new yorkers....
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Hmm, this guy tries to help someone and gets stabbed to death. Should I help him or mind my own fuckin business?
Looks like somebody forgot the rules.
Looks like somebody forgot the rules.
Agree.
I've spent about 2 weeks total in NYC the last 9 months and i loved it. Obviously you can't really compare this to "living there". I'm used to uber-nice people over here and when I come to NY i feel like I'm being treated with no BS. People will straight face tell you to GTFO or they'll do business with you and thank you for it.
@OP: Thats really fucked up. But it's a bad neighborhood as someone said before. Although I don't doubt it wouldn't happen somewhere else as well. Just yesterday someone posted a thread about people just walking by or standing around waiting for someone to act.
A man passed out on the sidewalk is New York City Normal. People probably didn't help him because they didn't see any blood. Nobody wants to go up to a guy on the sidewalk to ask "Are you injured, or merely stoned?" especially in Jamaica.
That said, New Yorkers will help out when it's clear there's a crisis. About 10 months ago, I witnessed a terrible collision between two cars that missed me by about 15 feet. While I was nervously backing away, several people who saw it from afar ran up to help, and pulled the injured out of their cars.
This happened in my nabe, about 8 miles east of Jamaica. I felt truly spared by the Fates that day.
BTW, Jamaica isn't the worst neighborhood in NYC. Leave that to Mott Haven in The Bronx.
That said, New Yorkers will help out when it's clear there's a crisis. About 10 months ago, I witnessed a terrible collision between two cars that missed me by about 15 feet. While I was nervously backing away, several people who saw it from afar ran up to help, and pulled the injured out of their cars.
This happened in my nabe, about 8 miles east of Jamaica. I felt truly spared by the Fates that day.
BTW, Jamaica isn't the worst neighborhood in NYC. Leave that to Mott Haven in The Bronx.
I would say we are short tempered , But if you lived here i am sure you would be also . Most people in the U.S do not have to spend 2 + HRS a day commuting , deal with million of dumb tourist that make it diffucult to get anywhere becuase they are too busy looking up in the sky or taking pictures in the middle of a busy sidewalk .
Grow some balls Mike
lol stan. i didnt mean you! lol
but yeah desouz, i can understand the ppl walkin by and ignoring it (lotta homeless ppl sleepin on street)... but that last guy who turned him over and saw all the blood, damn. no excuse
a lot of homeless in nyc are mentally ill and are some nasty motherfuckers, that's why a lot of people don't bother with them.
LA is much worse with the snobby people. However the amount of homeless people in NYC is ridiculous. San Fran was pretty bad too. Dont think i stepped outside without 2-3 people asking me for money at AdTech.
Moved to Manhattan in October of '08. Had never set foot in the state before that. I was scared shitless movin' here because I'm from the suburbs of Ohio, so I didn't know what to expect. All I knew about New York were the stereotypes you see in the movies and on tv.
I love it here. The people get a bad rap because like anything a few bad apples will spoil the whole bunch. But overall, I wouldn't talk shit about the general population here if someone were to ask me about my experience living here.
I would live here longer, but, unfortunately, they are closing my girlfriend's NYC office down and relocating, so we have to move in June. I will really miss it. I'm 5 stops away from Yankee Stadium, a couple of blocks from Central Park, and can easily hop on the C train down to MSG. Got to see Angela Lansbury and Christopher Walken perform on Broadway. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to see Denzel Washington on stage in the next couple of weeks and see Pacino perform Shakespeare in the Park. Just so much shit to do and so little time. I look forward to the day when I can move back here.
I love it here. The people get a bad rap because like anything a few bad apples will spoil the whole bunch. But overall, I wouldn't talk shit about the general population here if someone were to ask me about my experience living here.
I would live here longer, but, unfortunately, they are closing my girlfriend's NYC office down and relocating, so we have to move in June. I will really miss it. I'm 5 stops away from Yankee Stadium, a couple of blocks from Central Park, and can easily hop on the C train down to MSG. Got to see Angela Lansbury and Christopher Walken perform on Broadway. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to see Denzel Washington on stage in the next couple of weeks and see Pacino perform Shakespeare in the Park. Just so much shit to do and so little time. I look forward to the day when I can move back here.
I'll disagree with this statement after living in both cities.
San Francisco is FAR worse than NYC when it comes to homeless people. Matter of fact, after like my first month living in NYC I told my girlfriend that I was amazed at how few homeless people I saw. I've gone whole days in NYC without coming across a homeless person. In SF I couldn't go more than an hour without stepping over a bum or having someone ask me for change. And that's on a good day. Most of the time you encounter a bum every 10 minutes.
From a numbers standpoint I have no idea the amounts in both cities. But from a personal experience standpoint I encountered 5x as many homeless people in SF, as I have in NYC.
I saw that story and was like wtf, that's wrong. But after seeing the video it does appear like people just assumed that he was passed out as he was on his stomach. Also it's no wonder the woman being attacked did not call the police. You can see her running away on the video she looks like a prostitute (the way she was dressed and the time it was to be dressed that way) Just that two cents on this matter. VERY sad story tho, i hope they catch the murderer.
I've actually talked with a number of homeless people in NYC back in high school, while going into NYC for some charity distribution of food and clothes to homeless people living on the streets (doing this while waking sleeping homeless people at 1AM). While there were a few who seemed a bit unstable, even they seemed decently nice and appreciative. Most of the people I ran into were perfectly normal, friendly, and just homeless. Hell, I even met and talked to Radio Man - I thought the guy was bullshitting about all of the movies he had been in, but nope, it's real Craig RADIOMAN Schwartz . It really depends what neighborhood you're in, as to the sanity/niceness of the homeless people.
I lived in NYC for a few months, and I'd agree. If I ever needed to find some place (which was rare), people were always willing to help. Randomly talking to people on the subway while the trains got stopped mid-tunnel is quite a trip, too.
Whether people could see blood is all-important. In downtown Toronto, homeless guys lying on the sidewalk are not all that uncommon. I assume its the same in New York. You just ignore them. Now if I see a pool of blood around a guy, you can bet I'd call 911 right away.
I love NYC. The key to enjoying the city is to be more rude and mean than the natives, then they don't bother you.