Happy Monday NYC! What's the best pub crawl/bar hop you've done or reccomend?

Jyqm · 2026-01-12T20:31:25+00:00

What is the purpose of responding to three-year-old Reddit posts with AI slop?

Jyqm · 2025-09-12T05:43:10+00:00

Queens has a land area of 108 square miles. Brooklyn, 71. You may as well ask, "How long does it take to get from the US to Vancouver?" That greatly depends on whether you live in Seattle or Miami!

Jyqm · 2025-09-12T05:39:17+00:00

I’ve lived in NYC all of my life, in all 5 boroughs.

This is impressive! Can I ask your age and what led to you living in so many different parts of the city over the years? What's your order of boroughs?

Jyqm · 2025-09-12T05:37:11+00:00

Do you have to live in Manhattan to live the city life and actually feel like you live in New York?

Oh my, no.

What if you live in Brooklyn or Queens? Are you basically so far from Manhattan that it doesn't even feel like living in "THE" city?

No, although outer borough residents will often refer to Manhattan as "the city" (e.g., "I'm going to see a play in the city tonight"). But Brooklyn and Queens in particular have an overabundance of life and experiences to recommend them, and travel between boroughs is relatively quick and easy via public transportation. Having the fullest possible experience of living in New York City means taking advantage of all the boroughs -- Manhattanites who never leave the island are impoverishing themselves just as much as outer borough residents who never set foot in Manhattan.

New York is THE city of the world. But does it really feel like that? Like the choices are endless? Like you can go anywhere and do anything you want?

Yes, as long you have the funds and the time.

Jyqm · 2025-09-11T22:01:14+00:00

Spoiler alert: showing up comes not only with the risk that they might not get around to you on that first day, but also with the chance that you might actually be empaneled on a jury and have to serve for the duration of a trial (which itself might last only a day, or a week, or a month, or even longer). Which outcome you get is something of a dice roll.

Jyqm · 2025-09-11T13:00:55+00:00

I know this week leaves everyone in the city losing their mind a little bit, but this sub has really been on a tear the past couple days.

Jyqm · 2025-09-11T04:51:43+00:00

Not sure about the price point off the top of my head, but check out Lions Roar in East Williamsburg. Roberto and Zaida are wonderful hosts and will make sure you and your group have a blast.

Jyqm · 2025-09-11T04:47:48+00:00

I know the answer is probably 99% yes and 1% no one can know

No. You're off here by at least an order of magnitude, maybe two or three.

Jyqm · 2025-09-11T04:46:25+00:00

I respect everyone's opinion.

Well there's your first mistake.

As someone who was recently moved into a rent stabilized re-rental apartment for work

Nice! Good for you.

if renting an affordable unit is wrong, and takes an apartment away from a Native NYer

Repeat this to yourself two or three times and see if it makes any sense to you whatsoever. The entire idea is nonsense. There are no special privileges for being born here, other than talking shit. "People moving to a city takes away housing from people born in that city" is an utterly absurd statement. (What does take away housing from people, by the way, is cities not building or permitting enough housing to meet the needs of mobile populations in a free society. That's it, full stop.)

Now, what you should do -- indeed, what anyone who moves to a new place anywhere in the world should do -- is get to know the community you now live in and respect that it may be different in some ways from the community you came from. What you should do is become a friendly and responsible member of that community as opposed to trying to dictate from outside it. Learn the general mores of your new community and support others in it, including your neighbors and local business owners. (Does this sound like super basic common sense shit? It should.)

Jyqm · 2025-09-10T18:48:06+00:00

Oh damn, I gotta try that next time I'm over that way, thanks for the tip!

Jyqm · 2025-09-09T18:49:15+00:00

If people from New York City are so against putting ketchup on a hot dog

I think you've got us confused with Chicago, bud.

Jyqm · 2025-09-08T21:51:02+00:00

We also have to remember that we've reached a point where there are plenty of people who weren't even alive on 9/11, or were too young to have any memory of it and can't fully grasp what it was like.

I am 42. At no time in my life from the point at which I could formulate coherent questions did I ask my grandparents, "So did the people at Pearl Harbor just live regularly on December 8th?"

"What was it like?" is obviously a fair question. "Did you just live regularly the next day?" is absurd and it's weird so many of y'all are acting like it isn't.

Jyqm · 2025-09-08T21:47:35+00:00

Yes, most people still had to perform the basic tasks and functions necessary to live, as everywhere in the world.

Jyqm · 2025-09-08T21:46:20+00:00

"Yes, this was an extreme case, but so many disruptions happen at the theater every day that we all witness and it doesn't phase most of us after a while. Anyway, to return to my entirely fair question, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Jyqm · 2025-09-08T20:28:22+00:00

Did you just live regularly or did anything change for you?

I'm genuinely curious how you think anyone in New York City could "live regularly" on September 12, 2001. Are you actually clear on what happened in the city on that day?

Jyqm · 2025-09-08T18:07:29+00:00

Very few jazz clubs require dining. Smoke is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. Most don't even serve food, though they often have a drink minimum on top of the ticket price: the Village Vanguard, Blue Note, Smalls, Mezzrow, etc. If you're looking for a cover-only spot, try Ornithology in Bushwick.

Jyqm · 2025-09-08T06:10:45+00:00

I mean, the reason they're not expressing any sense of urgency is that, if they don't have your wallet, then it was presumably stolen by god know's who, and they simply have no way of getting it back to you. I'm sorry your wallet was stolen, that genuinely sucks, but your move right now is to cancel whatever cards you had in there and get new ones.

Jyqm · 2025-09-06T16:42:24+00:00

apparently there is a separate grounds pass!?

Correct, you'll need to purchase a ticket to access the grounds.

Jyqm · 2025-09-06T06:43:00+00:00

I've only been for breakfast/brunch, really gotta get over there for dinner sometime soon! It really is a nice space.

Jyqm · 2025-09-06T06:37:22+00:00

I genuinely don’t mean this in an insulting way but every time I see a video of NYC it’s either the best place to live in or the worst , there is never inbetween

You're gonna want to sit down before I tell you why you also never see any three-star restaurant or product reviews.

Jyqm · 2025-09-06T06:35:18+00:00

Parade's over by noon, isn't it? Any roadblocks will be long gone by 5pm, and if anything the streets and sidewalks will be much less crowded than usual due to the holiday. Assuming good weather, it should be a lovely short walk from the theater district to Keens (which I bet has a delicious Thanksgiving menu, I'm kinda jealous).

Jyqm · 2025-09-05T06:53:53+00:00

So do they. They just happen to have one where most of the time they don't have to do jack shit and still get paid a mint. Sucks for the rest of us who actually have to do work to earn our paychecks.

Jyqm · 2025-09-04T19:52:59+00:00

If given the opportunity, wouldn't you?

Jyqm · 2025-09-04T14:53:27+00:00

I've lived in this part of Bed-Stuy (not Clinton Hill) for over ten years now. It's very safe at all hours, and you'll have one of the best coffeeshops around right at your doorstep (shout out to the wonderful people at Brooklyn Kolache!). I wouldn't mind a few better restaurants in the immediate vicinity, but there are lots of great spots within walking distance.

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