24-hour-living-and-working lifestyle...But then there are days, like
yesterday, when we're ever so glad we live in New York City. Like when
much of the rest of the nation goes a reddish color of Tea Party, and
we stick to coffee and stay (largely) blue. Like when Andrew Cuomo
wins against Carl Paladino. And like when the Aeropostale at Times
Square institutes an "AERO Dance Cam" to keep the young folks away
from the East Village on weekends and allow us to mock them via the
Internet...
As R.L. Stine put it last night, (via Twitter.com/RL_Stine):
"I'm so glad I live in New York City and not in the United States."
Amen.
Here are 50 other reasons to be blissfully happy that you live in New
York City today -- and every day -- that you live here. May it be a
very long time. Unless you want to leave, in which case, get the fuck
out, and can we have your apartment?
50. Sending your laundry out for someone else to wash and dry it is
not only convenient, it's just good business. Especially since you
will probably never own a washer and dryer. Which means you never have
to feel guilty about not doing your own laundry. Next.
49. Drinking coffee four times a day, every day, isn't the exception,
it's the rule.
48. The secret Chick Fil-A at the NYU dining hall.
47. There is always someone crazier than you. ALWAYS.
46. The view from the Brooklyn Bridge.
45. The view of the Brooklyn Bridge.
44. The epic feeling you get running to catch a train and
succeeding...just before the doors close.
43. Bored to Death. 30 Rock. SNL. And a million other things that film
here and we love. RIP Law and Order.
42. Manhattan-Brooklyn/Brooklyn-Manhattan wars never cease to
entertain. Nor do hipster-Hasid wars. Or hipsters in general.
41. We get the inside jokes. Because, actually, we made them up in the
first place.
40. That horrified look on our parents' friends' faces when we tell
them we live in "Hell's Kitchen."
39. Sure, we work out next to Alec Baldwin, Padma Lakshmi, and Bridget
Moynahan, and walk the streets with Willem Dafoe, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
and Tina Fey, but, really, we're kinda too busy with our own lives to
notice.
38. Drinking is like breathing. Or slightly more acceptable.
37. Because it's not enough to just love New York. New York needs to
love you back, too. Hey, we have high standards.
36. Whatever you need, whenever you need it, there is someone who will
bring it to you for a price, which may or may not be negotiable. (Or
legal.)
35. By the time the rest of the nation has bedbugs, we'll have figured
out how to get rid of them. In the meantime, we'll mock them by
dressing our dogs up as bedbugs for Halloween. Laugh in the face of
fear, New Yorker!
34. There are almost 200 bars in the East Village alone.
33. There's no shortage of stupid rich people to make fun of.
32. The endless delights of the New York Post.
31. You don't even need a passport, or a license, to partake in
goat-eyeball tacos.
30. The fact that one-bedroom apartments cost an average minimum of a
half-million dollars means we think nothing of spending $12 on lunch.
29. Restaurants are as common as single men and women. And equally
diverse. And you never have to see either of them again after the
initial awkward encounter.
28. The omnipresent opportunity to Gaga-ify yourself. And the chance
that it will seem, just, normal.
27. Runnin' Scared lives here! (And so does the Village Voice.)
26. Smart people are the norm, not the exception. (Which doesn't mean
they're sane, but at least no one's boring.)
25. Except in select 'hoods like Park Slope and perhaps the Upper West
Side, children are viewed as mysterious beings, rarely sighted and
only occasionally understood, like pixies or magical small butlers.
Until they scream, in which case, they are banished from the palace.
24. When you fly back into the city after a vacation or business trip,
no matter how long you've lived here, you get that
butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling.
23. Efficiency in a drugstore checkout line.
22. How easy it is to find doughnuts, pizza, Chinese food, or any
other snack your drunken self desires at 4 a.m. Or to continue to
drink. Responsibly!
21. Broadway. Museums. CULTCH-AH. Even if you never actually go to see
anything (though you should, at least once).
20. Yelling "fuck" is just a mild obscenity.
19. There's no shame in sticking your fingers in your ears like an
anal weirdo when an ambulance goes by screeching.
18. Summer concerts at the Williamsburg Waterfront.
17. So many Missed Connections, so little time.
16. Other places have dog and cat people. We have ferret people.
15. The splendor of the Union Square Greenmarket.
14. A bagel with cream cheese and lox from Russ and Daughters.
13. There is an insane Korean day spa (Spa Castle) waiting for you in
Flushing. And Russian and Turkish baths in the East Village.
12. One of our bars has 100-year-old urinals.
11. Complain about the MTA, but you can get anywhere in the city for
just $2.25. Or $2.50 single ride, come 2011. Still pretty damn cheap.
10. Subway rage. Bike-lane rage. Walking rage. Random rage. These are
our therapy. Although we all go to therapy, too. No judgments! We
bitch, therefore we are.
9. Jaywalking is an art form.
8. The free Ikea ferry to Red Hook on weekends! Plus, Red Hook in
general. Can you say "Lobster pound"?
7. Subway "prewalking," in which you walk to the exact right spot on
the platform to board the train car that will save you the most time
upon exit, exists and has a name. Gotta respect.
6. You can be alone, but never feel lonely. And vice versa. But if you
die and aren't found until a year later, you won't be the first.
5. We are, as a group, anti-fanny-pack as much as we are
pro-gay-marriage. Hetero marriage, on the other hand, we can pretty
much take or leave.
4. 35 is the new 26. Or is it 45? Whatever, age ain't nuthin' but a
number, and as long as you're younger than your IQ score, no harm, no
foul.
3. Finding your "local" is that much better here.
2. There is absolutely no reason to ever drink and drive. Added bonus:
Spontaneous, fascinating conversations with cab drivers.
1. If you can make it here, you really can make it anywhere. But why
would you bother to go anywhere else?
ORIGIN with links:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/11/50_reasons_to_b.php
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