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New York City - A Southerner's Perspective

the queensboro bridge is my favorite bridge, in the world.

very good -- you sure got around!

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Originally Posted by detroitmetro101 (Post 6093328)

the queensboro bridge is my favorite bridge, in the world.

It's a wonderful bridge and it doesn't have the recognition it deserves, with all the other famous bridges in NY...

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Originally Posted by franktko (Post 6093797)

It's a wonderful bridge and it doesn't have the recognition it deserves, with all the other famous bridges in NY...

I completely agree. My friend used to have the same view from his balcony as you can get from his rooftop. Recently, a new building has been under construction between his and the East River; now, all you can see is maybe the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.

A New Yorker in the making.....Impressive, nice tour...I can hook you up with some gay clutter too take back home with you..:uhh::jester::eek:

Glad you had a good time on your first visit to NYC. You said you had been to Los Angeles before and found it quite different, not surprising but I am also wondering have you ever been to Chicago and how from your perspective is it similar or different from what you experienced in NYC? I guess what I am trying to get at is Chicago seen as less intimidating to a typical southerner than NYC or are both cities so different from the sunbelt that both are seen as super urban and different?

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Originally Posted by Chicago103 (Post 6094287)

Like mostly here, I love super urban cities. I visited both Chicago and New York City. Fell in love with the two. Maybe the cities (including Paris :P) where I had the best time.
Chicago is quite impressive and very diversified. Less disproportionated and irrational than NYC. I'm French and I definitely found that Chicago breathes American culture more than NYC (due to the number of tourists whitout a doubt).
High skyscrapers are present in both cities giving you the same "canyon" feeling by walking in the streets.
What I've felt (as a foreigner): Chicago has not the crazy mood which represents NYC. Architecture is as diversified and awesome in Chicago as in NYC. Chicago river is better integrated in the city. There is no big landmarks worldwide known in Chicago (except Millemium, Sears and Hancock and Magnificient) compared to NYC has (Liberty, Times Square, Central Park): I think that's the biggest difference between the 2 cities.
In the matter of sports teams... I prefer let you make your own opinion :)
In conclusion, I think there is a gap between the sizes of the cities and landmarks worldwide known. But you can find the same atmosphere in the streets and such a beautiful architectural diversity.
Chicago is a must see as well ;)

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Originally Posted by Yorkie (Post 6094129)

A New Yorker in the making.....Impressive, nice tour...I can hook you up with some gay clutter too take back home with you..:uhh::jester::eek:

Hahaha, too bad I'm no longer up there.

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Originally Posted by Chicago103 (Post 6094287)

I've not yet been to Chicago. I'll put it this way, I guess... before visiting New York, I was less intimidated by Chicago than NYC. To me, I think that has more to do with the difference in population than anything. I was definitely intimidated by New York on the way up there, very nervous about how I was going to do by myself as far as getting around and not looking like an oblivious tourist.

To the typical Southerner, I think those cities do seem really, really different. For the typical, insulated Southerner (not being one, I can only guess), I'd say it's the "legend" of the cities. Kind of like the cities are so much larger than life that there's no way the city could possibly be anything like what we have down here. The degree to which that is true is entirely open to interpretation; personally, however, I didn't see the cities (LA and NYC) as being so different.

That being said, I think it's important to note that the varying lifestyles of a Southerner is probably a huge factor. If you're a person living in the middle of urban Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Nashville, etc... NYC, Chicago, and LA probably don't seem so foreign. The way my grandfather put it, where he grew up in Gadsden, AL (which at that time wasn't all that small of a city for the South) back in the 1920s and 30s, "New York was just somewhere you heard about." Even traveling the 50 miles to Birmingham, back then, was seen as a grand adventure that I would probably compare to visiting DC.

I must say, though, I could see myself living in New York. LA? Nope.

Awesome thread! As another southerner (well...FL then Atlanta for 6+ years) I was always overwhelmed more by NYC than Chicago. Having spent much time in Chicago due to family, I have no qualms about saying that Manhattan makes the Windy City seem a bit like a farm town in comparison ;) (love both cities differently, both are much larger than SF!)

good shots. WTC looking great.
giving yourself shin splints from walking is a sign of dedication

for what it's worth (not much)
I just had my southern friend (atl) in chicago this week. One of his major impressions from the crime, warehouses, lower level streets, brooding skyscrapers and rain was that it looked like a place where "the joker could actually be real"

not sure that's good

great photos! glad you enjoyed your visit.

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Originally Posted by jcchii (Post 6095463)

Haha, not sure it is....

Coming from someone (myself) who has spent all but a year and a half living in Alabama, I only felt the "get the eff outta here" somewhere between Chinatown and the part of Manhattan due east of Union Square closer to the East River (things got a bit TOO quiet). I could be pulling that outta my a** though, there were days that I walked so much I couldn't remember where I'd been.

Btw, 2 and a half weeks later, my left leg has finally stopped hurting. Still gotta rest, though...

if nothing else, queensboro/lic has some amazing, amazing views of manhattan!

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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill (Post 6095633)

if nothing else, queensboro/lic has some amazing, amazing views of manhattan!

It really does. I'm planning on finding some way to frame the better pictures I took of the QBB and Midtown for my friend since he was so upset about losing his view (not kidding, he was quite upset).

I would usually force him to get off the 7 at Vernon - Jackson so I could get some beer at a deli and the views from down lic were amazing even at street-level.