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Originally Posted by Chas Potts
I was just in NYC last week, and I'd totally forgotten how many bad weather days it has. So I tip my hat to those who can wander about on the rare good days and document skyscraper progress.
The other epiphany I had was that the skyscrapers look lovely in photos and from the distance in real life, but they are very hard to appreciate on the street level because one is constantly in a crowd in New York. The ideal implied by the skyline is very different from the reality on the streets. TLDR: great place to visit, doubt I could survive living there unless I was a billionaire.
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Better than the desolate streets of downtown Dallas or Houston on a weekend.
Are those cities even cities? That applies to most American cities where downtown is a glorified office park. I'd take a crowded city than a lifeless one. Ny is a real metropolis, it never gets boring because it's so big and lively. Most of those cutesy Euro/Aussie/Cancuk towns on those quality of life lists you read about are just boring after 3 days, glorified towns honestly.
There are plenty of vantage points to ogle the skyline like in postcards. Or go to Brooklyn/Queens/Jersey.
Of course NY is croweded, it's a tiny island with a dense population. The skyline hints directly at that density. It's no Dubai, a city with skyscrapers built for show, not need and wide open spaces/streets with little pedestrian life.
Weather is fine in NY, you're exaggerating. Rare good days? You just got unlucky, look at some climate data before you just talk nonsense. There are plenty of blue bird days in NY all year. Sunlight hours are pretty high compared to gloomy Northern European towns too, so you get a bright winter. Temps are pretty temperate in comparison to desert hell holes or northern wastelands.