trip to ny city

My daughter was home today, she is usually too busy for mom and dad, so I wanted to do something different with her. I said lets go to the city and walk around chinatown and little italy . She thought it was a great idea so me and my wife and daughter went. We had a nice lunch at little Italy, mott st, The only thing I dont like is 8 dollars to get thru the holland tunnel and 38 dollars to park!!

I went to NYC in 1967. Never had the urge to go back.

8$ for the tunnel, 38$ to park--a day with the wife and daughter --PRICELESS--You will forget what it cost eventually but you'll never forget the day you spent together. gobble

You're lucky to make it back home. The $hit eating hogs run rampant there.

You know, I live 2 hrs north of NYC. Never been there,Always said I would die having never gone there. Maybe only Aquduct or Belmont. Well the other day my wife says "lets take a bus shopping trip to NYC...."
Im hopeing she'll forget asking me. I really dont want to go there. But Im glad you had fun there. To me its just a toilet.

like the one comedian says, "when I miss New York City I just fill my humidifier with urine."

Well, you left it pretty filthy. I was there in '72 and they still hadn't cleaned up the mess you left!

I pray for the day when NYC will be turned into a "sheet of radioactive glass, thirty miles across" (thanks to Jefferson Starship).

NYC is a sewer that does NOT deserve to exist, nor do the 10 million perverts that 'live' there.

I've never been to New York City, and I suspect neither have you.

Soldiers (and civilians) come over here and have the opportunity to travel and see europe, visiting towns with beer and houses older than America and some will go from the barracks or housing area to work, shop in the commissary, and tell other folks how nasty and screwed up the country is or the people are. Guess it's not hard to figure out where they come from.

Some of you folks need to get ahold of the idea that the world is round and there is more to life than what's on your property or within the township.

Dave

Amen Dave, seems there's a lot more reprobates living on the internet.

Back in the late 80's, I worked for several weeks in White Plains, had a friend in Manhattan, I would go to the City most nights, and weekends. It was fun, She and I visited a lot of interesting places, good museums, music, ate some great food.. I had a good time, interesting place to visit, but I could not live there..

I have been to NYC several time driving a truck. I can tell you that sucks. I took the wife once at Christmas. She wanted to see Rockefeller Center and the shops. She enjoyed it and I tolerated it. LOL Too many people and everything cost way too much, but she got to see it and that is all that matters.

As for the people I found that there are friendly people there. I have found the there are good people all over the world. The locals don"t have the market closed on being nice. You will get jerks every where.

For 54 years I have lived 4 hours from NYC and have never been there. I would like to go to a Yankees game some day and maybe the big east basketball tournement.

Went thru there in 64 on leave home with a side trip to Worlds Fair. Wearing khaki's. After a subway ride to Port Authority, MP's stopped me. Disgrace to the uniform!!!! Sweat and sitting on the subway had my back and seat black! Had everything I owned in duffelbag and other khaki's clear in the bottom of course. Did get changed, found a keylock compartment, locked up duffel, and did get some time at the Worlds Fair.

Last time I went to NYC, to do some records research at the Municipal Archives on Chambers Street in Manhattan, it cost me $100 to park for less then a day. Never again.

I DO have fond memories in the 1960s when me and friends cut school and took a trip to China Town to buy fireworks. In New Jersey, there was a place where the bus drivers got coffee in the morning. So, there would be a line of Detroit Diesel buses - all parked, running, unlocked, and unattended. We crawl into one and hide all the way in back, on the floor. When it got to the NYC, we'd just walk out of bus. Then, go to a subway station - that required 15 cents for a token to ride. We wouldn't pay and we'd jump the turnstiles and hop a train to China Town. Then, once there - we'd hand a China-man all our money. He tell us to "wait a few minutes and he'd be right back." And . . . we'd never see him again, and we'd go home empty handed. Went through this process many times and got ripped off every time.
Us kids were slow to learn, but I guess in a way, it was fun.

Tell me Scooby, just what paradise do you reside in? At least give a State, be man enough to do that. Have you ever even been there, or do you base you opinion on re-runs of "Kojack"? I spent several weeks in NYC following 9/11 and can assure you that even this 100% pure country boy met some very nice, normal humans. While it's not my idea of someplace I'd like to live, ignorant, idiotic comments like yours not only make you look like a flaming jerk, they reflect poorly on the rest of us here too.

Consider that before hitting the "enter" key next time.

Glad you enjoyed little Italy, you just missed the feast of San Gennaro, always a great street festival, (Mulberry St) down there. Vincent's - best calamari around and Ferraras Bakery, and don't forget Forlini's Restaurant over on Baxter St., all great places. That entire area, can be a lot of fun, parts of the village, etc. lots of places to visit and patronize. Don't forget Juniors over in downtown Brooklyn - fantastic cheesecake.

To the utterly rude and unfounded ignorant comments below, it is abundantly clear, you know nothing of Manhattan and the outer boroughs, simple case of engaging mouth before brain, we all do it at one time or another, looks like yours was now.

I worked there over 15 years, in addition to spending lots of time there prior to a career that brought me there, the traffic can be a real tough thing to deal with as are many other things, but the place presents a formidable challenge for anyone who works there. It can make or break a person in some respects.

For many, it is a place to visit, not live, but I see no reason for anyone to condemn this place based on superficial knowledge.

Tolls, parking are what they are, there are plenty of ways to visit the city, that don't cost much, I used to park in a parking garage daily, was like $16/day, reimbursed, but even today, you have to know the places to go. You could always find places in the village and surrounding areas that were reasonable, I can recall many, $3 guiness, and lunch for under $10, in those days, you head uptown, say in the 50's and the east side, forget it, cheaper to take a cab downtown to eat, used to work on 53rd and Fifth, never ate lunch up there, prices were not much different than 165 miles north where I'm from, been out of there since '04.

Ironically your vision may come to pass if we don't get serious about who our enemy is.

I live 2 hours from NYC and 2 hours from Boston. Parking isn't any different. Heck, even the last time I went to Philly it was $20. The way I look at it is; welcome to any large city. With that being said, you could have taken the Metro train in, much faster and cheaper. Or even a bus into the city (Greyhound, Peter Pan, etc).

The NYC has a lot of things to do, besides the overpriced stores. Like I said in a different post recently, visit the Intrepid. Most people on this forum probably have never been on an aircraft carrier. Go to the Bronx Zoo. The parking price isn't bad(a couple years ago it was around $5) and once you're inside the zoo gate itself, you'd never believe you're in NYC. Very, very clean. Visit the Empire State building and go to floor level 102. How going over to Ellis Island, very interesting place. I'm sure many other towns and states have the Statue of Liberty, so skip that item. There are also a lot of museums if that interests you. Not to mention the big hole where the twin towers used to be. I'd say Yankee Stadium, but unless you can get the bleacher seats or upper deck, is expensive. But in the same token, what a ballpark. i cannot say much for Citi Field, as I've never been there.

For someone to say that the city is still the dump it was in 1972 is completely ignorant and down-right stupid. To the idiot that said it should be a sheet of radioactive glass, you are sick. I think maybe you see a doctor in Siberia.

bob

you are right., my daughter and wife really enjoyed it., ,and next time Isaid we will take the train my daughter wants to go to the times square area I cant always just do things I like ,I LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY HAPPY!

I was there back in the 80's. Had a real good time, went to the WTC observation deck, ate dinner in little Italy. Dave2 is right, some of you folks need to get out more.