Up until a few years back, I had zero interest in even going to the US. Then I went for a friend's wedding (in Central Park no less) and within a few hours of just walking round NY i said to myself "I could liver here". Been back again for a friend's 30th, which was just as cool. I've also been to Alaska, but that's a whole different world and spent a day in San Fran on the way to NZ.
Especially Manhattan. Brooklyn is pretty close and fairly decent. I'd imagine that might be slightly more reasonable than Manhattan. I really don't know though... Only ever been to New York for conferences. Jamie Carragher has a pub in Manhattan called "Carraghers".
If you're going to NYC and especially Manhattan, forget what I said about personal space I think Manhattan is the most populated place in America. I still think you'll love it.
From the moment i saw steam coming out of the manholes in the streets I felt like I was in a movie! We had a group of us out there and we had a boys day where we went out and viewed as many Ghostbusters locations as we could!
Just being there feels unreal especially when most of us have been brought up watching American films. Like you say, it's like stepping onto a movie set. I haven't been to any other far away English speaking countries to compare it with.
Oh, I could quite happily live in New Zealand (South Island), Western Australia or British Columbia in Canada. All, lovely amazing places.
Depends what evidence you presented with that claim If it were a picture of Moses with a 57 atop his staff….
Most towns/cities I hate. New York oddly, despite being one of THE most condensed I could probably handle. I think because their subway works so well and everything is SO condensed you can quickly get anywhere without dealing with traffic or car congestion. Now granted, only ever stayed in a hotel... if I had to get affordable lodgings and forced to live out somewhere like Yonkers and spend an hour to get into the city via commute every day I'd probably hate it. But if you can be in Manhattan or Brooklyn I'd tolerate it.
For me it's nothing to do with the difficulty of travel (though that is definitely a pain in the arse in most cities). It's just that I have no desire to live surrounded by acres of concrete. I was born and bred in a city - I'd never want to go back. Now, within 15 minutes of walking I can be on a beach, 30 minutes the other way I can be climbing a mountain.
I'm usually the same... heck I moved out into the country and my back garden is the equivalent size of 1/10th of a percent of all of Manhattan... (not quite, but almost) It would drive me crazy eventually living in NYC... but I don't usually even like visiting big cities. I hate them all... almost all. New York paradoxically does seem more "open" and liberating than most cities though despite being so congested. I think in general, it's just a well-planned and laid-out city.
