I thought it was pretty bizarre how the one time I was in NYC, I barely saw any cars on the street but the sidewalks were packed af. It wasn’t until after dark and leaving the city on my bus that I ever saw any actual traffic.
Is the trope of NYC’s traffic mostly from people commuting in from outside the city or something? I see more traffic in Modesto at 3am than I did around Times Square at 9 in the morning.
The bridges can get not only slow but outright difficult to use for an inexperienced driver on a bad day. That’s probably the main thing that really stands out in the lore
Like anywhere, it really depends on what part of town you are in and the time of day. Most drivers know not to go anywhere near Times Square if they can help it and many of the streets there are blocked off to cars anyway, but sometimes you have no choice but to drive down Canal Street in Chinatown which is always packed.
I didn’t go to central park, either. The only place I went out of my way to see was the statue of liberty, and it kinda sucked because it was closed that day (went to the base island, didn’t get to go inside). I mostly just walked around randomly until I recognized something from media and was like “Hey! I know where I am!”
I was only there half a day, and it was not really planned. I had just gotten injured falling down the stairs working on a cruise ship, and that’s where I got off to go home. Otherwise I would have also seen central America going through the Panama Canal and Hawaii where the ship would begin normal operations… 😮💨
I honestly don’t know the exact route, but I would guess a yes. We did cross the open Atlantic from Germany, where the ship was built and I got on, to NYC tho.
I thought it was pretty bizarre how the one time I was in NYC, I barely saw any cars on the street but the sidewalks were packed af. It wasn’t until after dark and leaving the city on my bus that I ever saw any actual traffic.
Is the trope of NYC’s traffic mostly from people commuting in from outside the city or something? I see more traffic in Modesto at 3am than I did around Times Square at 9 in the morning.
The bridges can get not only slow but outright difficult to use for an inexperienced driver on a bad day. That’s probably the main thing that really stands out in the lore
Like anywhere, it really depends on what part of town you are in and the time of day. Most drivers know not to go anywhere near Times Square if they can help it and many of the streets there are blocked off to cars anyway, but sometimes you have no choice but to drive down Canal Street in Chinatown which is always packed.
Ah man… I forgot to check out Chinatown. 😭
I didn’t go to central park, either. The only place I went out of my way to see was the statue of liberty, and it kinda sucked because it was closed that day (went to the base island, didn’t get to go inside). I mostly just walked around randomly until I recognized something from media and was like “Hey! I know where I am!”
I was only there half a day, and it was not really planned. I had just gotten injured falling down the stairs working on a cruise ship, and that’s where I got off to go home. Otherwise I would have also seen central America going through the Panama Canal and Hawaii where the ship would begin normal operations… 😮💨
Honestly, Chinatown probably isn’t the best tourist spot. Unless you have a specific destination there it can be a bit of a clusterfuck.
Hope you got better from that fall. Sucks you had to miss out on the rest of that voyage. Do they just sail in open water from Panama to Hawaii?
I honestly don’t know the exact route, but I would guess a yes. We did cross the open Atlantic from Germany, where the ship was built and I got on, to NYC tho.