Hellhole?
Manhattan is one of the safest places on the planet and even the surrounding boroughs are far safer then they were during the ugly days of the 1970s.
Once you learn your way around, NYC is an amazing city and has the best food and entertainment options in the world - as well as a first class public transportation system, so you can leave your car a home.
You can thank Rudy Guiliani and the NYPD for that.
I'm hoping that this joker of a mayor gets tossed on his butt and that everything return to normal before things get too out of control.
I was in Manhattan over the weekend and definitely noticed less cops around and the local panhandlers and street con artists were already getting more aggressive.
So unless something gives soon, I fear that we will start seeing an increase in street crime. But I did need to point out that NYC is not a hellhole. Now Detroit or Bridgeport, CT, now those are hellholes.
Sorry, but any place lacking an abundance of shooting ranges does not have the best entertainment options in the world. Likewise, I'd bet I could walk virtually any block in Lafayette, LA and pass at least 2-3 restaurants that would be the equal of anything in NYC at half the cost.
“...NYC is an amazing city...”
Great post and I second it wholeheartedly. I do not live in NYC, but occasionally visit and NYC is a treasure that will be tragically lost if the liberals ruin the gains made by Guiliani.
I travel a lot to Manhattan on business and what gets me is the amount of garbage that stacks up curbside. Piles of it. The stench of it really has turned me off to the city.
As far as crime goes, the only I have experienced is having a cell phone and coat stolen outside of Grand Central Station. That was years ago.
An army of Eric Garners are now out on the streets panhandling. This is what some here who were complaining about the Garner arrest wanted.
Now NYC has panhandlers again hassling people.
Pathetic.
You obviously haven’t been mugged yet.
From what I read Rudy Giuliani did a great job cleaning up the city. Shame to see it being undone by this clown.
Only because of the over-the-top security. Other places don't need a TSA agent every 36 inches. NYC is a hellhole to the rest of us.
NYC is an amazing city and has the best food and entertainment options in the world
But it takes an income like yours to take advantage of that. NYC is a hellhole to the rest of us. The elite banker culture doesn't help.
I fear that we will start seeing an increase in street crime.
Street crime in my town would be insignificantly different whether the police showed up or not. NYC is a hellhole to the rest of us.