The Big Smoke
I recently spent two weeks working and exploring New York City. Specifically, I spent most of my time in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Here I found some stereotypes confirmed and debunked. 1) People here are not rude and obnoxious as many who are not from New York would attest. The only rudeness I encountered (or more accurately observed) was watching New Yorkers traverse the narrow, crowded streets in automobiles. Only during these times did I see people get confrontational and lose their cool, venting their spleen at another driver or at three traffic cops who could not negotiate a truck through a construction zone in Red Hook. 2) Along those lines, if you do all of your business in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and The Bronx, there is no need to own a car. I cannot speak for those in Queens, especially for those who live out near the border of Queens County and Nassau County. A local remarked to me that my version of why the subway and bus system is so great is that I am in no real rush to get any