People Watching
My new favorite place to people watch in NYC: The uptown end of the 1/2/3 train at Times Square on a weekday during rush hour . Lots of people. Lots of stories. Very fun to make up your own.
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The Subway
Riding the subway in NYC is a unique experience. No other city has a public transportation system quite like New York's. I find it fairly easy to navigate (once you get an understanding of all the different lines) and there is something so "New York" about it. Everyone rides the subway! Well, there are certainly people who do not. These people (friends and family of mine, even!) think the subway is dirty, smelly, inconvenient, scary, or some other horrific adjective. Yes, of course it is! But not always. I rarely feel unsafe on the subway. Even when it smells, I can move cars as soon as I arrive at the next stop. Maybe it's inconvenient, but so are taxis when they are stuck in traffic or take a stupid route to your destination. Yesterday I observed two amazing moments on the subway. One on my way to work. One on my way home. On my way to work: Two kids, I'm guessing 5 and 8, discussing the prank they were going to ...