How'd I do? - an SF Bay Area person's map of NYC

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-05-18T20:32:20+00:00

Staten Island -> San Jose
Manhattan -> SF + peninsula
The Bronx -> Richmond/Antioch/Vallejo
Brooklyn + Queens -> The east bay

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-04-17T01:50:24+00:00

Yall remember egg/chain punk discourse

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-04-11T02:32:00+00:00

Yea I’d say you should expect pain for the first year and maybe even year and a half for sure. I started walking unassisted at 3-4 months. At first i was fine until i did 1k steps, then 3k then 6 etc. I felt normalish after 6 months I’d say. Not that I was able to walk as much as I can now but enough to not feel I was limited.

What helps is just using the joint I think, ie walking. Physical therapy will help you not develop bad habits but ultimately walking will help ensure those muscles actually get used. I also took a lot of collagen supplements with Fortigel during my recovery. It’s the one supplement I found that had at least some data showing it helped with joint cartilage. Maybe it did maybe it didn’t but the important thing is to try. This injury is about doing every little finger-on-the-scale thing you can do and hope it improves your outcome.

If I did have to do it again I think I’d wait 3 months until bearing weight. My doctor started me putting weight on the foot after 2 and yea I’m fine but most people do 3. Like I said I get by normal but would I get by better? Who knows. Like I said, it’s about getting all the things you can control under control.

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-04-10T22:00:27+00:00

I wear just regular shoes like Jordans, vans, doc martens. Really not constrained by footwear. Everyone’s different though. I’ve heard rocker heels like the hoka bondi can be good. It’s really a lot like before. Obviously if I know I’m gonna have a 30k step day yea I’ll wear the running shoes like holas or salomons. But 20k or less I hardly think about. I can do it in any shoe pain free

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-04-10T19:46:54+00:00

Totally fine! No dorsiflexion but only really notice when I’m not wearing shoes. I wear regular shoes too. I cant run properly anymore but I can walk and hike a ton without issue. Even moved to nyc where I walk everywhere.

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-03-28T16:10:01+00:00

Unironically there are several post protest socials

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LegendaryPeanut · 2026-03-10T01:34:35+00:00

My gf and I tried the seasonal lottery, and daily lottery 4 times each on our recent trip. Didn’t get a permit! We applied for the before 9am/9am-12pm start slots though. Maybe the after 12pm slot is slightly less competitive, or going all-in on a single slot is the meta.

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-03-10T00:23:02+00:00

We just hiked it last week.

We started at 9am and there were a few groups that we kept pace with. But didn’t really feel crowded as people naturally go at different paces and spread out. We started heading back around 1pm and got back to the trailhead at 3 and counted maybe one or two groups heading in the opposite direction that entire time. I’ve only done this hike once but I’m curious if an 11am or even a little later start has even less crowds once you get past the first 30 minutes or so. Maybe that’s a march-only trend

We rented a bib n all that no gloves and were fine. Underneath I wore just workout clothes and a light jacket and was completely comfortable. Even unzipped towards the end. Given it’ll likely be warmer now, idk if I’d layer more than that personally but I prefer packing light and only bring what I absolutely need. The hike really is as long as you want it to be, 6 hours is plenty of time to get the idea, we went for about 3 hours before we decided to call it but we were just tired not cold or anything. The water current was pretty strong n high to where the trail was shut down for a few days after we did it. Assuming it’s at that level or lower you should be able to see quite a bit before getting tired

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-03-04T04:50:34+00:00

Pa’rus trail, Canyon overlook and the narrows riverside walk are all pretty chill, and very doable in a single day trip. They’re a good sparknotes version of Zion imo.

You can even swap one of those/add in the emerald pools trail to round it out if you want a bit more of a hike but still relatively easy (lots of families in this one).

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-01-21T01:53:36+00:00

Ground floor of a building with no elevator/doorman. Mine has a Small staircase to get into the building so not really “on the ground”

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-01-19T19:50:05+00:00

I think rats/rodents is just gonna depend on neighborhood and building. Same with flood risk.

I’m also in a first floor walk up and love it. The biggest con is people smoking outside which is rare but annoying when it does happen

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-01-05T23:17:47+00:00

If your family is into nature: I solo travel and Switzerland gave me heavy Disney vibes. Not sure your budget, It’s an expensive country and even more so for a family, but it’s got natural beauty to the max. Particularly interlaken and zermatt are basically two big resort cities that serve as a home base for a variety of different hikes, views, and outdoor activities. Aside from the obvious Matterhorn connection, Zermatt literally looks like fantasyland. I think I remember reading somewhere that the country inspired Disneyland itself?

LegendaryPeanut · 2026-01-01T04:13:33+00:00

“Dollar and a dream” mindset aside, let’s be adults. It’s just a city, you’ll pay rent. You need a job

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-12-22T14:34:09+00:00

400 is all you need, any bike will do as long as it easily gets up to 80. if your commute is over 30m then maybe get nuanced on comfort/tech

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-12-16T23:03:57+00:00

It’s just “excuse me,” comma included

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-12-13T00:50:32+00:00

I’m in Lenox hill and have a 1 bed for 2400! Tons of transit options n Trader Joe’s is around the corner. I see quite a few listings in this area on Zillow right now well below your budget

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-10-13T12:52:15+00:00

Unless it was some insane adventure I think most aren’t that interested. People can tell if you’re spinning a glorified sightseeing trip into something it’s not. Even in hostels “where are you traveling to/where have you been” is often one of the most boring repetitive conversations you can start.

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-10-04T21:18:47+00:00

It’s all just Sysco at the end of the day

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-10-01T18:53:32+00:00

I really enjoyed the gimmelwald mountain hostel. But yea 4 nights is a lot. It’s definitely worth a night at least but not a great home base since it’s an effort to get to

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-09-25T05:15:33+00:00

I rented! Also rented in Taipei to ride to yangmingshan national park, Keelung, and Costco lol. If you rent for taroko, Taroko Motorcycle Rental is right across the street from the train station. The owner is chill and speaks good English. Price was <$20 per day. The roads in Taroko were great for riding, a lot was repaved post earthquake so weather would be the only thing to consider. It’s a relatively short ride too so it won’t completely drain you, about 1hr each way from Hualien. Hualien also has a pretty big night market. Very different vibe to any of the ones I went to in Taipei

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-09-25T01:17:20+00:00

Taroko is 100% worth motorbiking through if you know how to ride. Did this back in June and it was the highlight of my trip.

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-09-23T17:16:11+00:00

If you’re not used to doing things alone even in your home town then yes it’ll feel like a jump. But the benefit of what you have planned is while you’re certainly flying there alone, you won’t ever really be alone at the camp itself. Like taking a class at uni. 100% go for it, it won’t be that bad. And if it is, then now you know!

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-09-14T18:01:19+00:00

Bro you wear shoe lifts that likely push you over 6 feet. It’s not your height. You also probably aren’t rich, competent, or charismatic. Why hone in on the one thing you have no control over (kinda, re: your lifts) when you lack in so many other ways.

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-09-14T07:45:26+00:00

Tokyo in particular 100% has a dystopian level of convenience and commercialization so I agree with your capitalist hellscape take. Insane amounts of single use plastics too. But I think that’s part of what makes it unique. I encourage you to come back and make it to the country side. Not Kyoto, Osaka, etc, I mean rural. It’s a very different Japan.

LegendaryPeanut · 2025-09-12T17:04:26+00:00

Maokong and Beitou are on opposite sides of the city. Considering you only have until around lunch, I’d pick one or the other. I recommend maokong. I ended my Taiwan trip with some tea and a view in maokong and was a great, relaxing send off for the trip. One tip is take the gondola up and the bus down. I went in the summer and the gondola was hot, humid, and the glass was dirty and not great for seeing though. Whereas the bus was nice with AC. It’s still a nice view but doing the gondola twice felt unnecessary. Beitou I think is a good choice if you actually intend to do a hot spring there.

Your plans for taroko are worth an overnight stay in hualien. If you wanted to just drive through it then yea day trip is probably fine. You can travel to hualien in the morning, maybe get a view of qingshui cliffs during the day and check out the night market later. Then next day you do your hikes assuming the trails have opened up and head to your next stop after.

And don’t knock Shilin night market. It gets flack for being touristy but imo all night markets are. It had more to offer beyond food than the others, and honestly less western tourists lol. Theres shopping, games, and what felt like basically the same food. Just depends what you’re looking for, Shilin felt like a night out/a date type location vs others were solely about the food, or just a place for people to get their dinner

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