The South is the best place for Europeans to come to America for the first time. Look how friendly and kind all the Texans are to these foreign people. As long as they don’t expect this great hospitality in New York, Baltimore, etc. Maybe some of them will immigrate to Texas!
“ The South is the best place for Europeans to come to America for the first time. Absolutely. That also goes for Northern Americans.😉👍
Oh for God’s sake do you think we’re savages out here?
I’ve been in NYC twice now this summer, which is a modern era record for me. Did a lot of walking. I found New Yorkers to be uniformly friendly and helpful. Of course, there was an element of reading the room involved: don’t interrupt someone who is obviously in a hurry or engrossed in a conversation, etc. A little self-deprecating humor goes a long way. While I mostly walked, I did end up using the subway about 10 p.m. to get back to Penn Station. Both times I was careful to ask for directions from my location to the nearest subway stop, which line to take, and about safety at that hour. Everyone was responsive and friendly, and the subway was fine.
Of course, I wasn’t in any sketchy parts of town, and I’ve lived in DC long enough to know to maintain situational awareness on the street.
The only problem I encountered was getting back to Penn Station the night Trump was at MSG for some basketball game. So many streets were closed down that getting to the only entrance involved a long walk-a-maze detour to get to the only entrance, and I was getting into catch the late train territory. That’s a crazy way to manage Penn Station, which is kinda, sorta important. Obviously the NBA game should have been moved to some more suitable location. Like Hoboken.
The thread the needle thing wasn’t hard because there were police directing pedestrian traffic at every corner. It was just a long walkabout, and I didn’t have a lot of time to spare.
The High Line walking park hadn’t been created when I lived in NYC almost 50 years ago. I ended up walking the whole thing as I arrived through Penn Station and was headed to lower Manhattan. Fantastic park, well worth checking out.