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40 Funny And Interesting Pics That Show That New York Is Unlike Any Other City In The World
New York City is a place where everyone's in a rush and the rent is too high, but the hot dogs and pizzas are one of a kind. Many have a love-hate relationship with this buzzing metropolis but nobody can deny that it's one of the most colorful corners of the world.
And few illustrate that as vividly and accurately as the subreddit r/NYC. With 690K members, the community of both locals and visitors constantly shares experiences, photos, and stories that originate in the Big Apple. Continue scrolling to check out some of the most memorable ones.
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#1
Everybody Needs A Friend! Especially Now
Perfumista Perfumista 2 years ago
If I had put a sign on my amarylis, Bruno probably would not have disappeared.
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Wonderful 2 years ago
My house is angled just right that non of my windows get direct sunlight on them except my sliding door for about 1 hour a day in the winter. Big bummer but it's a good house.
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bob cameron 2 years ago
The plant looks healthy. Perhaps folks have respected her request. There are more nice people in this world than evil.
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Jude Laskowski 2 years ago
Glad you attached the note. My neighbor put her rose plant outside on the walkway, but someone stole it. All she wanted was for her plant to get some fresh air and sunshine.
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#2
Grace Church Tonight. I Saw The Lighting And Had To Stop
Grace Note 2 years ago
Sometimes I see photos of places and think, "you could have bought a postcard why not just stop and look!" And then there's a photo like this where it's obvious you stopped and looked and it was a moment of such beauty that you captured it for other people to enjoy. This is stunning. It's made me feel transported. Thank you.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
When I see scenes like this I always have to stop and look. This one is so lovely and makes me feel so much inside. It's a beautiful photograph of a beautiful part of NYC!
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Not-a-Clue-What-to-Call-Myself 2 years ago
Oh wow! I would never have guessed it was New York without the sign.
New York City has appeared in loads of songs and it has served as the backdrop for countless movies, inspiring people worldwide with its grandiosity.
Brimming with historic landmarks and some of the tallest buildings in the US, it has been a leader in trade and culture for centuries, redefining everything from fashion trends to what a proper bagel with schmear should taste like in the process.
#3
Stuyvesant Street, One Of The Oldest Streets In The New York City Borough Of Manhattan
Jb Dean 2 years ago
It is, but I can guarantee you it’s color enhanced either with Photoshop, or some other type of photo editing software.
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Not-a-Clue-What-to-Call-Myself 2 years ago
I've never felt the need to visit New York before, but some of the pictures in this thread are starting to change my mind.
Sue From Michigan 2 years ago
I think many people picture NYC as Times Square and it's so much more than that.
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April_the_vampire 2 years ago
Looks like it belongs in Europe!! Our country is so “new,” relatively speaking, but this delightful structure has seen some things!!!
Jude Laskowski 2 years ago
A great book is "New York" by Edward Rutherfurd. It's a novel based on historical facts.
#4
Went To A Supermarket, Found A Cat At Door Asking To Be Pet, After Few Pets I Open Supermarket Door, He Leads The Way, I Follow... Straight To The Cat Food Section.. NYC Hustle Is No Joke
Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
Heck! Me too! This picture must be a few years old because even small bottles of Dawn cost much more than 79cents!
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#5
Subway Etiquette
Kelly Skarritt-Williams 2 years ago
I can’t imagine being the graphic designer, when someone requested this poster.
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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
And it doesn’t matter if it’s the Subway with the trains or the Subway with the sandwiches. Clip you f*****g gnarly assed nails—-and any other personal grooming—-AT HOME!
Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
true story from when my aunt and uncle were still with us, they lived in a trailer, so the kitchen and living room sat side by side, my aunt just baked pumpkin pies for thanksgiving, and my uncle started clipping his toenails and just as she sat one pie down, his biggest nail clipping flew into it, and she almost threw it at him, my uncle passed away about 2 months later, but she told that story till she passed 3 years ago, and its a family fav now~, Miss you Uncle Harry SR. / Aunt Robbi RIP
Jodie daubenmire 2 years ago
I feel the same way about shaving, and nose hair trimming, make up application and making out.
The metro area is a land of opportunity, which is why – despite the crowds and costs – people keep coming to it.
Some of the world's best theaters, restaurants, museums, parks, and cultural activities can be found here.
From Greenwich Village in downtown to Harlem in uptown, New York City's communities are as diverse as its people.
Beyond Manhattan, the city is comprised of four additional boroughs: Queens, which has a long history of fabulous immigrant food; Brooklyn and its thriving literary and arts scene; the Bronx and its abundant green space and wildlife; and Staten Island, famous for its coastline.
#6
A Rainy Day In NYC 🖤
Rosalba Heschelman 2 years ago
This reminds me of only vacation in NY in 2009. My husband and I had just got a cup of coffee in times square before heading back to hotel. It's abot 9PM, we had walked all day with umbrella. All of the sudden it started to rain and EVERYONE got up from their tables and went under awnings. I opened the umbrella, and for 5 minutes we were the only ones sitting in times square on a summer Saturday night.
CGZ 2 years ago
I remember one brief fierce rain storm, caught everyone by surprise. Everyone ducked under awnings and into the entryways of buildings. All the different people. The great equalizer.
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LovingKnuckle 2 years ago (edited)
I lived in NY for years. The city will wear on you. It doesn’t care much about you in general, but you find the beauty. Simple things mean so much more. When people bitchh about the most trivial things I think about NY. You get a real perspective on the important things when you have to find the beauty many times.
#7
Flying Into NYC This Morning... The Clouds Were So Low There Was A City In The Sky
SCP 4666 2 years ago
Exactly my thought. When you land you`ll be greeted by Lando
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#8
This Red Tailed Hawk Landed On My Fire Escape In NYC This Evening
David H 2 years ago
We have tons of hawks and falcons in New York, they love the tall buildings and the air drafts
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
They also love the pigeons that are all over the place! We had some falcons nesting in a skyscraper here in Seattle, right outside an office window about the 15th floor or something. After they laid eggs the office person put up a camera to catch the eggs hatching and the parents feeding them. cool!
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🇳🇬 Asi Bassey 🇳🇬 2 years ago
Nice book collection. I see two Chimamandas, also see Just Mercy.
Zia Barrett 2 years ago
Was hoping to see this comment, was not disappointed :D
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Bernadette Jamieson 2 years ago
he belongs to someone, has a ring on its leg, just came by to have his picture taken.
sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Because he’s banded, we know he’s not NYC’s most celebrated hawk Pale Male.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
This picture is beautiful, but I couldn't help thinkiing how great it was that you didn't need the fireescape just then. But of course no sensible bird would stay aroung burning buildings
#9
Mural I Painted For Fresh Meadows, Queens
Living Example 2 years ago
I really envy your talent. That's what more cities need. I'm all for graffiti done well. It both helps define the city and brightens things up. Bravo.
QuanτumSpace2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ 2 years ago (edited)
That is one of the best murals I’ve ever seen, and I come from LA, so I know what I’m talking about
David H 2 years ago
I know that area, it's technically the neighborhood of Utopia, just a few blocks away from Fresh Meadows. I go to the Kohls and the Red Mango in the shopping center across the street (across 188th), and there used to be a Model's sporting goods there. Unfortunately there is a hotel a block away from there, that the city houses sex offenders at, despite 3 schools and 3 preschools being within 5 blocks, bc the city gave themselves a waiver to do this. But I know this area
New York City is also known for its fast-paced, around-the-clock lifestyle, which may be overwhelming for newcomers. Dubbed "the city that never sleeps," this relentless metropolis draws people seeking to advance their careers and push their potential to its absolute limits. The saying goes that "if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere."
#10
Perfect Rainbow Over Manhattan I Took From My Apartment
#11
Date While You Wait @ W 4th Station
Tinderella 2 years ago
It’s lonely out here so I get it. I’d definitely be open to dating that guy.
Lisa H 2 years ago
Hell, yes! Someone should do this at the BART station here in the Bay Area.
#12
Lincoln Center Upside Down, Those Are Coins Not Stars
#13
This Was Taken From My iPhone Pre-Coronavirus At My Office In Hudson Yards (No Filter). I Wanted To Share This Image To Spread Positive Vibes In The Midst Of Everything Going On
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
That tower directly in front of the sunbeam is Freedom Tower, the rebuilt World Trade Center.
Confused Deer🦌 2 years ago
A stairway to heaven suddenly opens in front of you. Do you enter y/n
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
I'd get so lost in a city that big. It would blow my mind just the amount of buildings and the size of them. We have nothing like this in Australia. I'd love to visit the US one day
After U.S. News analyzed 150 metro areas in the country in an attempt to find the best places to settle based on the quality of life and the local job market, as well as the value of living there and people's desire to live there, New York City placed:
- #120 in Best Places to Live;
- #14 in Best Places to Retire;
- #5 in Best Places to Live in New York;
- #9 in Most Expensive Places to Live;
- #24 in Safest Places to Live.
#14
This Is Why I Love NYC
Stephen Lyford 2 years ago
If you have to ask, you aren't/weren't essential.
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Biana Weatherford 2 years ago
I propose one more arrow under "Okay to Ride"...how about "thank you."
Mahagony74 Red 2 years ago
😅😅😅😅 some of the comments....come on where is the sense of humor??! It cracked me up!!
Brandon Parisien 2 years ago
Construction was deemed essential in my part of my country (wasn't nation wide); it was nice to sit on transit for once :)
#15
Park Avenue
CatchTheWind 2 years ago
There is a gorgeous jigsaw puzzle of a painting by Joy LaForge of practically this same scene.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago (edited)
And I thought that Park Avenue was just a name for some street in New York.
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
These are from the cuttings that Japan donated to the US, which grace DC
Cindy Schwenck 2 years ago
That is so beautiful! I would frame it and hang it on my wall. I would so do that...
#16
My Dad Saw This The Other Day
SZ 2 years ago
And hours, tourists are only allowed after rush hour is over
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Karen Tyas 2 years ago
Can I get a sign for my back that says I’m disabled and going as fast as I can? 😂
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Tourists, you bring in much needed revenue, and we thank you, but damn it, some of us have to get to work, so let's get a move on.
#17
Spotted In Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
Marlene Ricker 9 months ago
It looks like someone is carving as mini-New York skyline out of these posts.
However, New York City houses people from all walks of life. More than one-third of New Yorkers are foreign-born, making the metro area a genuine melting pot of cultures. Moreover, NYC is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel and one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the continental US. New York City is also home to a flourishing LGBTQ community; the annual Pride celebration welcomes a few million attendees each year.
#18
The Empire State Building Put On A Show!
Distracted Serpent 2 years ago
There was literally a 30 Rock episode about why this was a bad idea lol
ADHD McChick 2 years ago
Me just sitting here thinking I would NOT want to be one of the people who has to climb out there way up in the sky and set all that shít up!
#19
“A Really Nice Looking Trash Pile”
Vic 2 years ago
I say that to my mirror every morning to motivate myself..
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Luna Crow 2 years ago
Geez, that's sad. IDK why you got downvoted, thanks for the comparison pictures, makes the OP even more appreciated
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Jordi Sharpe 2 years ago
As a warehouseman and former produce clerk, general retail clerk and backroom rat, this pleases me.
#20
My Coworker Just Took This Shot From Our Office Balcony
Angie the Octopus 2 years ago
Something strange in the neighborhood who you gonna call.......GHOST BUSTERS!!!
#21
Empire State Building In Fog From Hoboken
#22
Both Sides Of The LIC Pepsi-Cola Sign
David H 2 years ago
That sign is a landmark and has been there for decades. It used to be where Pepsi bottled at (though their facility now is not that far away)
Jessiebean 2 years ago
I was wondering why there was a Pepsi sign at a park haha. Good to know!
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Potterhead 0-0 2 years ago
Bro this is the second time someone took the words right out of my mouth 😂
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Bernadette Jamieson 2 years ago
The red side is what happens, when you drink too much Pepsi. beware!
#23
We Really Come Together When It Comes To The Nypd
Firstname Lastname 2 years ago
Duck under. If questioned, say you are playing limbo, go back under and pay. Results not guaranteed.
ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ 2 years ago
pay, roll the . . . wait, what to I call it? fork? Three things? Cow uhhh- what does it look like? . . . well, just roll it, then you can jump over, ig
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Cosmo Jetz 2 years ago
"community coming together"? This is community screwing the community! Who picks up the ultimate cost hikes for lack of revenue from fare beaters?
Michael Largey 2 years ago
But the effect of the sign will be to discourage farebeating.
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zak 2 years ago
Or the police made the sign, but they aren't actually there. Pretty smart deterrent lol
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Rachel Grig 2 years ago
I'm not from the US and I completely don't get this. Why don't you just pay for your ticket?
Zull&Panda 2 years ago
In Europe people don't pay the ticket either. Have you ever been to Paris and somebody blocks the exit doors behind you cause they don't have it and pass with you? And...I'm guilty, I jumped too in New York XD but I actually had the weekly card but for a series of reasons I had to go back and forth trough the gate and...in NY you have to wait 15 minutes to use your ticket again and whatever it was a mess, so I jumped. Eveybody freaked out and a lady came to me and whispered "the cops are watching you, they're over there" and I said "yeah, but I have my ticket, the lady at the gate knows it" and so forth. It was an intersting experience
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Trophy Husband 2 years ago
Plot twist, the cops are putting those everywhere to make people think it's someone helping out!
Barong 2 years ago
Ok it’s good that people look out for others, but should we applaud the idea that who ever wrote this is looking out for others who blatantly disregard rules and are essentially stealing? At least it’s probably dissuading some of those types of people from behaving that way.
CGZ 2 years ago
People "looking out for" others? I pay the fare. It's the greatest subway system in the world, it's amazing what it accomplishes and it's a privilege to use it. I don't aid and abet those trying to cheat the system. I'd rather they get caught.
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Cath Griffiths 2 years ago
Looks lovely. As a non-American, may I ask a) what is special about Canal St, and b) Where is it? Thanks!
#24
Gotta Love When You Get Canal St All To Yourself On An Early Sunday Morning
The voice of reason 2 years ago
I bet that is amazing to be the only person on the street in a city that can be so busy.
New Everywhere 2 years ago
If I lived in NYC, I would definitely take advantage of early morning
CGZ 2 years ago
Like that year we had big deep snow, so people were X-country skiing down the avenues. Like when we had the blackout a couple years ago, and hardware stores fired up a generator with a coffee maker and extension cords so people could charge their phones on the sidewalk. Yeah ok, New Yorkers are just rude. ;)
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Cath Griffiths 2 years ago
I’m not an American, so may I ask, what is special about Canal Street and where is it? Thanks!
#25
Brooklyn Bridge Without A Single Tourist
Alexandra Davis 2 years ago
Proud to say I self propelling myself the whole way over that without any help or anyone pushing. The incline and the nine flat surface nearly killed me, but I did it! The hot chocolate after (was -4°c in the wind chill too) was the best drink ever!
Alexandra Davis 2 years ago
Self propelling in a wheelchair, in case that wasn't clear
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#26
At Midnight
Lunakadi 2 years ago
But, how do you get it all home? My brain a trying to envision dragging a tree while holding the sandwich in your mouth, and clutching your six pack under your arm. Or do taxi drivers have a sap and needle up charge?
Alicia Sansone 2 years ago
Everything can be delivered practically 24/7, and most NYC’ers like myself use a shopping cart. Driving is too difficult to finds a spot.
alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
Where?! My brother lives in NYC and I swear every f*****g time s**t closes waaaay earlier than midnight! Even cvs/Duane reeds!!!!
#27
After Hearing About New Cases
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
I have a nice collection jammed up the side of my fridge which I promptly forget every time I go to the shops and I have get a new one
Jude Laskowski 2 years ago
In San Francisco, we have to pay 25 cents per bag. The trunk of my car is full of paper shopping bags that I've "rescued" from the recycling bins in my building.
#28
Saw This And I Just Had To Post It Here
CGZ 2 years ago
Yes!! And they say New Yorkers are rude. New York just don't have time for bullsh!t.
Not-a-Clue-What-to-Call-Myself 2 years ago (edited)
Same in London, especially in the 70s & 80s when IRA bomb threats were fairly common.
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
We got so used to going into the city that we just made up a family contingency plan. If we are in Midtown & see a mushroom cloud down on Wall St. hop the nearest subway to Yonkers. We will meet up there.We figured most terrorists don't even know what Yonkers is.
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
I took it as they have Ptsd so they are physically emotionally and mentally strong. We Stand With You NY!
Bananaramamama 2 years ago
Um....pretty sure New Yorkers don't blow off terrorist attacks. Is this referencing "suspected" attacks?
Jodie daubenmire 2 years ago
Umm, the difference in living in the country.? People here grew up with respect of guns, as a way to feed our families. We were cleaning, maintaining and shooting guns at a young age. City thugs hold guns, sideways, one handed.. anything to look scary in a C-RAP music videos. We don't miss. Terrorism doesn't hit small towns, even the thugs know better.
Alice Jena 2 years ago
NO incidents of a gun EVER preventing a crime!!! ever! Terrorism is extremely rare in our NYC. The FBI always know where the bad guys are!
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This Is The New “You’re Not A Real New Yorker...”
Sher Foose 2 years ago (edited)
GOTDAMN on the "bike lane", my friend. There isn't a truer truth.
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦 🇬🇧 2 years ago
I don't understand how wanting to leave a densely populated city during a pandemic is a bad thing🤷♀️ I'm genuinely confused.
BWC 2 years ago
It's about people complaining about the condition the city was in after the curfews were lifted and the city reopened.
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Jodie daubenmire 2 years ago
That happened in just about every state in the country. NYC is not the only place people have suffered. It's is one place, that complained about the loss of freedom, and social services. Most of us, took care of one another..from 6 feet away.
#30
Finally, The Mta Being Honest
Alice Jena 2 years ago
put that in my Kitchen for a retro look. Now it looks stupid
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#31
Escalator Etiquette At 530am Hudson Yards
David Paterson 2 years ago
Americans drive on the right and stand on the right. Australians drive on the left and stand on the left. Londoners are just weird.
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Sweet_Dee 2 years ago
That's how it should be everywhere! The left is for passing only, whether you're on foot or on wheels (in the states at least)
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MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I hate this escalator. I get vertigo easily, and have panic attacks. Something about the height and pitch of this escalator always makes me feel I'm just going to fall all the way to the bottom. I have to tilt my head down and either close my eyes or just stare at my feet. I always feel dizzy on it.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
If you ever go to DC whatever you do don't take the Metro to the Rosslyn station. There's a MUCH worse one there. It's 207 feet tall!
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Lunakadi 2 years ago
This is beautiful. Why doesn’t everyone who ever rides an escalator know to do this?
Dynein 2 years ago
Because either a) enough people around you need to know this for you to adopt the habit unthinkingly or b) you need to get shoved aside often enough by impatient escalator-walkers to learn it the hard way. Either way it requires a critical mass of people consistently reinforcing the habit, which is most likely to happen in big cities.
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#32
True
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
My daughter & I were in the city a few days before Christmas. We were on 34th St. when here comes a tall, magnificently dressed man dressed up like Father Christmas. He is strolling up 34th St with his green velvet coat with white fur trim, the boots, the long white hair & beard, etc. He had a look crooked staff & this intensely pleasant gaze. I think we were the only ones who paid attention to him. We wished him a Merry Christmas & he bowed to us. That made our entire trip into the city.
Terra Kochy 2 years ago
This is what outsiders like myself don't understand. And really don't consider this to be something to be proud of. Catching that train is somehow the only thing that matters.
alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
"Real" New Yorkers? As opposed to the fake New Yorkers who live and work there? Or the millions of tourists that visit each year and spend bazillions of dollars in your city????
Arenite 2 years ago
Well, tourists aren’t New Yorkers, they’re just visiting. You can live here for decades and still not “get” NYC.
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And that is why NYC is dead. Maybe if you loved each other as much as you love to complain, people wouldn't have ran for the hills, as soon as COVID hit, if you cared about one another.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
Yep, sure is a ghost town with only 7½ million people now
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It certainly is. Lots of outsiders say New Yorkers are rude. NY just doesn't have time for BS. It's an attitude, and it makes some of us laugh that some people will never get the joke.
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And You Don’t Even Want To Know How Much It Costs To Keep A Kid In Rikers For A Year. That’s Scifi Numbers. You Ain’t Ready For That One. A Broken System Is An Old Understatement
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
And a flat-out lie. NYC spends 6% of its budge on police. Including state funds, NYC spends FIVE times more on education alone.
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David H 2 years ago (edited)
First of all, NYC has a $102.7 billion budget, the NYPD budget is 6 billion, or 5.88% of the Budget. Average American City spends 5% of budget on police. But lets break it down. Well we have 38,400 police officers for a city of 8.8 million people, plus another 1 million tourists at any time, and 14 million people who work here. 38,400 cops at an average salary of 85K (that is averaging all salaries). That alone is about 3.2 billion dollar. Now we also have to figure in 7,000 administrators, plus then; crossing guards, auxiliary, traffic enforcement officers, and others who are not actually police, etc. At the end of the day 88.8% of the NYPD budget goes to salaries, health care, overtimes, and other benefits or $5,328,000,000, over 5 billion dollars. Just a mere 11.2% go to all other police activities. A Mere 411 million is all that is spent of Police Vehicle Maintenance and purchases, ammo, guns, operating the police precincts, helicopters, boats (for our rivers), etc. It's not that crazy
David H 2 years ago
When people say to cut the NYPD budget, well from where are you going to cut? most of that money is salaries. For those who also want to know, NYC spends 31 billion on education (Not including things like the USDA school lunch program) which is nearly 1/3 of our budget on a public school system where 20% of students graduate reading on a 6th grade level or less (35% graduate below High School level reading), and 40% fail HS Math. Before we start going after the NYPD, we have much bigger issues to fix, considering the amount of corruption, waste, and worse. Let's focus on fixing on the bigger issues, like our failing education system that we keep throwing more money at and results get worse
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Extremely deceptive statement. The police budget is the only item in that list which chiefly the responsibility of the city. It comes to about $65 a month per person in the most expensive city you can imagine. The state of New York spends almost $20 billion on students in New York City alone.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Update: She's flat out lying. The CITY of New York ALSO spends $12 billion. That's $32 billion on students in New York City.
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Old Roadie 2 years ago
Not with 33,000 different gangs in America. Those are akin to military units, with their own armories and gunsmiths. Better equipped than most police forces.
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Jodie daubenmire 2 years ago
There are more scum bags deciding how the money is spent. And how about early intervention with at risk youth should be more important than trump getting loans to host traitors to our country in golf outings. Give our police officers education to try and help young people, and not just put them in a box if they are pushed into a life of crime.
Best Behave 2 years ago
This is very roughly comparable to the London Met I believe. £4.3b, ~8m people
Old Roadie 2 years ago
Nah... it's because of the lies and anti-constitutional narrative. Actually... Republicans lie just as much. Both parties suck.
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#34
Welcome To New York City
CGZ 2 years ago
Lots of people say that. It's actually some of the cleanest water you'll ever experience, ever. It's directly from condensation of the moisture in the air. It's pure.
Deborah B 2 years ago
Exept that the air is dirty, and the surface on which the water condenses is dirty. Would you expect rainwater collected off a roof to be clean too? PSA: it's not. Rainwater is no longer considered safe to drink in any urban, and almost all non-urban, locations.
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ᶜʰᵃᵒᵗⁱᶜ ˡᵉᵍᵃˡ 2 years ago
when you duck and then think, where the heck did that come from? ohh, just the ac, ok . .
Viki Banaszak 2 years ago
Customer in diner says, " I just saw a cockroach". I reply, "Welcome to NY"
#35
Best Costume In NYC Last Night
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
A little section at the top with some dry ice in it would've been icing on the cake.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
Yes. Sort of. It's more like smoke/steam that is produced in the sewers. You see these pipes and will also see it rising from manhole covers sometimes. Surprisingly doesn't smell the way you think it would: not pleasant but not repulsive
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@asknyc
LynnSynn 2 years ago
Last time I was in NYC was 20 years ago. Old ladies with walkers were running me over because I was not walking fast enough. I Knew then NYC was not foe me.
Viki Banaszak 2 years ago
I live in Kansas now, I use a walker and still speed over everyone. LOL
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Stymied Egan 2 years ago
As a former Long Islander, it's fast paced there too. Moving to other areas is a bit of a learning curve. People walk and talk like they have all the time in the world. It's soothing once you get used to it. The other side is non-NY people seem to be oblivious of people around them. They block sidewalks, streets, store aisles etc. to chat or just to veg out. Left hand lane? I will drive any speed I want here, no matter how many cars are piling up behind me and having to pass on the right.
SillyPandaBunny 2 years ago
That’s the one part of NY that’s never faded away, everyone always thinks I walk too fast but really they just are too slow
Barbra E. Nyberg 2 years ago
People where i live keep telling me i walk too fast. Need to go to nyc just for the chance of being told i walk too slow, it would be so novel.
Sonia Ward 2 years ago
I live in the countryside in UK because I like peace and quiet. All these posts are stressing me just looking at them.
Let’s Be Kind 2 years ago (edited)
I’m gonna stick with my very calm, quiet, peaceful, inexpensive, clean city, within walking distance to multiple parks, hikes, beaches and gardens, museums, plays, symphonies etc etc etc. And we can walk as fast or slow as we please instead of having people yell at us and push us because we’re not going at their pace. NYC, I wish you the best.
#37
Save Me Your Used Soda Cans
Beck 2 years ago (edited)
Still does not go very far. That is only a month's rent on not too great houses and apartments. The nice neighborhoods are over $1800.. I know it is more in new york. But still.
Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
I live in Indiana and $1200 is three of my mortgage payments
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Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
Wish I could go back to when our 2BR was $1200… good times! We ate at restaurants more and saw movies in theatres. Good times.
Sandra Gleeson 2 years ago
In Australia that could be the weekly rent, or the weekly mortgage, A tiny apartment (we call them units) down the road from me is $800 per week, my house, if I were to put it in rent would be $1800 per week.......but then my weekly shopping (groceries) is $700 per week for 6 people....expense place to live
OWEN CASH 2 years ago (edited)
Hard workin' Matt Wheeler apparently doesn't accept gifts, BOGO offers, samples, contest winnings, or anything else that's free.
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#38
Powerful Message From Mta
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
"see something, say something". Was a big thing after 9/11. If you see suspicious activity, let someone in authority know.
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The crushinator 2 years ago (edited)
Something something dark side, something something complete.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
Ah yes, the most commonly used lyrics in song: "something something something."
#39
Authentic NYC Dining
Jcusack 2 years ago
IDK how people are ok living this way. This place is a nightmare... Give me the country.
Jp@nda 2 years ago
Man, I walk by these all the time in Philly, especially in summer when everything smells and I just don't get it. Why would you want to sit out in the heat and stink while people walk right next to you while you just sit there and pretend that you don't see any of it?! Nah, I'll take the air conditioning and a booth, and you know a wall between me and people
Never Bored Koala 2 years ago
Ok David H, granted that "it's trash day, and they have to have the stuff out at certain times for pickup..." but that doesn't explain what type of people - full tables of them ! - would happily eat right beside not necessarily perfectly hermetically sealed bags of restaurant trash...?!?
K8 Costantino 2 years ago
y’all we’re having authentic staycation!!! this time is New York City !!! eating by the diaper Genie tonight … P.s that poor guy in the pink shirt, looks like he’s trying real hard, to choke it back
#40
How Often Do You See This?
Mavis 2 years ago (edited)
A work issued phone is a vital tool to access information via the police intranet. Looking at their phone doesn't mean they are goofing off.
David 2 years ago
What I see is bored baby sitters amusing themselves between trains. They wouldn't need to stand around subway stations if some people were not horrible to each other.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Unfortunately you are right. They need to be there, but fortunately are not required to work all the time. Like your fire insurance, you can be happy, if they are not needed.
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Benita Valdez 2 years ago
Just please also consider that while some or maybe alot are definitely goofing off, others are just updating loved ones on how their shift is going and that they're ok. These shifts can be really rough on family.
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Winter Outdoor Dining Enclosure, Aka Indoors, We’ve Come Full Circle
#42
NY Post Crushes Another Cover Title
David H 2 years ago
Hey, he was my congressman for many years. When the scandal broke, we dumped him, but we didnt know before then he was like that. He actually was a good rep, who got millions in federal funds to fix our roads, build new parks, upgrade old parks, etc. He was popular because he did good work. Then we learned he was a sleeze
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What do you think ?
Terra Kochy 2 years ago
I began life as an adult in 1990. In the early/mid '90's I would have LOVED to live there for a while. By the time 2000 came; that desire had passed. Partly due to my age but, also because trends seemed to be changing. I have ptsd and living there now seems like it would be extremely stressful.
Load More Replies... Lil Potato 2 years ago
I love big cities, but I've never been to one. And those photos were STUNNING
CGZ 2 years ago
I always lived in suburbia and small towns in various US states. Once I discovered NYC there was no looking back. NYC is the center of the universe. It's where the ball drops. It's where the zip code 10001 is. It's one of the top fashion centers of the world. It's one of the world's great culinary centers. It's where the NY Marathon is, and a million other things. It's where people went to, to start a new life. It's the most ethnically diverse place on the planet. It's amazing.
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Higgleton 2 years ago
Great city, visited in December. Some bits better than London (my old home), some bits worse. One way London is better is the underground wildlife. NYC subway had some gnarly looking rats whereas the London tube gets cute little mice.
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
How does London keep rats out of the tube? I hear NYC is hiring a rat czar.
Load More Replies... Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I have never been to New York, and don't expect to be able to ever afford to go there, but some of those pictures almost made me wish to do so. I was glad there was also pictures, that made me feel very satisfied that I don't live there. In Copenhagen I have NEVER seen policemen on the subway stations.
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
I used to fly into LaGuardia and head to Manhattan for work purposes. It always felt as though I was flying into an art farm, the feeling of too many people who are superbusy. However, I did think it would be a fantastic place to live if I was independently wealthy. I'd live there for a year and see all the museums and all the plays and eat out at different restaurants all the time. Then I'd fly to another city and live there for a while...Paris? Moscow? London?
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Big cities are so not my thing. Far too much going on all the time, and not enough meaningful human interaction even tho you're surrounded by people 24/7
Terra Kochy 2 years ago
I began life as an adult in 1990. In the early/mid '90's I would have LOVED to live there for a while. By the time 2000 came; that desire had passed. Partly due to my age but, also because trends seemed to be changing. I have ptsd and living there now seems like it would be extremely stressful.
Load More Replies... Lil Potato 2 years ago
I love big cities, but I've never been to one. And those photos were STUNNING
CGZ 2 years ago
I always lived in suburbia and small towns in various US states. Once I discovered NYC there was no looking back. NYC is the center of the universe. It's where the ball drops. It's where the zip code 10001 is. It's one of the top fashion centers of the world. It's one of the world's great culinary centers. It's where the NY Marathon is, and a million other things. It's where people went to, to start a new life. It's the most ethnically diverse place on the planet. It's amazing.
Load More Replies... Higgleton 2 years ago
Great city, visited in December. Some bits better than London (my old home), some bits worse. One way London is better is the underground wildlife. NYC subway had some gnarly looking rats whereas the London tube gets cute little mice.
Delta Dawn 2 years ago
How does London keep rats out of the tube? I hear NYC is hiring a rat czar.
Load More Replies... Danish Susanne 2 years ago
I have never been to New York, and don't expect to be able to ever afford to go there, but some of those pictures almost made me wish to do so. I was glad there was also pictures, that made me feel very satisfied that I don't live there. In Copenhagen I have NEVER seen policemen on the subway stations.
Salty Sasquatch 2 years ago
I used to fly into LaGuardia and head to Manhattan for work purposes. It always felt as though I was flying into an art farm, the feeling of too many people who are superbusy. However, I did think it would be a fantastic place to live if I was independently wealthy. I'd live there for a year and see all the museums and all the plays and eat out at different restaurants all the time. Then I'd fly to another city and live there for a while...Paris? Moscow? London?
OnAFreakingRollercoaster 2 years ago
Big cities are so not my thing. Far too much going on all the time, and not enough meaningful human interaction even tho you're surrounded by people 24/7
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