Originally Posted by
BobbyG
For the record, my wife and daughter love NYC...it's exciting and full of life. And despite the rude, big city stereotype, most people are friendly and helpful...at least that has been our experience.
There is a lot to love. And a lot to hate. Sometimes I wish I didn't live here. I was born here and grew up here and left at the age of 26. I came back at the age of 52 to start the third half of my life. I feel very mixed.
But yes, there isn't a lot of outright rudeness, and there is a lot of warmth and openness which sometimes comes when you don't expect it. Most people here are good just like everywhere else.
Bike commuting here is much better than in other places such as the NJ suburbs where I lived. It's not as good as other places like Boston. NYC has a lot of natural barriers such as wide rivers with not enough space on the bridges and no space at all in the tunnels. The heatmap of the Boston area on strava shows more cycling in the whole area. And their climate is even worse than ours. I lived there for three years and did a ton of cycling.