do the new york city subways have security which chinatown is best what borough would i
recommend you stay in outside of manhattan today i'll be answering some really good
viewer submitted questions you don't want to miss it do the subways have any security
the short answer to this question is no but let's take a step back
665 miles of track about 3 million people ride every single day and there's 472 stations
even if you had full-time security on every single train at every single station could they
actually be inside of every single subway car as well after the unfortunate shooting in april
mayor adams was even proposing putting weapons detectors at the subway stations the problem is
none of that technology has been proven to work at a very large scale which new york city would need
and think of all the potential delays that would lead to as well now you do tend to see police at
the biggest subway stations grand central uh port authority but at a lot of the smaller stations
you're not gonna see them too often sometimes they're riding the trains the good news is that
millions of people ride the new york city subway daily without incident it's those rare exceptions
that make all the headlines yes you can ride in the same subway car as the conductor we talked
about that in our last video 25 amazing new york city tips there's also call boxes but i personally
think the best security that you can have is paying attention and trying to get yourself out of
scary situations as quickly as possible i take the subway multiple times a week and i've actually
seen less sketchy stuff in the last few months i don't know if enforcement is up i don't know
if i've just been lucky with that which brooklyn neighborhood has the largest mexican population
my wife is from puebla and will be back to new york soon you're in luck actually about a year
ago we shot a great video in sunset park brooklyn they have a very large latino population there
near sunset park a lot of mexican restaurants check that video out if you love mexican food and
want to see some of the best that new york city has to offer just got back recently from new york
and really disappointed with a couple of things firstly legalizing cannabis the city stinks not
to mention the amount of street hawkers hanging around selling spliffs in front of the police who
can't do a thing secondly the quality of beer has gone down wils the price has skyrocketed
a lot of complaints going on we'll start with the legalization of marijuana which began about
one year ago and here's the law it's now legal for adults 21 and older to possess up to three ounces
of cannabis and up to 24 grams of concentrated cannabis for personal use in new york adults may
smoke or vape cannabis wherever smoking tobacco is allowed under the smoke-free air laws with a
few exceptions yeah you're gonna smell weed right now in new york city granted in the past you still
would have smelled it anyway just not as much and the biggest offender here i would say is
washington square park i swear it smells like you're at a fish concert sometimes walking through
there but the good news is that nobody is going to be smoking weed at any restaurants indoors
or outdoors at least not legally and you're going to see this a lot more in manhattan than anywhere
else as for the second part about the quality of beer going down and the prices going up
it's not just beer due to inflation for the first time i'm seeing 13 mixed drinks cocktails at 20
or higher it's every type of alcohol my suggestion for beer in new york city we actually had a
question or two as well about breweries a long island city has an entire brewery trail which
will be a really fun afternoon activity gowanus brooklyn near where i live also has about four
or five breweries so that could be another area that you could explore best hidden parks and quiet
spots my favorite all time is the elevated acre i put it into tons of our videos it's this little
oasis in the financial district i've never taken anybody there who wasn't super impressed by it
surprised that you could actually get a really good view of the brooklyn bridge and finding it is
half the fun best place to go in nyc for afternoon tea experience all right i don't think new york is
known for its afternoon tea like a london would be and there's some really famous ones at hotels like
the palace which is gonna run you a lot of money my suggestion would be prince tea house i went one
time to their location in the east village it's one of my favorites they have a tea set one price
per person really instagrammable and not super touristy so that would be my suggestion best
place for live jazz right now boy do i have a cool answer for you i actually just discovered a new
jazz night at a rooftop bar it's called somewhere nowhere in chelsea now all the way at the top
there is a rooftop bar with some amazing views and a pool that's cool enough but on wednesday
nights they have something special called gotham jazz night it's from 6 till 11 pm and not only
do they have good jazz music but they've got swing dancing burlesque there's no cover charge
this will be a cool date this would also be equally cool for my singles out there
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how much of a problem are bugs rats in your apartment i lived nine years in greenwich village
and i never once saw rat and i think once or twice ever i saw cockroach in my current apartment in
brooklyn this past winter we actually had a little mouse in the apartment we saw him a few times it
wasn't anything that scary and he probably came in from the street because it was cold out just
because you see a rat in your apartment in new york city it's not always your building's fault it
could be a restaurant downstairs from where you're staying it could be the building on the left or
the right as long as you have a good landlord any issue like that should be taken care of
very quickly what are some good ideas for parents visiting nyc how to show them a good time around
manhattan fun ideas that aren't skewed to young or hip well if you bring your mom or dad to a club or
bar i don't know some people might find that kind of cool but outside of the obvious like broadway
or restaurants uh one thing could be going to a museum with them how about poster house i loved my
one trip there and i could totally see my parents enjoying it another is birdland jazz club i recall
the last time i was there there was a table to the right of us it was parents with the two adult kids
and i thought to myself this would be a cool place to bring the parents you can buy dinner
and drinks as well ian asks what are the best neighborhoods in every borough in your opinion
safety food parks prices etc all right why don't we narrow this down for tourists because otherwise
it's going to be too difficult we'll start in staten island i'll go with st george because
it's right by the ferry terminal some good pizza options there as well as the outlet mall
moving on to brooklyn let's say dumbo because it's right next to the brooklyn bridge you can take the
ferry there you also have the time out new york food market as well as some amazing pizza spots
queens i'm gonna say jackson heights for the adventurous tourist who really wants to feel
the diversity of new york city and all the amazing food options bronx i'll go with artherav which
is located in belmont because i think that is the best little italy in new york city
and finally in manhattan let's say greenwich village it's a mixture of old school new york
it's hip it's vibrant it's got some amazing places to eat washington square park as well
and i used to live there and i can tell you all tourists visiting that neighborhood
always tell me how much they loved it are you nervous about the cost of raising a baby in new
york city i'm not so nervous about the costs of actually raising the kid in new york as far as
food and supplies child care is not going to be a big issue as adriana and i both work from
home what scares me is the cost of living and rent because i don't know how long we're going to make
it in this apartment which is only one bedroom with a baby maybe a year or two but after that
how much will it cost to rent in brooklyn and if we want to have more than one kid costs just keep
going up and up that's what scares me most housing which chinatown is better well i guess you asked
that question thinking there's only two chinatowns there's actually three towns in new york manhattan
queens and brooklyn we've covered all of them on the channel in fact i have an entire chinatown
playlist which you can find up above my personal favorite is the chinatown in flush queens it's
the most modern and also it's not touristy at all it has an endless supply of amazing asian cuisine
not just chinese you can get good korean wings there other countries definitely give flushing
a look if you want my favorite chinatown why do people choose to live in nyc and pay crazy
amounts for rent instead of just living in other big cities like miami houston atlanta where rent
would be much cheaper well there's a reason that rents are cheaper in those cities because
there's a lot less going on in those places with no disrespect to any of those choices in fact i
love miami i love chicago i think those are great u.s cities to visit i probably could even live in
them that being said i think there's a certain electricity there's a certain magnetism about
new york city which draws people here from all corners of the world if you can't find
it in new york you really can't find it anywhere and there's just so much going on here it feels
like you're living in the center of the universe sometimes and that's why rent is more expensive
but when you actually look at the cost of a lot of other goods even restaurants sometimes shopping
you're not going to find that big of a difference between new york and many other
u.s cities update on crime and safety for tourists now as a tourist do i think you have to worry
well let me put it to you this way if there was a rise in crime against tourists i promise you every
major media outlet would cover it they would cover it like crazy it would be big news but as you see
it in the papers it's just a blanket statement about crime being up yes shoplifting is up
robberies are up stuff like that but as a tourist i would still say to be vigilant when you travel
but i don't think you've got too much to worry about assuming that you are not heading for some
of the dangerous neighborhoods of new york city or just wandering around by yourself at
three o'clock in the morning if you went back for a second visit and chose to stay outside
of manhattan which bro would you stay in which hotel great channel thank you i'm actually not
someone that's really good at recommending hotels i always tell people you know check tripadvisor
google reviews in any hotel that you're about to book in new york i would say queens or brooklyn
brooklyn if you're more into the architecture and the vibe and the history some beautiful
neighborhoods here with brownstones granted you're probably not going to find a hotel there
the other choice would be queens i think queens is for my foodies out there also it's near manhattan
astoria or long island city will be two good choices if you've never visited here before one
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