Take the subway? Get ready to get groped, pushed in front of a train, have a bunch of ferals board the train with a boom box and proceed to use the straphanger poles as gym equipment. Watch their flying feet come within inches of kicking you in the face. Prepare to act busy as the day's beggars shuffle down the aisle with some sob story and ask for a hand out. Don't reveal the location of your wallet. Don't fall asleep on the train, as you could well be robbed or have a rat scampering over your inert body. Don't get into an argument with anyone, as they might well stab you. And then, with the new no-bail law, the perp would simply be turned loose to do it again to someone else.
Walk around by foot? Don't give to beggars and thereby reveal the location of your wallet. Make sure you walk down the street like you OWN it. Don't look around like a tourist--it makes you a target. Be prepared to nimbly dodge in and out of openings instead of just being able to walk normally---it's that crowded. Don't flash expensive jewelry, phones, or money.
Enjoy visiting DumblASSio's NYC, where the BEST view is the one in the rear view mirror!
Wow thanks for the advice. When I lived in Chicago, there was this guy who was constantly asking me for money to “buy food”... I knew that this guy was going to take the money and buy drugs or alcohol with it not food. I said so you’re hungry? He said yes. I said okay and I went into the hospital at the McDonald’s right there and bought him a trio. Here you go I said, and he was a bit flustered LOL