New York
 

Hey, I went to New York on Sept. 29. I was walking around and I saw a big poster for Larry Flint on one street. I walked around in Manhattan and Brooklyn. In the night I saw a woman piss in public near Penn Station. I went to see Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Williamsburg Music Hall. Unfortunately the tickets were sold out and a scalper sold me a fake ticket that I couldn't use to get inside. So I just waited outside for little and heard the singing / music. I got a few death threats and heard people talking about selling guns and popping people. Anyway, I took a taxi back safely and I'm back to Toronto. New York is fun, but a lot of people lie. I also saw the wall with the 9/11 heroes, etc. I saw the statue of Liberty, and some other sights. I love Karen O. I don't really stalk her, I just follow her around sometimes.

Sounds like you had a great time.

You don't want to look like a tourist anywhere you are. Don't ask people in the street for anything...they'll just take you for a sucker. Walk into a pizza joint buy a slice and chat up the worker there for info.

why did you get death threats?

Karen O is really hot! I used to see her around New York a lot before she was as famous as she is now. New York is actually one of the more honest cities in the world. I'm sorry you had a bad experience. In the future- don't buy tickets from a scalper! :)

Sorry about selling you that fake ticket, yo. But I needed the scratch for crack. Dig it.

That show was in Williamsburg- which is mostly just full of hipsters. The gun talk was probably just them being really ironic.

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Yeah. I love New York.

I don't know why, but a few random guys drove by me in their cars, while I was walking on small streets, and they yelled "you're dead!".

Thanks for the tip, Big Red Machine.

Don't walk around with your head hung low and your hands in your pockets.... :)

Good point on not buying tickets from scalper. There is a chance the tickets might be fake! Agreed that Karen O is really hot, Joanna Angel.

Ok, don't do it next time.

I noticed this automated voice, or what sounded like an automated voice in Penn station saying announcements. And I think suspicious people were being tracked to make sure they followed the law. It is true that I saw a woman (maybe homeless) take a piss outside Penn station at night.

I don't know. I was only in New York first time in my life for 1 day.

That might look like a depressed man, you're right.

Good that you enjoyed your time i grew in Brooklyn and still live there, There is a lot of things to see, i suggest for anyone that visit try to stay in Manhattan and not wonder off to far because i can get pretty bad in some area's

Thanks for the tip, okny. I enjoyed my time.

Oh my... I'd love to go there someday... :(

sounds like you had fun :thumbsup

Thats crazy. I was just there and everyone was really nice. Had lots of fun. I was walking all over around 12am alone and didn't have any problems.

That's great. Good you were safe. But I think we can all admit that there are suspicious-looking dudes walking around on the streets at night.

I have lived here my entire life and I have never heard anything like that. I am not saying it's all roses but I think you just had a bad experience. Williamsburg is one of the better neighborhoods to hang out in.

My advice for anyone visiting is know somebody local and go where they tell you to go and not what some guide you bought in Kansas or heard on Oprah told you to go.

Real NYers will let you know the real deal...

(by "Real NYers" I mean people who have lived here at least 8-10 years)

New York is always good advanture :)