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MTRodaba2468 posted...

I went to Ellis Island once for a school trip; got to see the skyline pre-9/11, and the Statue of Liberty.

Haven't visited there since, although I'd like to go again (and do a lot more stuff while I'm there).

Did you do the mock immigration activity?

been there at least four times. '95, '97, '16, '19.

it has its charms but i wouldn't want to live there.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

I don't go to Manhattan so all my favorite stuff is in Queens but I enjoy going to Gyu Kaku in Flushing.

Have you tried Padam Padam KBBQ in Flushing?

TheMikh posted...

been there at least four times. '95, '97, '16, '19.

it has its charms but i wouldn't want to live there.

That's a huge gap lol. What did you think of it in '16 after not having gone again for 19 years?

2r1aqueroso posted...

Fair enough. But did you have a chopped cheese?

I did not, sadly. I was visiting family for a wedding and it was only for a couple nights, pretty sure I had pizza the first night then whatever it was they had at the reception that 2nd night. It was a pretty fancy wedding so they had a bunch of food.

misterbum posted...

I did not, sadly. I was visiting family for a wedding and it was only for a couple nights, pretty sure I had pizza the first night then whatever it was they had at the reception that 2nd night. It was a pretty fancy wedding so they had a bunch of food.

Then can you say you've even been? I think there's a "big city" you deep within waiting to be awakened.

2r1aqueroso posted...

Have you tried Padam Padam KBBQ in Flushing?

I haven't. I'll give it a try sometime.

I'm about three hours north.

There is a saying in the horse world - Go Up The Hudson two hundred miles, turn left, and go back 200 years.

This town is/was a resort town for NYC and other places money back in the Victorian Era.
The Mansions were called Cottages. Though they are all amazing.

The Broadway in my town is the same strip of road that leads directly to Broadway in NYC.
They are both coincidently named that. If I were lost in NYC, I could hit Broadway, travel North, and go straight home.
Just as The Hudson River had no name for quite some time.

Having said all that, I have been to Boston more.

2r1aqueroso posted...

That's a huge gap lol. What did you think of it in '16 after not having gone again for 19 years?

i was visiting as a kid in the 90s, so '16 was my first proper visit, well into my adult years. 95, 97, and 19 were largely spent in queens visiting family.

pros: great restaurants, lots of history and culture, no shortage of sights if you admire architecture and arts, lots of interesting hidden spots only known to locals.
cons: rather expensive, sea of concrete with not much greenery (outside central park anyway), very dense, lots of rats, smelly streets, stark poverty, and getting around town quickly means either subway or taxi (though this is the case in most megacities). this largely applies to manhattan though.

Visited once. Saw all the typical tourist spots. As impressive as it was, one visit was enough. It's just too crowded and dirty for my taste.

ArchonKnight posted...

I miss a lot of things about the culture, nothing was ever boring. Also the food options there were honestly way more authentic than anywhere else I've been.

While I love driving for fun, it was kind of nice not having to in NYC. The subway system is pretty reliable and way cheaper than a monthly car note, insurance, gas, maintenance, etc.

I work in aeronautics for a defense contractor. I think they do have a presence in NY state, but I don't think they have anything directly in NYC.

Believe it or not Saab still has Facilities in Syracuse NY.
Not the car side, sadly, but the Aeronautics.

2r1aqueroso posted...

Doing Comic Con?

Nah, friend is getting married on Long Island, we are staying for about a week in the city itself before going out for the wedding.

No, but I'd like to go.

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My parents and grandparents were from the Bronx (either born there or immigrated there). I lived there as an infant, but my memories are of frequent visits from NJ, where I was born and raised. I most recently visited Manhattan about a month ago.

Staten Island born, moved sometime in elementary school. Been to NYC many times.

I'd say born and raised there. Born in Harlem Hospital, and while my parents lived in New Jersey at the time, they both worked in New York and I spent my elementary school years in a Catholic School in New York until 6th grade.

Plus, I would always stay at my grandma's house.

Yes.

Savas posted...

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Very cool shots.
I wish I could read the cutaway on the Rehab picture.
Only because I am a Geology and Architecture Nerd. I've never been to Ellis Island, but my family has!!

2r1aqueroso posted...

Last concert you saw? Which venue?

Back in May I went to see J-Rock band MAN WITH A MISSION, venue was Irving Plaza.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

I haven't. I'll give it a try sometime.

Thank me later

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Nice, what you do?

SiO4 posted...

I'm about three hours north.

There is a saying in the horse world - Go Up The Hudson two hundred miles, turn left, and go back 200 years.

This town is/was a resort town for NYC and other places money back in the Victorian Era.
The Mansions were called Cottages. Though they are all amazing.

The Broadway in my town is the same strip of road that leads directly to Broadway in NYC.
They are both coincidently named that. If I were lost in NYC, I could hit Broadway, travel North, and go straight home.
Just as The Hudson River had no name for quite some time.

Having said all that, I have been to Boston more.

Very interesting. Is that true about Broadway? Wild. Haven't been to Boston but curious.

TheMikh posted...

i was visiting as a kid in the 90s, so '16 was my first proper visit, well into my adult years. 95, 97, and 19 were largely spent in queens visiting family.

pros: great restaurants, lots of history and culture, no shortage of sights if you admire architecture and arts, lots of interesting hidden spots only known to locals.
cons: rather expensive, sea of concrete with not much greenery (outside central park anyway), very dense, lots of rats, smelly streets, stark poverty, and getting around town quickly means either subway or taxi (though this is the case in most megacities). this largely applies to manhattan though.

I'm not sure subway is a con lol.

gu-gohan posted...

Visited once. Saw all the typical tourist spots. As impressive as it was, one visit was enough. It's just too crowded and dirty for my taste.

You're used to what you're used to.

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Do you ever wander or just home to work, work to home?

Butterfiles posted...

Nah, friend is getting married on Long Island, we are staying for about a week in the city itself before going out for the wedding.

Congrats!

Visited once. Beautiful city. Liked it far more than LA.

GGuirao13 posted...

No, but I'd like to go.

Don't let your dreams be dreams.

Savas posted...

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Solid shots

tankboy posted...

My parents and grandparents were from the Bronx (either born there or immigrated there). I lived there as an infant, but my memories are of frequent visits from NJ, where I was born and raised. I most recently visited Manhattan about a month ago.

Do anything fun?

MabusIncarnate posted...

Staten Island born, moved sometime in elementary school. Been to NYC many times.

Do you like where you live now?

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

I'd say born and raised there. Born in Harlem Hospital, and while my parents lived in New Jersey at the time, they both worked in New York and I spent my elementary school years in a Catholic School in New York until 6th grade.

Plus, I would always stay at my grandma's house.

That's a good chunk of time. Did you actually go out and explore at any point since you were so young?

SSJ3_NAPPA posted...

Yes.

Nice.

SiO4 posted...

Very cool shots.
I wish I could read the cutaway on the Rehab picture.
Only because I am a Geology and Architecture Nerd. I've never been to Ellis Island, but my family has!!

Now you have a reason to go.

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Klauser_Bateson posted...

Back in May I went to see J-Rock band MAN WITH A MISSION, venue was Irving Plaza.

Never heard of them. The wolf mask thing is funny.

Been there a few times for work, it's a great city if you can look past the smell of piss and garbage.

xlr_big-coop posted...

Visited once. Beautiful city. Liked it far more than LA.

Nice. Two very distinct lifestyles.

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The Highline. It's free to roam on it. Abandoned above ground railroad that was restored as a park with art installations. K town for food and random shops. Midtown in general. Brooklyn Bridge. If you're looking to do an observatory then maybe consider Top of the Rock as you can see the Empire State Building from it. Central Park. Museums.

BewmHedshot posted...

Been there a few times for work, it's a great city if you can look past the smell of piss and garbage.

Some areas yeah, others not so much. You can always mask up if you need to.

Visited once years ago. Always been West Coast based so it's really far from me.

I'd like to go again someday.

Itachi157 posted...

Visited once years ago. Always been West Coast based so it's really far from me.

I'd like to go again someday.

I'm sure a lot has changed since.

Haven't been since 2006. Went back then to see Wicked.

Bishop_Hastur posted...

Haven't been since 2006. Went back then to see Wicked.

That's the one with Adele Dazeem right?

2r1aqueroso posted...

Very interesting. Is that true about Broadway? Wild.

Ya, Just North of the Washington Bridge it is considered Route 9.
If you follow it all the way up when it get to my town it is called Broadway again.
Which as far as I can tell wasn't planned. And we are talking a town that only got it's start once the French and Indian War and The Revolution ended.

Broadway in Manhattan.

https://imgur.com/gi2zqLa

Broadway at home, Both Route 9.
I went to the school that is pictured for a few years.

https://imgur.com/a/fZlu4TZ

Once. I really want to go back again though.

I flew into and out of JFK in 1998 and at the end of 1999.

I live in New Jersey near NYC. I sometimes go there and sometimes I have met people from CE.

i lived there for five years. august '15 to jan '21.

trying to move back in the next couple months

2r1aqueroso posted...

What were/are your thoughts about it?

I would never want to live* there, though visiting is great. The diversity of cuisines is stellar.

First time I had authentic Szechuan cuisine was here.

It's really what made me jump into making my own, Szechuan chili oil and making Mapo Tofu. I should really revisit some of the other recipes such as the wontons drowning in chili oil were really good. Hot pot sounds good too.

*(Too expensive, too dirty, too many nut jobs, crime and people doing weird things like pooping on the sidewalk)

2r1aqueroso posted...

Do anything fun?

"SUMMIT One" at One Vanderbilt, which is kind of a combination of observation decks, mirror maze, and art installation.
The Whitney (modern art museum)
The High Line (as mentioned above: elevated train tracks converted to a linear park)
Ate lots of 99c Pizza

SiO4 posted...

Ya, Just North of the Washington Bridge it is considered Route 9.
If you follow it all the way up when it get to my town it is called Broadway again.
Which as far as I can tell wasn't planned. And we are talking a town that only got it's start once the French and Indian War and The Revolution ended.

Broadway in Manhattan.

https://imgur.com/gi2zqLa

Broadway at home, Both Route 9.
I went to the school that is pictured for a few years.

https://imgur.com/a/fZlu4TZ

Pretty nuts lol.

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

Once. I really want to go back again though.

How long did you stay the first time?

Serious_Cat posted...

I flew into and out of JFK in 1998 and at the end of 1999.

Close enough?

SwordMaster13X posted...

I live in New Jersey near NYC. I sometimes go there and sometimes I have met people from CE.

Lol really? That's cool.

Zithers posted...

i lived there for five years. august '15 to jan '21.

trying to move back in the next couple months

Noice. Pandemy move or career?

dioxxys posted...

I would never want to live* there, though visiting is great. The diversity of cuisines is stellar.

First time I had authentic Szechuan cuisine was here.

It's really what made me jump into making my own, Szechuan chili oil and making Mapo Tofu. I should really revisit some of the other recipes such as the wontons drowning in chili oil were really good. Hot pot sounds good too.

*(Too expensive, too dirty, too many nut jobs, crime and people doing weird things like pooping on the sidewalk)

Mapo tofu is delicious. Haven't had it in a while. Have you had dry hot pot? I think almost prefer it to regular hot pot. The crime is blown out of proportion and pooping on the sidewalk? Lol where did you go?

tankboy posted...

"SUMMIT One" at One Vanderbilt, which is kind of a combination of observation decks, mirror maze, and art installation.
The Whitney (modern art museum)
The High Line (as mentioned above: elevated train tracks converted to a linear park)
Ate lots of 99c Pizza

All pretty sweet spots. Can't go wrong with dollar slice.

2r1aqueroso posted...

Mapo tofu is delicious. Haven't had it in a while. Have you had dry hot pot? I think almost prefer it to regular hot pot. The crime is blown out of proportion and pooping on the sidewalk? Lol where did you go?

Surprisingly yeah, I checked and my city has a higher crime rate, but since I've always lived in safe areas outside my city, any city is more dangerous. It's just surprising since I've never seen so many loons as on one day of walking around in NYC as I have my whole life in my own city. And yes, a mom had her daughter squat beside the sidewalk in broad daylight and piss. I didn't know where in NYC it was, and at first I couldn't believe what was happening. Besides that there were other loonies shouting and stuff.

But about hot pot, no I've never had dry hot pot. I've only even had normal hot pot once or twice sadly.. Would love to have more!

2r1aqueroso posted...

That's the one with Adele Dazeem right?

Yep.

I'm going there next month for the Babymetal/Dethklok concert. Any off the wall little known places I should check out while I'm there? Got about a day and a half to burn and looking into some things to see that isn't the usual tourist places.

Been there a ton, never liked it. Always smells like septic and everyone there looks sad. But they get all the good concerts so I'll still go.