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Originally Posted by Oldgixxer
Nailed it 
Born and raised in NY,30mins North of NYC. Spent 50yrs living there,moved out when covid hit. Used to hang in NYC all the time in the 80s,little bit less in the 90s,hardly ever from 2000 on..theres certain parts of Brooklyn,Queens,Harlem that you'd be lucky to make it out unscathed or alive right now.
Hang out long enough on Billionaires Row and you'll see some homeless dude pissing on the side of a building or taking a dump on the sidewalk. Forget about Times Square 
As a tourist visiting NYC for a few days or a week you're not getting the full NYC experience. Fact
I'll just leave this here,the M5 owner sfrom NYC says NY is a shithole lol:
https://nypost.com/2024/05/08/us-new...-for-150k-bmw/ |
I don't buy it.
We did take the Subway a few times but spent a fair amount taking Uber's walking around various parts of Manhattan. Tribeca, Lower East Side, Upper West Side. I didnd't see any homeless people for the most part.
There are pockets of bad areas in every urban metro...if anything, your point proves nothing.