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New York City: Advice for a Slightly Terrified Person

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KaosPilot:
So I'm going to be in NYC for five days by myself. Two of them I'll be at NYC Comic Con during the day. I'm staying at an apartment in Central Harlem very near transport routes, but bascially I am beginning to get the fear that I think it is reasonable for a 5" tall woman travelling to a city bigger than anything I've ever dealt with by myself.

Does anyone have any general advice, or alternatively any hints on what to do? I want to go to a couple of the galleries namely the Guggenheim and MoMA but aside from that  I'm open to suggestions.

Help?

Alex C:
First off, don't get yourself too worked up 'cuz people tend to make goofy decisions when they stress themselves out. It'd probably have been better/safer if you went with a friend, but that's true of anywhere, really. New York isn't my favorite city, but as big cities go it's pretty safe these days (I'd sooner spend a week in a shady area there than say, in Detroit or the surprisingly sketchy city o' Memphis) and I've read plenty of times that Harlem in particular is an awful lot safer than it once was. Beyond that, just about all of the touristy stuff happens in well-lit areas where there's tons of people at all hours. It's a very pedestrian oriented city so it's not like you'll stick out that much as long as you're not just wandering around residential areas at odd hours.

BlahBlah:
i'm 18 and have hardly travelled and lived in the west end for all my life but I went to new york two weeks ago and it was absolutely amazing. i felt completely safe everywhere. in times square at midnight it's packed but nobody is drunk or being sick or stabbed and there was just a really great, friendly atmosphere everywhere i went.

BlahBlah:
also I'm paranoid as fuck

jhocking:

--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 03 Oct 2010, 23:31 ---A fun thing to do which isn't popular in the UK is to eat dinner in a restaurant and then leave and go somewhere else entirely, maybe even taking the subway to another part of the city, for dessert.

--- End quote ---

Really, people in the UK don't do that? If it's up to me I never eat dessert in a dinner restaurant; I will if other people want to, but I always prefer an ice cream parlor.

I recommend getting breakfast at Sarabeth's behind the Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side. Note: not Sarabeth's on Central Park South, there are multiple locations.

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