I'm Jen with The Travel Women and first I
shared a video on New York City
stereotypes that are totally true but
today I'm sharing 17 myths stereotypes
or lies that are totally false! If you
think this is your idea of New York City
I am going to tell you why they are
totally wrong and first if you want to
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friends. So here we go: here are my top 17
New York City myths that are totally
false!
Number one all New Yorkers wear New York gear
here well I mean they wear Yankees
or Mets shirts
yeah but no one wears these shirts
except for the tourists and me when I'm
trying to be ironic so if you buy it
just know you are letting everyone know
that you are a tourist, because other
than July 4th people who live here don't
usually wear things that are too patriotic.
Number two New Yorkers talk
funny
we don't talk funny, you talk funny! The
truth is that linguists have studied the
NYC accent it is fading fast
especially among younger generations. The
accent that you might know from TV and
movies is actually not quite accurate
and doesn't really exist it is really
hard to find an actual New York born and
bred New Yorker who still has that New
Yorker accent.
Number three New York City is dangerous
this is totally false New York is
actually one of these safest places I
have ever lived and I feel safer here
then when I travel to a lot of other
places so come to New York feel
comfortable even though if crime did
spike in the 1980s that's probably where
the stereotype came from it has been
almost completely cleaned up it is now
the safest large metropolitan in the
U.S. with a crime rate per inhabitant
lower than the national average that
says something so come here feel safe
don't worry like anywhere there is a
small risk of potential petty theft but
honestly if you're smart about it you
will be totally fine you do not need to
wear your backpack in the front and look
like a total tourist and say hey
everyone feel free to rob me, no you
don't need to do that but just be smart
be smart about it okay like don't like
have your wallet like sticking out of
your pocket so that it's about to fall
out you know so just be smart you're
safe no worries. Number four New Yorkers
go to top attractions this is totally
false most New Yorkers have not been to
top tourist attractions probably because
they are avoiding it because they think
there are too many tourists or they
think oh I could do it any day so they
most of the time have not been to the
Empire State Building or the Statue of
Liberty.
Number five am I in focus yes okay cool
number five New Yorkers know the city of
by heart New Yorkers do not know every
single area hotel place if you stop
someone on the street and say where is
this hotel they probably have never
heard of that hotel or most hotels
because they don't stay there so don't
ask for a specific place or attraction
instead give them cross street say
instead of the Empire State Building say
where's 34th and fifth oh it's right
there go uptown
take a left it is a lot easier if you
give them cross street. Number six you
can meet an iconic location unlike the
movies you cannot just say I'll meet you
on the Brooklyn Bridge or the Empire
State Building it's not that easy to
meet up with people so give them a cross
street give them a specific entrance or
specific area or place I like to give
people the cross streets and a specific
non chain restaurant to meet at around
that place so that gives them more
specific area to that they can just say
google it where is this pin it on the
map and go there a lot easier than
trying to meet at a huge iconic place
like the Brooklyn Bridge do you know how
long and big the Brooklyn Bridge is it
is not easy to meet there so that is
completely unrealistic only in the
movies would that happen.
Number seven New Yorkers regularly see
Broadway shows as much as I wish this is
true it is often visitors who see a lot
of the Broadway shows I have been to a
bunch of Broadway shows which I am super
lucky to have seen, however Broadway
shows are super expensive so you kind of
have to save up to go whenever you do
get a chance to go I've seen some great
ones my favorite has to be wicked which
is such an amazing movie if you have any
knowledge of The Wizard of Oz if you've
read the book of you've seen the movie
it is such a classic and such a fun spin
on The Wizard of Oz so I would
definitely recommend seeing wicked or I
would just honestly recommend for a
budget traveler who wants to see a
Broadway show to try someone try your
luck at some of the lotteries definitely
don't guarantee it so try it for a
couple of days and if that doesn't work
out try to actually purchase a ticket it
is really hard to get tickets to certain
shows so just be willing to see
something and be open to seeing
something else and that's about it yeah
New Yorkers don't really see a lot of
Broadway shows but if you're here
visiting I hope you get to see one!
Number eight New Yorkers are rude this
is not true of everyone, so before you
start stereotyping feel free to ask
someone and see for yourself people are
super helpful if you ask them questions
but New Yorkers can be a little bit
impatient if you do stand in their way
sort of obstruct the foot traffic of the
sidewalk maybe they just stand to the
side so that the pace of foot traffic
can keep going other than that New
Yorkers are pretty nice. Number 9 there
are a lot of rats and cockroaches... ok so
yes there are more than I would like
there to be here but you most of the
time will not see them so they might be
in the subway tracks and sometimes I
see them late at night in the trash bags
but other than that you will not see
them unless you're looking for them or
you're in a very bad apartment or bad
place if you're in a nice hotel or a
nice area a nice neighborhood it's very
unlikely that you will see them so
please do not worry... don't let my horror
stories of New York City and some of my
problems with cockroaches no rats
no rats but cockroaches get you down
because you will probably not see them
if you didn't know by the way I have
moved out of two apartments because of
cockroaches yeah two out of five
apartments had cockroaches not a good
statistic but at least it's like a
minority if that helps at all yeah so
honestly don't worry you probably won't
see them if you're in a hotel it's very
unlikely that you will see them but you
know just just don't go looking for them
how about that?
Number ten New Yorkers love New York
City this is not completely true many
New Yorkers have a love-hate
relationship with this city because
probably because of the expensive nature
of it or the fierce competition so a lot
of my friends have actually loved New
York but actually left to move to other
less expensive places there's even a
book of famous people who have loved New
York City and left it. Number eleven
everyone is a health freak: there is a
stereotype that New Yorkers are health
freaks who are vegetarian, vegan they
only go to CrossFit or Equinox to the
top gyms but basically that is not true
because although some are very health
conscious how could anyone be a full
health freak with the amazing desserts,
doughnuts, pizza, ice cream everything
here in New York City I can speak
personally from my own experience that
although I want to eat healthy most
of the time you can't be a full health
freak with all these amazing food
options so stereotype definitely a
stereotype that's all! Number twelve
you'll get a seat on the subway - this
is not always guaranteed especially
during peak hours during rush hour, when
people are trying to get to work in the
morning and coming back from work at
night around about sort of 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
in the morning to about 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
at night those are the worst times avoid
the subways during these times and
instead take the subway during off-peak
hours in the middle of the day on the
weekdays where you are more likely to be
guaranteed a seat.
Number thirteen it is crowded everywhere:
that is not so true, yes
tourists definitely congregate around
Midtown around the Empire State Building
at Times Square but if you go to the
parks it is a lot quieter and go to the
boroughs there are so many places off
the beaten track where you can get a
little bit more peace and quiet and hear
at the birds chirping - like that. (birds chirping in background). Number
14 New York City never sleeps...technically
speaking New Orleans and Las Vegas
actually are open longer because bars
here are required to close at 4:00 a.m.
but it does feel like it is a city that
never sleeps because there are so many
options of places that are open 24 hours
like diners and morning parties one of
my favorite morning parties is actually
Daybreaker so much fun
even though you know it seems like we
don't sleep, we do! Number 15 it is a
concrete jungle with not much green
space this is not totally true it is a
concrete jungle but there is a lot of
green space there are actually tons of
parks all around the city and 20% of New
York City is green park lands like this
area of Central Park for example...exhibit A.
Number 16 New York City isn't a college
town this fact totally surprised me
because I went to Boston and
stereotypically Boston is known as the
college town of the East Coast of the
USA but apparently according to
Bloomberg there are more New York City
undergraduate and graduate students then
there are residents in Boston... I don't
know how this fact is true but
apparently New York City is more of a
college town than Boston. I went to
school in Boston so this one totally
surprised me but go figure!
Number 17 you can see it all! This is a
complete myth you cannot see it all in a
week, a month, a year, you still can't see
it all in a decade because places open
faster than you can see all of them New
York City is a huge place so give
yourself a break, make your list more
realistic and say okay I'm going to see
some things but then also leave some
time for serendipity to allow New York
City to just be yeah!
I'm Jen with The Travel Women, thank you
so much for watching these 17 New York
City myths that are totally false. If you
haven't already, go ahead and watch the
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