Why On Earth Would Anyone Want to Live in NYC?

Here at Nuts in NY we have again been reminded that New York has no corner on the nut market. A woman living in Texas has been identified as fitting the diagnostic criteria for moderate to profound nuttiness, to use the clinical terminology.

Blogger Alice Bachini-Smith came out of her nutshell last week when she questioned the sanity of the entire population of New York City.

“I can’t figure out why on earth anyone would want to live there,” the Austin resident wrote.

New York City pizza

She accepts that a certain level of craziness is inherent to life in our city, it’s “like pizza and the Macy’s parade” she analogizes. But there are still many things here that are too crazy, too nonsensical for the British-born woman’s tastes.

Posting as “The Mad Housewife”, Bachini-Smith tells us she has been living in the US for a few years. During that time, she asserts, she has managed to figure America out, with the exception of one place: New York City. Situated 1,500 miles to the northeast, it remains elusive to her, and of her brief visits here in the past she says simply, “it didn’t grab me.”

New York City subway

On one hand she acknowledges the positives about New York: it is America’s “unofficial capital” and “the most recognisable city to an urban European.” And it is “more civilised, polite, reasonable and pleasant than a big European city.” On the other hand, she lists the things that give her pause, preventing her from truly ‘getting’ New York City.

High-rise buildings, for example: “all those people living in the sky! How can that work?!,” she demands.

Skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan

Also, NYC’s public transportation, which transports 4.5 million of us every weekday: only “one train station for almost all the trains,” she complains, adding an emphatic “are you crazy?!”

And finally, the aforementioned Macy’s Day Parade: Ms. Bachini-Smith has seen it on television — it doesn’t seem like her cup of tea.

The Macy‘s Day Parade

Obviously, this mad housewife Alice Bachini-Smith provides some serious food for thought for 8 million of us here in New York City, and we’re left with one burning question: what on earth are we doing here??

(On the other hand maybe some of us are thinking this: somewhere in England, a village is missing one of its nuts!)

Photo credits: kingfal (pizza); tyfo (Macy’s Day Parade); femme_makita (lower Manhattan); lorenzodom (subway)

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I Love New York (4 Boros, Anyway)

Clearly, New York is missing one of its nuts…

I have no idea why Pink Gloves is spending Ramadan in Dubai, but from thousands of miles away she expresses her profound homesickness for NYC. And she offers her appraisal of the five boros and Long Island:

Nu York… I miss home… this morning i woke up crying… They weren’t sad tears per se, but tears of nostalgia. I miss my city…

Brooklyn… remains my favorite borough of the NYC area… maybe my buried placenta keeps me attached… Maybe it is the smell of jerk chicken on Utica Avenue. Maybe it is Kings Plaza Mall where my mother’s water broke…

Queens, ah my darling Queens… My favorite part of Queens? Jamaica Avenue. No, not because of my Jamaican roots. But they have my favorite fish market right there on the corner.

Bronx. eerh, don’t like the Bronx, for reasons that still remain unknown.

Staten Island. The coolest thing about Staten Island in my opinion is the ferry.
If you are looking for a cheap thrill, and cannot afford a cruise or a boat ride, then this works.

Manhattan… Small, but seriously overpopulated. Gotta love Prince Street with all the boutiques… Chinatown, the vendor says “u wan Gucheee, come follow me”. I love Macy’s… Blooming“jales”… 59th St. stop on the Lex line. The green line rocks. Gotta love Central Park even if u hate the idea, NY will make u love it. Where else can u go for free concerts?…

Long Island. Nassau to be exact. I miss home… overcrowded Jones Beach in the summertime… the amphitheater… Green Acres Mall… Roosevelt Field Mall

I miss so much about home. Maybe because it is Ramadan in Dubai…

Her friend NY Babe then replies to her in the comments section:

Couldn’t have said it better myself. I LUVVVV New York… I really don’t see myself living anywhere else. Funny just like u I can’t stand the Bronx. Hang in there you’ll be home soon enough.

And her friend Yessie also replies:

Yep girl gotta love NY. For some reason I have something against BX too; when pple ask me to meet them there, I usually respond with “I can’t stand BX” or “I go to the Bronx only once in 2 years” I live in Nassau; used to be a Roosevelt Field Mall junkie until recent times ($$$ issues)… still in love with the beach… Gotta love NY with all its craziness

OK, please allow me to ask, what’s up with all the Bronx-hating, ladies??

Anyway, travel safely, Pink Gloves… At least 4 of the 5 boros miss you!

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