advice. Don't stress about what you have and haven't seen, or else you end up missing the forest for the trees. Enjoy yourself, take a stroll through Central Park, take a carriage ride.
Nah, this is not accurate. I lived and worked in the city for years.
Yeah, you can easily drop $100 or more per person for nice meal, but eating cheap is not difficult in New York.
- Joe's Pizza (probably the most popular pizza spot for tourists). There are tons of pizza places that are good and even a few dollar pizza places that pretty decent. Just don't go to the one around the corner from Joe's in midtown.
- Tons of cart food. Some of it can be hit or miss, but it's like $6 or maybe $7 now for a platter. Not the best food, but it's ok
- Tourist type restaurants like Carmine's are good for families. family style and relatively cheap.
- Any random deli or bagel spot. Best bagel on W 35th is one of my favorites.
I could probably go on for hours. It could be overwhelming for a tourist because you don't know the spots, but google is your friend.
Yes.
Proof: I live here. lol.
Tips: Do a hop on hop off bus tour. Go to a cool show (Harry Potter is supposed to be mind blowing), do "Sleep No More", do stuff in Brooklyn too.
Proof: I live here. lol.
Tips: Do a hop on hop off bus tour. Go to a cool show (Harry Potter is supposed to be mind blowing), do "Sleep No More", do stuff in Brooklyn too.
Live in Greater Boston. Can confirm. Do the Paul Revere Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, take in a Sox game if it's summer and that's about everything the city has to offer.
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Dude European cities are more expensive. All cities unless South East Asia or in Portugal are expensive.
The thing about New York is not about things to see, it's about being a place where things of a certain magnitude happen that you can't get anywhere else. Can you see all the touristy crap in 5 days? Yeah, probably. Can you experience all that NYC has to offer? Not even if you lived there for a lifetime.
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No they're not, been in plenty of European cities, hell I live in one, a decent dinner with a couple glasses of wine is more expensive in NY.
I think I paid fucking 12 dollars for a glass of wine!
As someone who has lived in NYC almost their entire lives, you can hit up the essentials in about a day. Five is plenty.
Exactly this person knows. New York has experiences every day. Shit changes fast.
Also to the op be careful with the broad way tickets.
If you know what you're doing with the subway, you can move around very quickly. I went up for a long weekend last month and got through a lot of things. It will probably be crowded and cold in March, but I'd suggest going on the High Line park. It was very beautiful in early September...though as said, crowded.
Compared to what? Tokyo??
It's a big city. Manhattan alone is big.
Nope. I live in Boston but I go there pretty frequently since it's only a couple of hours away by driving or train.
Like when I end up going to New York, it's usually for something happening there. One time I went to NY was to see Marit Larsen performing at Rockwood Music Hall. I was in this intimate setting of maybe 50 people, I got to sit 30 feet away from her and listen to one of my most favorite artists in the world perform. New York is one of the few cities that can attract talent so frequently to experience that sort of thing on the regular. Then you have all these Broadway stars that just do random stuff. Like how 54 Below has Broadway Princess Parties. You wanna see actual stage Disney Princesses belting out their tunes? Hit one of those up. It's cabaret so not a shitty seat in the house.
Plus there's all these random chance things that pop up that you might get to experience if you're out there. One night you might be sitting at Marie's Crisis and Darren Criss and Lea Salonga come out of nowhere and do a duet of "A Whole New World" and then Lea belts out "On My Own". U2 might be busking on a fucking subway. When Fat Beats was around you could hang out there and some unknown hip hop prodigy might be performing. Who knows. Shit like this happens and if you're out there you might be lucky enough to be a part of something. That's what New York is.
Greatest city in the fucking universe.
March fucking sucks here, it's been worse weather wise than February these past few years. Fuck March
Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland are some of the most expensive places on the planet. I can take you to a bar in brooklyn where we have a $5 tequila + high life special called "low life"...Manhattan mid town isn't whole of nyc...
Can confirm boston is pretty lame as a tourist, love living in the area though just not an amazing tourist city imo
Boston's a really nice city, but it's not terribly exciting.
March will be cold and there's a fair chance of snow on the ground. But it won't be bitterly cold like November-February.
5 days would be enough to see quite a few places in Manhattan, but you won't really get the whole feel of NYC until you're there for much longer. Also take into account the amount of time you'll need to get from place to place and don't plan on visiting more than 2-3 areas per day if you want to enjoy them.
Edit: also find a good breakfast spot near your lodgings and hit it up every day. You'll meet nice locals and get a feel for the pace of city life.
5 days would be enough to see quite a few places in Manhattan, but you won't really get the whole feel of NYC until you're there for much longer. Also take into account the amount of time you'll need to get from place to place and don't plan on visiting more than 2-3 areas per day if you want to enjoy them.
Edit: also find a good breakfast spot near your lodgings and hit it up every day. You'll meet nice locals and get a feel for the pace of city life.
you need to follow the guides and go early. I didnt wait long at all to get to that or the statue of liberty line.
I do street photography, above is nyc. Not just midtown.
While that sounds horrible, the view is breathtaking and definitely one of those "once in a lifetime" type moments. I'm from Chicago and NYC's skyline blows ours out the water. Never seen anything like it.
Alternatively you can go to the top of 30 rock for a fraction of the time and get to see the skyline, central park and the empire state building
The problem with the ESB Observatory is you're looking at the NYC skyline without the ESB in it.