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Originally Posted by Paul_Heery
There are a lot of different opinions presented in this thread. Let me give you mine which may be good or bad.
I had an apartment in midtown for a while. It was paid for by my employer as I was dealing with a customer in that area. Honestly, it sucked. The sidewalks were always full of tourists and it got even worse around the holidays when I had to fight past them when they abruptly stopped to take selfies while I was carrying groceries.
Eating out was another issue. There are a few hidden gems in the area, but you mostly have lackluster tourist spots or high-end "put it on my expense account" types of places.
I found myself often going to other parts of the city for food and entertainment. Back then, I would always take the subway to get around. But, as others have mentioned, the crime has gotten out of hand and the subway no longer feels safe.
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What I would do, and still do when I visit is you try as much as possible to walk in the street, in the lane with oncoming cars. Between red lights you can make up some serious distance and not fight with the humans. When the cars come, you hop back on the sidewalk. I learned this right away after running into a very large man while I had a cigarette in my mouth. I put it out right on his chest and he was not happy. I never saw him coming.