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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2018, 12:34:12 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 10, 2018, 11:13:50 AM
That sounds fine.

I enjoy walking around especially if the weather is nice.  Just walking is interesting, they may have street fairs on Broadway or somewhere that are really fun for me.

I resist "checking boxes" to see as much as I can on a trip.

I've never been to the Louvre for example.
Yeah, generally when I go to a city I like to spend time walking, experiencing the food, and having a relatively light "real" schedule.

NYC is one of those where I think there are fewer "must see" things, relative to some of the older cities of Europe. I mean, there's skyscrapers in every city. It's nothing all that special to go up in the Empire State Building if you've been up in the Hancock building in Chicago, or the other tall buildings all over the world (although Taipei 101 is cool due to their sway damping ball). Beyond the Statue of Liberty and WTC, and Central Park, I'm not sure there'd be too many other "musts". 

When we were in Paris, though, we had to do the Louvre. 

Quote from: Cincydawg on April 10, 2018, 12:03:29 PM
When in a major city, I carry a wallet in back pocket that is old and filled with paper and a small wallet in my front pocket that has one credit card and some cash.

NYC is very safe in general these days.  I've been accosted numerous times in Paris by pickpockets who try and distract you often with some fairly attractive young lady while another one picks your pocket.

If you spend a few hours in Paris, it will happen to you, guaranteed, unless you are way away from downtown.  I've never been robbed but I've been "approached" many times.
I didn't have any problems in Europe, although it might be partly due to being 6'5"... 

I did pick up one of these wallets and made the change from a back-pocket to a front-pocket wallet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07932JXQV/

I kept having problems with the back-pocket wallet wearing out my jeans anyway, so I'm thinking I'm just going to stick with this.
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2018, 01:14:23 PM »
I switched to a front pocket wallet because after a while I realized the back one was causing back pain.

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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2018, 01:32:00 PM »
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2018, 02:22:15 PM »
I don't know how many times I've been in Paris, nor how many days obviously.  AS a general rule, we avoid it unless something is necessary.  Last time we had a lunch with the "cousins".  I tell folks it's my least favorite city in France, which they usually take the wrong way of course missing the point.

The things I enjoy while traveling in cities is not so much "checking boxes" to see the various tourist areas but more in walking about and experiencing the place more akin to how locals do.  My rule of thumb in Paris is to walk until I don't see any tourists and then walk 15 minutes more.  

There are obviously places I'd like to see of the "national park" type etc.  I don't know of a specific thing in any city I'd like to see especially at the moment, there probably is something somewhere.  

I'd like to visit the tank museum in Bovington but that's a bit different.  I've been to every major city in the US, I'm not sure what the largest city I've never visited would be.  Check that, never been to Detroit now that I think about it except the airport.  
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2018, 02:25:41 PM »
I've always hated a rear pocket wallet.  Creates discomfort when seated.  The bulge is tacky when wearing dress pants, and like a purse, is an invitation to stuff and retain more crap than one truly needs.   I use a front pocket thin money clip.

Sounds like MaximumSam had Costanza's wallet.
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2018, 03:07:51 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 10, 2018, 12:03:29 PM
When in a major city, I carry a wallet in back pocket that is old and filled with paper and a small wallet in my front pocket that has one credit card and some cash.

NYC is very safe in general these days.  I've been accosted numerous times in Paris by pickpockets who try and distract you often with some fairly attractive young lady while another one picks your pocket.

If you spend a few hours in Paris, it will happen to you, guaranteed, unless you are way away from downtown.  I've never been robbed but I've been "approached" many times.
as I started reading I wondered, why carry a "dummy" wallet in back.  But since I don't mind being distracted by attractive young ladies I think it's a grand idear.
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2018, 03:22:01 PM »
If you are in Paris and some young semi-attractive lady approaches you, she almost certainly is trying to distract you and get you robbed.  One stunt is to ask if you speak English.  One of them showed me a gold looking ring and said I had dropped it and she wanted to return it.  They have a thousand gimmicks to distract you.

I'm 6'4" so size is not a deterrent.  

I had one guy thrust some newspaper in my arms as I was walking by and I walked away and was about to dump it in the trash and he ran after me saying "MUNY MUNY MUNY".  I threw it back at him and walked off, looking backwards.  

Parisians don't ask directions or for advice or talk to strangers.
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2018, 03:41:16 PM »

Man, you guys really know how to sell a vacation destination. 

I can replicate the experience of guarding my wallet on the south end of Columbus.

Save quite a bit on travel and lodging. 
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2018, 04:23:14 PM »
I don't have a fear of the pick pocket artist.   My only fear (as a pedestrian) in US cities, are those with mental health problems doing something (physically) to me and/or my children.  This is a real problem, particularly on the West Coast (SF, PDX and Seattle for sure).  These folks already make for some very uncomfortable situations on the streets, which I can handle, but it was quite a sight for my then seven year old when she was directly being screamed at by a dude about 10 feet away from her in broad daylight on a relatively busy street in Seattle.   Again, that's going to happen when you visit a large city with lots of people, particularly one on the west coast which attracts a lot of guys like this. 
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Re: OT: NYC
« Reply #23 on: April 10, 2018, 05:55:54 PM »
me and the bride went to nyc a few years back for a 4/5 day trip. it was ok i guess, i'm not a city person. my favorite part was central park. should be beautiful this time of year with things blooming.

we hit some of the museums, my bride is an artist. they were pretty neat. not my thing, but nice to see at least once.

as for eats, we mostly hit small places whereever we were. can't remember any of them, but they were all pretty good.

night entertainment, we tried catching a late ticket to broadway and off braodway shows, didn't like our options. also were going to go to a comedy club, but it was crazy long line.

best thing we did for quick travel was buying a 1-week subway ticket and bought a subway app for about $10 that was really accurate on times, running late, etc. basically google maps for nyc/nj subway system. worth it if you want to move quickly. but we also took a couple days and just walked around, which was nice too.
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