My wife wants to go to New York City.

[Will Carry]

I liked to have freaked out went we went to San Francisco. I was so glad to get out of that city that I wanted to kiss the ground when the plane touched down in Dixie. I don't do well in big cities. Case in point: Every street corner in San Francisco has a begger on it. You walk 3 blocks you got 4 or 5 people asking for money. I don't like that and I got really irratated so a guy final comes up and before he opens his mouth I say "I ain't giving you no money!" AND he starts cussing! I wanted to turn around and fight! I think I could've taken him down in about three seconds! A real city feller would have handled that a lot different. They are used to beggers and crowded streets. It don't bother'em

I'm gonna buy my wife a ticket and take her to the airport. She's got family that will pick her up and she can stay with them for free. Yeah I married a New York Yankee. We've been married for 15 years.

My Avatar is a picture I took in Daddys Creek Canyon in the Coosa Wildlife area.

Edited April 6, 2011 by Will Carry

[Garufa]

Go with her, have fun and IGNORE the beggars. I mean do not look them in they eye and don't get offended when they start cussing as you walk off.

[Will Carry]

Thanks Garufa! When we were in San Francisco my wife want to go to this museum that was 20 blocks away. Well I ain't never rode on a city bus. Don't know which one to get on nor how much it costs or anything. So there was this big pimp lookin' feller at the bus stop and I went over and asked him which bus to get on. Well he was smokin a doobie as big as my finger so he reaches in his wallet and hands me two bus passes. Friendly guy. Everybody in SF was freindly, cause they were all stoned! Walking down the street was like walking through a freshman dorm. The smell of pot was everywhere. There must be something wrong with me to be in a city like that and hate it so much.

[mav]

NYC isn't all that bad. It is crowded, dirty, and it sucks driving around downtown during rush hour, but other than that, it is okay. Whenever I go, I stay out on LI, which is pretty much like here, and take the train into Manhatten. I never take the bus. I always use the subway or a taxi (which is an experience itself).

If you have never been, I would go. It is worth seeign once.

As far as beggars go, I have never had a problem with them asking me for money. That could be because I blend in well because everytime I go I usually get asked on numerous occasions how to get to such and such.

[Chief07]

Hey, Like Garufa said go with her. Enjoy yourself.

Just don't walk around looking up at the buildings. That is a sure sign of being a tourist.

My daughters go up there to see shows and visit friends.

New York ain't Tennessee!

[Mark A]

Just don't walk around looking up at the buildings. That is a sure sign of being a tourist.

I was going to say the same thing...

[G27]

Love visiting NYC, at least for 3 days or so.

[MacGyver]

I spent 9 months at Ground Zero after being in 1WTC the morning of September 11. While there is a lot that's wrong with New York, it's a great town that everyone should experience at least once.

All in all, you're probably safer walking the streets of New York City at any time of day than you are walking the streets of downtown Nashville or in your case Raleigh. There are simply a lot more people out and about at all hours of the day and night. In the couple of years that I've spent in New York I can't recall a single incident of being solicited by a panhandler or feeling unsafe - even without a firearm.

Go and enjoy it. They've got some great museums and some great food. It's worth a visit.

[LagerHead]

Go and enjoy it. They've got some great museums and some great food. It's worth a visit.

That right there is why I like big cities, in moderation. Chinese food in Nashville is not Chinese food. It's American food with a Chinese flair. If you want to get authentic foreign food you just about have to go to the bigger cities. Short of traveling half way across the world this is the way to do it. Ok, now I'm hungry.

[I_Like_Pie]

Yes...this is truth.

There is a WORLD of difference between San Fran and NYC. If you can get over the people everywhere it you may actually like it more than you think.

I spent 9 months at Ground Zero after being in 1WTC the morning of September 11. While there is a lot that's wrong with New York, it's a great town that everyone should experience at least once.

All in all, you're probably safer walking the streets of New York City at any time of day than you are walking the streets of downtown Nashville or in your case Raleigh. There are simply a lot more people out and about at all hours of the day and night. In the couple of years that I've spent in New York I can't recall a single incident of being solicited by a panhandler or feeling unsafe - even without a firearm.

Go and enjoy it. They've got some great museums and some great food. It's worth a visit.

[Will Carry]

Ya'll have about talked me in to it. I would like to see ground zero and go to the Met. Eat some good food.

[Capbyrd]

I've been to San Fran and spent a week downtown. I didn't experience any of the stuff that you did. I walked all over for a full week and my hotel was next door to a food kitchen and never once got asked for money.

You have to do what I do and look poor! haha

[Guest Drewsett]

The Met is amazing. Pretty much the whole Lincoln Center complex is pretty cool. And there is no better city in the world for high class good food than NYC.

[MacGyver]

If you go, try Barbaresco at 64th and Lexington. It's a small family restaurant where they have brought over more of their family from southern Italy as they have become more successful. Everything is homemade in house, and is excellent. Make sure to try the ravioli special and the tiramisu.

[Erik88]

I have zero desire to ever visit NYC. I don't care if I ever go back to California either. San Fran was ok but I won't lose any sleep if I never see it again.

[Capbyrd]

If you go, try Barbaresco at 64th and Lexington. It's a small family restaurant where they have brought over more of their family from southern Italy as they have become more successful. Everything is homemade in house, and is excellent. Make sure to try the ravioli special and the tiramisu.

I can't recommend Sammy's highly enough. Its a Jewish Romanian steakhouse. Its one step away from dinner theater but it is worth every penny for the good time that you are sure to have.

[JAB]

Last summer we went on a cruise that left out of New York City. I have pics of the Statue of Liberty that I took from the deck. We only spent one night and part of a day in the city. There are plenty of things that I didn't get to see and would have liked to but I really don't give a damn if I never set foot there, again. The coolest part about it, to me, was the cemetary that was across the street from our hotel. It is the Calvary Cemetery and is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in the U.S. As of the 1990s there were three million burials there - I am sure there are many more, now.

I enjoyed having the opportunity to eat lunch at a Peruvian restaurant (food was good) and the Irish-themed neighborhood pub where we had dinner was pretty cool. That said, Atlanta is about as big a city as I care to visit and there are plenty of good restaurants there to keep me busy for a long time without having to leave the good, ol' South (or leave my gun at home.)

Somebody had/has some money to have a family crypt like this - the statues are pretty much lifesize:

Unfortunately, this one had a broken window so I got a pic of the inside, too. Strange that the only marked entombment there is a girl who died in the 1920s - where are her parents (who must be dead, by now) and the rest of her family?

And finally the chapel:

I have a lot more pics of the cemetery, crypts, monuments, gravestones, etc. but I won't bore you with more. Yes, I am exactly the type of person who goes to one of the largest and most culturally diverse cities on Earth and finds a cemetery to be my favorite part. Just so I don't come across as completely nuts, though:

Edited April 5, 2011 by JAB

[eapking]

Been to both SF and NY and while I'd not want to live in either, I'll take SF.

Never have understood why all the beggars want to live in such high priced places though. True enough...never look them in the eye.

[7dogguy]

NYC isn't too bad - our company is based there so I have been a few times. Manhattan is all I have seen but I will tell you as a fellow country boy, it was pretty cool to see Times Square for myself. And except for a couple of subway trips, I did not find it too bad - except for the crowds. Also, if you do go, be danged careful crossing the streets (those that run perpendicular to 6th and 7th avenue - from the 50s to the low 40s in number). Cabs and others will flatten you like a bug on a Mack truck windshield even if you have the right of way. New Yorkers just look and go for it - I suggest being more careful.

But do go and have fun. It is something to see, especially all lit up.

[Guest Tony66]

NY city is a lot of fun, the food is great, the sights are cool and to sit down and people watch is a blast. Central park is a must see and make sure you get a pizza there is no place on earth like it. Just enjoy and be safe.

[vontar]

I am with Will Carry on this. I I don't even fit in in Knoxville, I would certainly not be a good fit in New York City. I can not image anything New York City has that I need that I can not have shipped to my house.

Sure, some day I woulnd't mind seeing a few of the sights but I don't wants to spends thousands of dollars getting there just for that. I am not made of money.

[Jasongar8]

NYC is great to go to for a few days. After 3-4 days there I was ready to get out of the city though.

[G27]

Nice thing about Manhattan is that you have to really look to find a bad meal - competition and overhead is so fierce, pretty much anywhere you stop to grab a bit will be killer.

[sigmtnman]

"Just send me to hell or New York City

It would be about the same to me"

[safeandsecure]

Been to NYC --- once. Hope I never have a reason to go back. 'Course, I don't even like going to Nashville, so I probably shouldn't offer you advice.