New York is a cosmopolitan city, it nevers sleep, you have 24 hour and 7 days on the week different activities for any kind of person; also this international city receive thousands of tourists per hour.
However, for any tourist this city is the best on the world; but if you are thinking in live there, you need to know the real situation and how the most people live there.
Firstly, the typical New Yorker is busy, stressed and independent person. He has a long working day and after work, the majority of the cases he needs to do some activities at home.
Secondly, New York is over crowded, there is a lot of pollution and the public transit of this city every day carries about 10 million of people from the five boroughs; for those situations the New Yorkers become in stressed people. Every day, they have to put up this situation and try to attach here.
Moreover, the New Yorkers are self- sufficient, every person has to do everything by his self, it is because every person is focusing on his goal and how increase his money, for that situation no body has time for pay attention in another person. Rarely, New Yorkers say some expressions like this: good morning, how are you?and have a beautiful day.
Despite of this situation, you still can find New Yorkers that the eye contact and one smile are back, also have time for sharing a pair of minutes with someone and seeing a New York in different way like a tourist.
Finally, you are the only person that decide to be a traditional New Yorker or to see this amazing city in another way.
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I agree with everything shared in this post. As a Brazilian living for a short time in New York, I think that São Paulo is very similar and I’m familiarized with all this situation.
Although I love São Paulo, the city is polluted, crowded, with individual, workaholic and stressed people and to complety, a hard traffic. The good thing is that, isn’t a turistic city.
So, is totally true that you have to find New Yorkers with time and mood to show another point of view.
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Sure! If you want to live in NYC you should be ready to the situation:”it goes in one ear and out the other.” Otherwise, you will be really stressed and upset by people’s behaviour and attitude. But, at that time, you stop thinking too much about others you start enjoying the city.
I would like to point out that humans of New York (in my opinion) often say:”Good morning! How are you doing? Have a nice day.” And I have also heard:”Have a blessed day!” Isn’t it wonderful? I’ve never heard something like this. If people love your clothes or hairstyle they will tell you. That’s amazing! In my country we are more reserved.
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Thank you for share your opinion. As you see it, New York is a cosmopolitan city and it never sleep. I totally agree of this point because my friends who are from NY or used to visit here told me that the new yorkers like hang out everyday even they work for whole day, they still go through the bar to have a drink and you can find everything you want at midnight. Furthermore, we have same idea of New Yorkers. People here all have their own dream want to attach, so they work hard to get what they want. Unfortunately, they using most of their passion on work, then they became self-sufficient. And that also the main point to obstruct me to love this city. I hope I can start fall in love with this city after I explore more about it.
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