Arbitraries » NYC http://arbitraries.com Determined by chance, whim, or impulse.. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:50:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Google’s 3D New York City http://arbitraries.com/2010/07/googles-3d-new-york-city/ http://arbitraries.com/2010/07/googles-3d-new-york-city/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:42:28 +0000 Jeff http://arbitraries.com/2010/07/googles-3d-new-york-city/


]]> http://arbitraries.com/2010/07/googles-3d-new-york-city/feed/ 0 Happy &*#%! New Year From NYC http://arbitraries.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-from-nyc/ http://arbitraries.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-from-nyc/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:29:38 +0000 Jeff http://arbitraries.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-from-nyc/

It seems so, judging from a study by two economics professors, newlypublished in Science magazine. The academics — Andrew J. Oswald, of the University of Warwick in Britain, andStephen Wu, of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. — examined piles of data, tossed them into a research Cuisinart and came up with a guide to [...]]]>

It seems so, judging from a study by two economics professors, newlypublished in Science magazine. The academics — Andrew J. Oswald, of the University of Warwick in Britain, andStephen Wu, of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. — examined piles of data, tossed them into a research Cuisinart and came up with a guide to American happiness, ranked by state. On the smiley scale, New York landed on the bottom. Dead last?


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]]> http://arbitraries.com/2009/10/manhattan-1949/feed/ 0 How to be a Tourist in NYC http://arbitraries.com/2008/07/how-to-be-a-tourist-in-nyc/ http://arbitraries.com/2008/07/how-to-be-a-tourist-in-nyc/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:37:49 +0000 Jeff http://arbitraries.com/archives/358 More NYC Visitor Rules

If you don’t know where to go, ask directions. We will happily help you. But only ask once. If you forget, you’re on your own. Keep your wallet in your front pocket, and don’t walk around with your money out. PAY ATTENTION to everything you’re doing. We have to, [...]]]> More NYC Visitor Rules

  • If you don’t know where to go, ask directions. We will happily help you. But only ask once. If you forget, you’re on your own.
  • Keep your wallet in your front pocket, and don’t walk around with your money out.
  • PAY ATTENTION to everything you’re doing. We have to, and so do you.
  • Don’t talk to people in elevators.
  • The City: Manhattan (as opposed to the other four boroughs of New York City)
  • Uptown: North, Upper East Side, Upper West Side and Harlem.
  • Downtown: South; also refers to anywhere south of 14th street, most often used when referencing the Lower East Side, SoHo (south of Houston), NoHo (north of houston) and the Village.
  • Houston: Pronounced “house-ton,” not like the city in Texas.
  • The Train: the subway
  • F**king move!: “Excuse me, please get out of my way quickly.”
  • Let me get: “May I have…” Used when ordering anything. Not considered rude.

 

 

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