Never been outside Europe, and this looks so different. I have to say I'm quite chocked at how badly maintained the roads and infrastructures are. I didn't expect that.
It is because we europeans are watching too much american movies... In TV it all looks great, but in reallity it looks like some post soviet rupublic, like Moldovia or something
American streets are wider than European ones. Parking spaces are bigger, lanes are wider, cars are heavier etc. The road network in NYC is also very dense. There is a lot of asphalt to maintain and it's not making city any money. For example Amsterdam has exelent roads, but they also narrowed them and closed many of them to car traffic. They also removed a lot of parking spaces. All that space taken away from cars is cheaper to maintan and could be used by businesses and generate city some money. By restaurants for example that host clients on pavements. Then they pay taxes etc. You can't do that on a road.
The built environment in the US is by-and-large incredibly ugly. Everything is built to car-scale, not human-scale, and our existing land-use is highly ineffectual for collecting commercial taxes that would go to upgrading and caring for aging infrastructure. Everything is built as cheaply as possible with little consideration for overall costs in the long run or with aesthetic considerations in mind. In other words, we are a third world country masquerading as a first world country just because we have a massive amount of rich people and a big powerful military.
I drove in New-York, it's not the same mentality as in France, nobody is patient. On the other hand, there are fewer insults. In any case, I haven't had a problem with road rage on my side, so far.
I'm in the UK (England) and I've never been to the USA. It's fascinating to see the average, normal life and scenery, rather than the glamorous show-biz version of reality which we usually get. I guess this is what real life is like for most people.
Lately, I've been finding it more depressing than interesting to be constantly bombarded with news and impressions from around the world, but things like these, where you get to see mundane things from other people's lives, are just wonderful!
save yourself the grief: delete media platforms and don't watch news media, we aren't meant to know everything happening in the world, especially all at the same time. Happy watching!
Everyone says it looks depressing but that's because it's overcast and mid-February. There's no greenery. Most of Queens is quite suburban with single-family homes and many beautiful parks. It's the most peaceful part of NYC. Queens is located on Long Island so crossing using a bridge or tunnel is required to reach Manhattan. If you live near a subway line, that's the best way to get to Manhattan.
There is no Human. There are no people and nature here. This is a robotic environment. Cars, asphalt, trees lined up, emptiness. Same design. (No soul in the buildings) Reckless movements.
Well this driver is making some really good time here. Oddly enough NYC doesn't have the longest traffic jams and maybe that's because so many people there use public transportation like the subway. I've made better time around NY than Chicago for instance.
@@andymullarx6365 You've been lucky enough to avoid the traffic nightmare of the Cross Bronx Expressway, Belt Parkway or BQE. Get into a jam on the CBE at 3 AM and let me know how you feel then. 🙂
The grey NYC skies, depicted in many 70s/80s movies is one of the main reasons i've never visited NYC. It just looks too sad, seedy and depressing. Watching this hasn't changed my mind.
@@jsz2619 that is nice, of you, may God grant you love, mercy, light and guidance and me and all of us. Peace.. Ps: I will edited the above comment after you read it, .in case you want to reply
Ashlespresso, yes, it is like background noise you hear when little on Sunday, or Friday for me, I even link that noise to the mornings of days that I skip school when ill.. it around-home noise right? especially when the little girl was talking to her mom near the traffic light, dreamy sound
Interesting for an European to watch. Totally different way of living.. here is your area where live and here is the area you where work and where you shop .. in Europe we have everything in one area.. live , work, dine, shop .. you can reach everything comfortably by foot, bike or public transportation
Reminds me of how it is out here in Riverside, Wyoming. I've gotten lost a few times just going to the Post Office. And don't get me started about the traffic. Jim's wife is always driving that tractor in the middle of the road! Took me three minutes to get across town yesterday.
I love driving through Queens . Each to their own i guess but i love the hustle and bustle of New York . The other commenter mentioned they get excited going through Queens . My 2 reasons are - the above mentioned hustle & bustle . The other exciting thing is when i am driving on the Long Island Expressway heading west just before the Van Wyck exit you get you get a partial glimpse of the Manhattan skyline . Daytime or night time it is awesome .
Ah man, you did a route I've so so many times. I live in the southwest now, this was like a warm hug from home. Some people probably think that's insane though...
@@anthonyharmon9265 i mean, go to 90% of the US and you'll change your mind real quick. But it's all relative, all preference. I've found myself in southern California and it's so identical to Queens/western LI that it feels like home.. but better (minus traffic). Maybe I'm just insane.
Well all of my travels around there were in a semi-truck so this reminds me of what is was like to navigate that region in a truck. That wasn't fun. Lots of challenges. It's a lot nicer to just sit back and see it like this.
I found that really interesting to watch. I'm from the UK and have never been to the United States. I didn't realise you had BP garages. There was also hardly anyone walking on the streets until you got to Manhattan. Will watch another one!
Thats awesome, love these type of videoes, looks like a decent comute too. Also interesting to see all the cluttering power lines. Havent seen these locally for at least 30 years.
i´m suprised over the bad condition of the roads in Queens and that the Stop sign is more of a recommendation. :-) Nice and interesting video for me, who never have been in Queens.
not only in queens, in manhattan too. im actually surprised how bad the the pavent is at 47:00 for examble. i'm told that US americans love their cars, seems that they dont love their roads that much though lol
My impressions as an Australian. 1: The road surfaces, particularly in the suburbs, are atrocious. It looks like they were painted by an infant with a tar brush. I was utterly amazed by the patchwork of pot-holes and asphalt "repairs". It looks like what I imagined Soviet streets to look like. 2: This driver would be facing about $5K in fines for failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign... would no doubt lose their licence' 3: Lane markings driving over a multi-lane bridge WTF???
@@phoenix1453 In Queensland, where I live, failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign a driver is fined $464 and loses 3 demerit points for each offence. Drivers are given 12 demerit points over 24 months. Ol mate here went through at least 6 of them. People do lose their licenses for these seemingly trivial offences. www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/fines/demerit/points#roadsigns
Most areas in the USA have far better roads than this. This is attributed to cold winters and freezing and thawing after a snowfall, or ice. As such, the southern USA is fairly well maintained. For example, here are two videos from the Atlanta area in Georgia in the southeastern USA. th-cam.com/video/qPJPM4vI07s/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/RjQHQWyLAO0/w-d-xo.html
@@cl1489 I used to love living in the States before PC culture and wokeness took hold of it, also with the way they handled Covid, I sadly have to admit that Im glad to be back home...
I went to New York from Melbourne (Australia) in March, pretty much the same time this video was uploaded. Despite the aging infrastructure, my biggest impression was to be welcomed by a taxi driver who pretended couldn't speak English, took my $100 and dashed off while I was getting suitcases from the trunk. Dear taxi driver, if you are reading my comments, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for making the NYC experience so special, just like in the movies, hurray!!! 🤩🤩🤩
As a guy in the Midwest, this was actually very entertaining, even though I’ve never watched anything like this, so I don’t know why this was on my recommendation list but glad to see it is I guess
Driving around in New York can be awesome and extremely fascinating. Of course, there’s times when it’s horrendous and stressful too. But if the traffic is reasonably light like on a Sunday morning it can be great.
As a past cab driver when I was 21, 50 + years ago, and a past resident of Queens - near the Clearview Expressway, now living in CA, THANK YOU. And let me add in the language a NYer can understand, Fucken Great Video... Thank you so much. Can almost make me cry. I lover the light snow too.
This really brings me back...I lived in Richmond Hill, Queens in the late 70s until I was about 8. Went to PS 51 and my dad would go to the Rack em Up Billiards. I haven't been back other than one time when I visited dad in 1991.
Man this brings back memories,born in Brooklyn at 5 we moved to Queens and honestly I’m glad I left NY I have room now, oh and smooth roads as a matter of fact every time my homie visits his says it man your roads are so smooth
Looking at the condition of that road in the opening, you could tell people you were driving in Winnipeg, Canada and they wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Grew up in Sydney Australia and travelled around Oz and now a New Yorker . You definitely see and feel the differences between the cities in Australia and New York .The whole vibe and layout are noticeable big time .
@@uresfffff222you mean Australia is always burning from bush fires and new York isn't. But wait, Canadian forest fires smoke has made it's way to NYC now so no big difference.
I still find it amazing that it would take me 35 minutes to do what you just did in an hour while coming from lower Westchester. You did, however, avoid the tolls on the midtown tunnel, so I suppose that's why.
@@maopao101 Eh, parts of London are. For sure, London's infinitely safer... we don't have guns, which helps. But I was mostly referring to the weather, and the general miserable grey vibe. There's no country in Western Europe that is as depressing in January than the UK.
You must have an amazing camera mount because at the start of the video, the car in front was bouncing up and down from the rough road and the camera in your vehicle never bounced.
One thing that always strikes me about NYC (and other cities in the US) on videos like this is how like...run down a lot it looks, despite being one of the richest and most prosperous countries in the world, and NYC obviously is a major, major hub/city. But buildings, roads, powerlines, graffiti and so on just looks a bit...meh. Not in a ghetto way, just in a general neglect way. I mean, it's a huge country and most major cities have "rough" areas that don't look so good, with only really exclusive areas looking like you'd expect a major city in one of the richest countries to look. But because you tend to only see either extremely decrepit areas or squeaky clean areas in the media/movies, it's interesting to see the "everyday" version.
@@uresfffff222what’s wrong with giving money for defense of Ukraine? Maybe Americans just need to pay their taxes as Europeans and they will have good roads in such big cities as NYC?
As a slavic european we usually get USA life very romanticized through popculture and news. It's very interesting to see what the "normal" life looks like over there. Thank you for that.
Depends on what part of the US you are in as well. New York looks nothing like Arizona and Arizona looks nothing like Washington and Washington looks nothing like Florida. We have a wide range of scenery here.
As an European (Italian living in Germany) seeing that electricity cables hanging wildly around on the streets right at the beginning of the video gave my anxiety lol :-D
That video brought back childhood memories....especially when you passed the Central Synagogue in Manhattan....when I was a kid I was in the Cub Scouts....that's where we had out meetings
I never knew there are actual stand alone houses in Queens (& the surrounding neighborhoods). I thought it was all apartments and row houses...maybe it's because of the cloudy weather and winter season with the leaf-less trees and bad road conditions but this looks like such a depressing area to live 😄
This video is shot during the doldrums for the entire metro area. Doesn't matter if you're inside the 5 boroughs or out in the surrounding suburban counties. February is HARSH in this town. There's no fall holiday season festivities, most social activities are indoors due to the weather and if we get the typical stretches of several days of moist and overcast, it gets hard. Again, I want to be specific here, since I'm a local with deep family roots not only in Queens, but out on Long Island and all the way up into the Hudson Valley...it is depressing in deep winter here in the area....as it is in most places. Show this drive on a day like last weekend ( August, 2023) in town and you'll see brilliant blue skies and mottled clouds and will have a completely different view of things.
As an Australian, it surprised me to see just how similar our layouts are in terms of streets, roads, signage, pavements, ect; about the only thing that reminded me that I was watching a drive in the U.S was the car driving on the right (still trips me out) and the American flags that seem to be everywhere.
Americans are a patriotic group. It's instilled in them from an early age to love their flag and their country. I went to school there for a year and witnessed it first hand. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it just comes across as a bit over-the-top if you're from almost anywhere else.
You are both settler colonies with tons of space. Meaning there are few-in-any buildings over 200 years old, and you have the space for huge single-story suburban houses, massive cars, wide roads, and gardens. I lived in Melbourne and was shocked that it was 80km from side-to-side, with just 4.5 million people. It took me bloody ages to get anywhere without a car. By comparison, London is about 60km from side-to-side, but with 10 million people. My main impression of Australia is that it's somewhere between Britain and the USA - but in terms of looks and aesthetics it's a lot more USA than Britain. Weirdly enough, the other place I've been that also reminded me of Australia and USA in certain respects was Chile (also a settler colony with tons of space).
very interesting! perhaps it's because it was a cloudy, damp day so the view wasn't super but still, very nice to see. Something interesting about the initial part of the trip was that the houses were amazing, huge, but the streets looked in bad shape... that was a big contrast
A lot of these people don't complain to the city to get them fixed. And our roads look nice its just these roads are in poorer areas. And when my dad takes me to school there is this pothole he always has to remember to move out of the way from 😂. It's that people never report these problems.
Roads aren't perfect anywhere, but most of the USA's roads are not like this. This is something that has long been an issue in older northern cities with heavy population densities, heavy traffic, and harsh winters. You'll see the same in Detroit, Chicago and the like. In the South, the roads tend to be in good shape.
Considering how they build their life around the car (because public transport is communism, apparently) it's interesting how decrepit the road surfaces are.
He ran almost every stop sign :D I mean we all do that when theres obviously nothing coming, but when you film it and put it on youtube, you might want to follow the trafic rules.
All things considered, traffic seems to be flowing. No horn sounding every second like here in Rome where I get stuck in traffic jam for hours sometimes.
@@MoviesNGames007uk NZ roads are ok imo. Just moved back to Auckland after living in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane for the last 20 years and the roads in Auckland are far better. Aucklanders moan a lot, but our rods aren't that bad at all.
I’ve been living and working in New York during a couple months in 2000. I was crossing Park av. at the level of 54th st. daily, right there where the driver stops at the very end of the video. It looks just like in my memory, except for tte cars, which are of another generation. The pavement was already that bad. A geeat memory, for sure !
![Harlem, New York 1930s in color, [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zyD3HbpvTNs/mqdefault.jpg)
Fantastic videos, Driver. Don't change a thing. Just normal speed driving. No music. Subscribed.
It's fantastic 😊
same here
Perfect, ciao🖐
I'd like to have a navigator/a map on the screen
Within the first minute ran a stop sign
Never been outside Europe, and this looks so different. I have to say I'm quite chocked at how badly maintained the roads and infrastructures are. I didn't expect that.
It is because we europeans are watching too much american movies... In TV it all looks great, but in reallity it looks like some post soviet rupublic, like Moldovia or something
American streets are wider than European ones. Parking spaces are bigger, lanes are wider, cars are heavier etc. The road network in NYC is also very dense. There is a lot of asphalt to maintain and it's not making city any money. For example Amsterdam has exelent roads, but they also narrowed them and closed many of them to car traffic. They also removed a lot of parking spaces. All that space taken away from cars is cheaper to maintan and could be used by businesses and generate city some money. By restaurants for example that host clients on pavements. Then they pay taxes etc. You can't do that on a road.
The built environment in the US is by-and-large incredibly ugly. Everything is built to car-scale, not human-scale, and our existing land-use is highly ineffectual for collecting commercial taxes that would go to upgrading and caring for aging infrastructure. Everything is built as cheaply as possible with little consideration for overall costs in the long run or with aesthetic considerations in mind. In other words, we are a third world country masquerading as a first world country just because we have a massive amount of rich people and a big powerful military.
I drove in New-York, it's not the same mentality as in France, nobody is patient. On the other hand, there are fewer insults. In any case, I haven't had a problem with road rage on my side, so far.
looks like Russia kek
I'm in the UK (England) and I've never been to the USA. It's fascinating to see the average, normal life and scenery, rather than the glamorous show-biz version of reality which we usually get. I guess this is what real life is like for most people.
I know I thought the area was gonna be lots of brick buildings with 10-20 floors. It feels more like driving through Stevenage. At least until ~34:00
Same in Canada/Quebec
Same in Australia
NYC isnt average normal life lol
It looks pretty similar to a lot of England. Even most of the roads are kind of shitty. Some of those houses in Queens were pretty big though
Lately, I've been finding it more depressing than interesting to be constantly bombarded with news and impressions from around the world, but things like these, where you get to see mundane things from other people's lives, are just wonderful!
A wonderfully mundane shithole. The BQE. Wow Mira you're a poet!
save yourself the grief: delete media platforms and don't watch news media, we aren't meant to know everything happening in the world, especially all at the same time. Happy watching!
@@nicho-uyx1287 well said man
That’s a you problem and not the rest of the world problem.
@@chrisconley8583 And thats a simplistic and unhelpful answer
Everyone says it looks depressing but that's because it's overcast and mid-February. There's no greenery. Most of Queens is quite suburban with single-family homes and many beautiful parks. It's the most peaceful part of NYC. Queens is located on Long Island so crossing using a bridge or tunnel is required to reach Manhattan. If you live near a subway line, that's the best way to get to Manhattan.
It simply seems very beautiful to me, queen, with its houses and its landscape and climate, I love it
I didn't even notice that it was overcast lmao. Probably because overcast skies are the default in the UK.
There is no Human.
There are no people and nature here. This is a robotic environment. Cars, asphalt, trees lined up, emptiness. Same design. (No soul in the buildings)
Reckless movements.
That's because NYC is depressing.
One fine day NYC will be flooded. Only skyscraper's peaks will be sticking out from salty water.
Thanks for sharing, it's interesting to see the streets of NYC (not from movies)
Yes - and this is just one little commuter type view. There are hundreds of neighborhoods and different views.
Nice camera. Images looked amazingly real right through the screen. Felt like I was there in the car.
Hey NYC. Get those crappy roads repaved.
It’s everywhere in America.. rural, urban, red, blue, all of our infrastructure is SHIT
You want roads to be fixed? Tell Biden to stop sending our money to Ukraine.
@@TheVainakhTribes The roads in the US have been lousy for decades.
Ukraine has nothing to do with it.
@@bigbong620 Oh yes, but priorities...
Visit Eastern Europe if you think that US roads are shitty
Wow! This was my exact route to work in Manhattan from Queens exit 24!
Me too
Like another world, but in the same time, so familiar. Greetings from Kazakhstan!
Interesting to see how long it takes to drive seemingly short distance in NYC
DC same thing. Traffic and traffic lights take forever.
And once you get to Manhattan, you can pay 18 dollars for a sandwich.
@@spindriftdrinker - Sandwiches are $18 in many big cities, post-Covid.
Well this driver is making some really good time here. Oddly enough NYC doesn't have the longest traffic jams and maybe that's because so many people there use public transportation like the subway. I've made better time around NY than Chicago for instance.
@@andymullarx6365 You've been lucky enough to avoid the traffic nightmare of the Cross Bronx Expressway, Belt Parkway or BQE. Get into a jam on the CBE at 3 AM and let me know how you feel then. 🙂
Am I the only one who loves these grey overcast vibes, makes the lights of the city feel more romantic
The grey NYC skies, depicted in many 70s/80s movies is one of the main reasons i've never visited NYC. It just looks too sad, seedy and depressing. Watching this hasn't changed my mind.
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH Isnt it funny how different people are lol. I see this as beautiful, romantic even haha
I live in N.C. Always wanted to see New York. Thank you so much for this. I'll be back 🙂
Love the sounds from outside! Ever thought about putting a minimap showing which streets your during driving?
@@jsz2619 thank you Jsz
@@sutil5078 I apologize for the uploader. It was uncalled for. I deleted my comment.
@@jsz2619 that is nice, of you, may God grant you love, mercy, light and guidance and me and all of us. Peace.. Ps: I will edited the above comment after you read it, .in case you want to reply
I love the sounds too. For some reason it makes me feel relaxed.
Ashlespresso, yes, it is like background noise you hear when little on Sunday, or Friday for me, I even link that noise to the mornings of days that I skip school when ill.. it around-home noise right? especially when the little girl was talking to her mom near the traffic light, dreamy sound
Nice video I've always loved the streets and skyline of NYC
Interesting for an European to watch. Totally different way of living.. here is your area where live and here is the area you where work and where you shop .. in Europe we have everything in one area.. live , work, dine, shop .. you can reach everything comfortably by foot, bike or public transportation
you are massively generalising. there are many medium sized cities in towns in Europe that would beg for the level of public transport NYC has.
thats exactly why america sucks
Took this route back and forth every year for 15 years from the US Open to midtown Manhattan. Kinda nostalgic. Thanks for posting.
The Manhattan skyline's just beautiful
Absolut not. Very durty ugly look
Great video.....really interesting,hope to vist NY one day..cheers from Scotland!!!
Thank Stewie Griffin
Queens is such a beautiful, calm and good borough to live in
Reminds me of how it is out here in Riverside, Wyoming. I've gotten lost a few times just going to the Post Office. And don't get me started about the traffic. Jim's wife is always driving that tractor in the middle of the road! Took me three minutes to get across town yesterday.
I'm in Prague but NY is amazing!! Thank you for record!
Honestly driving through queens seems the most stressful.
I get very excited
@@melissaferreira123 from driving through queens?
@@hectora7479 yes BABY
I love driving through Queens . Each to their own i guess but i love the hustle and bustle of New York .
The other commenter mentioned they get excited going through Queens . My 2 reasons are - the above mentioned hustle & bustle . The other exciting thing is when i am driving on the Long Island Expressway heading west just before the Van Wyck exit you get you get a partial glimpse of the Manhattan skyline .
Daytime or night time it is awesome .
I love these videos - thanks for uploading. As a Brit (from South London) I can testify that your road surfaces are just about as bad as ours! 😁
Ah man, you did a route I've so so many times. I live in the southwest now, this was like a warm hug from home. Some people probably think that's insane though...
Yep
I get it but I sure don't wanna go back
Yes it is insane...nyc is a cess pool😂
@@anthonyharmon9265 i mean, go to 90% of the US and you'll change your mind real quick. But it's all relative, all preference. I've found myself in southern California and it's so identical to Queens/western LI that it feels like home.. but better (minus traffic). Maybe I'm just insane.
Well all of my travels around there were in a semi-truck so this reminds me of what is was like to navigate that region in a truck. That wasn't fun. Lots of challenges. It's a lot nicer to just sit back and see it like this.
Queens roads, potholes, cracks, Poorly repaired. It’s like driving through some town in Zimbabwe 😅
I found that really interesting to watch. I'm from the UK and have never been to the United States. I didn't realise you had BP garages. There was also hardly anyone walking on the streets until you got to Manhattan. Will watch another one!
People dont walk the streets like in the UK, my first trip to the US I did that and they looked at me as if I was mad.
Thats awesome, love these type of videoes, looks like a decent comute too.
Also interesting to see all the cluttering power lines. Havent seen these locally for at least 30 years.
I get very excited
i´m suprised over the bad condition of the roads in Queens and that the Stop sign is more of a recommendation. :-)
Nice and interesting video for me, who never have been in Queens.
not only in queens, in manhattan too. im actually surprised how bad the the pavent is at 47:00 for examble. i'm told that US americans love their cars, seems that they dont love their roads that much though lol
@@wifiThief US cars have always been softer. It was similar with European cars from the 50's and 60's, with a lot of cities having cobblestone roads.
damn queens looks rougher and greyer than the most depressing areas of eastern europe
Thought exactly the same.
in summer it looks much more cheerful and green, like the entire US North, from November to March it looks miserable
@@dexxjbeats8265 But it looks the same, everywhere in the US.
It's boring, depressing and forces everyone to use a car.
dude it was february, it is like that EVERYWHERE in the world
@@metalfingerz4203 definitely not mate, you probably should see more of the world
I followed you on Google maps so I knew where you were along the route. Maybe one day I will drive in New York with your help through these videos.
Same here
Hi from Australia, love this, keep doing it! Subscribed
My impressions as an Australian.
1: The road surfaces, particularly in the suburbs, are atrocious. It looks like they were painted by an infant with a tar brush. I was utterly amazed by the patchwork of pot-holes and asphalt "repairs". It looks like what I imagined Soviet streets to look like.
2: This driver would be facing about $5K in fines for failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign... would no doubt lose their licence'
3: Lane markings driving over a multi-lane bridge WTF???
Nobody lose license for that reason. stop spread misinformation
@@phoenix1453 In Queensland, where I live, failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign a driver is fined $464 and loses 3 demerit points for each offence. Drivers are given 12 demerit points over 24 months.
Ol mate here went through at least 6 of them.
People do lose their licenses for these seemingly trivial offences.
www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/fines/demerit/points#roadsigns
Most areas in the USA have far better roads than this. This is attributed to cold winters and freezing and thawing after a snowfall, or ice. As such, the southern USA is fairly well maintained.
For example, here are two videos from the Atlanta area in Georgia in the southeastern USA.
th-cam.com/video/qPJPM4vI07s/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/RjQHQWyLAO0/w-d-xo.html
@@willp.8120 Makes sense. If it ever snows where I live, we are all dead.
@@willp.8120 thats not a road video, its more a drone advertisement. cant judge the road quality in those shots
Thanks 😊 for the upload !!
Super nice Video! I like it! 🙂👍
Thumbs Up and Best Greetings
I lived in Bayside and worked in Great Neck in 2014-15, now that I'm back home in Europe this is literally a trip down memory lane.
Do you like EU more?
@@cl1489 I used to love living in the States before PC culture and wokeness took hold of it, also with the way they handled Covid, I sadly have to admit that Im glad to be back home...
God i love america. I could be in this streets and feel like im in the 90s 🤩
Love it! This is pure urban landscape on a rainy day
That was great, thanks for this one, really enjoyable
I went to New York from Melbourne (Australia) in March, pretty much the same time this video was uploaded. Despite the aging infrastructure, my biggest impression was to be welcomed by a taxi driver who pretended couldn't speak English, took my $100 and dashed off while I was getting suitcases from the trunk. Dear taxi driver, if you are reading my comments, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for making the NYC experience so special, just like in the movies, hurray!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Would be funny if it was the same guy who posted this video
As a guy in the Midwest, this was actually very entertaining, even though I’ve never watched anything like this, so I don’t know why this was on my recommendation list but glad to see it is I guess
You are a woman from Florida.
Driving around in New York can be awesome and extremely fascinating. Of course, there’s times when it’s horrendous and stressful too. But if the traffic is reasonably light like on a Sunday morning it can be great.
@@ramencurry6672 even though I never been, I can’t imagine the traffic
As a past cab driver when I was 21, 50 + years ago, and a past resident of Queens - near the Clearview Expressway, now living in CA, THANK YOU. And let me add in the language a NYer can understand,
Fucken Great Video... Thank you so much. Can almost make me cry. I lover the light snow too.
It's a great tour, thank you
Nice houses out there in Queens
I've never been there, but traveling like this makes me feel like I'm hitching a ride on the journey
thanks for the trip from SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,..
That's so cool thanks for sharing!
The video gradually goes from sad looking to depressing looking. But I still love this
This really brings me back...I lived in Richmond Hill, Queens in the late 70s until I was about 8. Went to PS 51 and my dad would go to the Rack em Up Billiards. I haven't been back other than one time when I visited dad in 1991.
amazing channel, cant wait to visit ny this november
Great video. It makes me feel blessed that I don't have to live in NY.
Whoa. Some of those roads need a LOT of help! lol those look like the crappy roads in MY small city, far away from NY
One of the most enjoyable videos I've seen. Depressing rainfall notwithstanding.
Excellent job, pure landscapes and lazy ride. It was pleasure to watch your video. Thanks!
Can't even walk , I don't see too many shops around if I want to buy bread do I have to drive and go to the supermarket ? Lol this country is crazy 🤣
Excellent 👍👍
Holy shit,thanks a lot for this upload ! Hugs from Taby, 15 minutes drive north from Stockholm,Sweden .-)
Man this brings back memories,born in Brooklyn at 5 we moved to Queens and honestly I’m glad I left NY I have room now, oh and smooth roads as a matter of fact every time my homie visits his says it man your roads are so smooth
Looking at the condition of that road in the opening, you could tell people you were driving in Winnipeg, Canada and they wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Grew up in Sydney Australia and travelled around Oz and now a New Yorker . You definitely see and feel the differences between the cities in Australia and New York .The whole vibe and layout are noticeable big time .
yeah australia is sunny , new york is always grey
The area around Buffalo and Rochester are the worst for that.
@@uresfffff222you mean Australia is always burning from bush fires and new York isn't. But wait, Canadian forest fires smoke has made it's way to NYC now so no big difference.
This is so comforting
I love your videos!
I live in Alaska and never been to this part of the US and I find these videos interesting.
I still find it amazing that it would take me 35 minutes to do what you just did in an hour while coming from lower Westchester. You did, however, avoid the tolls on the midtown tunnel, so I suppose that's why.
I live in Wales, it was interesting to see all that, and just how big NY is and I cant imagine how really big it is.!
Skippy
New York City and surroundings urban area is the largest developed area in the world by square miles.
Can't say that it's super inviting... reminds me of London. Especially the suburbs.
@@maopao101 Eh, parts of London are. For sure, London's infinitely safer... we don't have guns, which helps. But I was mostly referring to the weather, and the general miserable grey vibe. There's no country in Western Europe that is as depressing in January than the UK.
Fascinating to watch. I'm in the UK & your day to day life looks so similar! Same delivery vans everywhere even!
and same gloomy cloudy weather london and nyc feel similar.
Fantastic, deserves every view!
You must have an amazing camera mount because at the start of the video, the car in front was bouncing up and down from the rough road and the camera in your vehicle never bounced.
GoPro :)
He probably has a stabilizer of some sort to balance those humps out. Video looks great.
I get very excited
what about the rain droplets I did not see the camera showing that.. maybe it did not rain at all?
One thing that always strikes me about NYC (and other cities in the US) on videos like this is how like...run down a lot it looks, despite being one of the richest and most prosperous countries in the world, and NYC obviously is a major, major hub/city. But buildings, roads, powerlines, graffiti and so on just looks a bit...meh. Not in a ghetto way, just in a general neglect way.
I mean, it's a huge country and most major cities have "rough" areas that don't look so good, with only really exclusive areas looking like you'd expect a major city in one of the richest countries to look. But because you tend to only see either extremely decrepit areas or squeaky clean areas in the media/movies, it's interesting to see the "everyday" version.
America is too busy sending tax payers money to ukraine, how are we gonna fix the infrastucture.
I agree, I don't want to offend the Americans here... but it does look aesthetically unpleasant and ugly
@@uresfffff222what’s wrong with giving money for defense of Ukraine? Maybe Americans just need to pay their taxes as Europeans and they will have good roads in such big cities as NYC?
Amazing video my friend , thank you for sharing , wish you a good day , big like !
Ugh. Moved to Orlando 10 years ago. This is so calming and lovely to watch...
As a slavic european we usually get USA life very romanticized through popculture and news. It's very interesting to see what the "normal" life looks like over there. Thank you for that.
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Depends on what part of the US you are in as well. New York looks nothing like Arizona and Arizona looks nothing like Washington and Washington looks nothing like Florida. We have a wide range of scenery here.
@@onexonesietrue ,but none of it looks like the movies
As an European (Italian living in Germany) seeing that electricity cables hanging wildly around on the streets right at the beginning of the video gave my anxiety lol :-D
As a brazilian, I'm about to say how surprised I am to see so few cables on poles...
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You are also welcomed India. Once visit here every kind of place, weather and the rich culture you will find in one nation .
In Estonia now almost all cables are underground. And the lighting is led.
Yea. Looks like 3 world country. Its not a good looking country
Excellent driving from Queens to Manhattan video!!
So relaxing ☺
That video brought back childhood memories....especially when you passed the Central Synagogue in Manhattan....when I was a kid I was in the Cub Scouts....that's where we had out meetings
when i hear queens, i always think of "all in the family" and where archie bunker lived
When I hear queens I always think of “there’s no such thing as halfway crooks”
Loved it, 👍👍👍👍🚖🚖🚦🚦
I never knew there are actual stand alone houses in Queens (& the surrounding neighborhoods). I thought it was all apartments and row houses...maybe it's because of the cloudy weather and winter season with the leaf-less trees and bad road conditions but this looks like such a depressing area to live 😄
That's how I saw it. Manhattan turned me off the most and it was hard to imagine people paying s lot to live there.
You are so lucky if that is depressing. Coming from Eastern Europe I thought they look nice.
in winter literally every place looks depressing even villages...
This video is shot during the doldrums for the entire metro area. Doesn't matter if you're inside the 5 boroughs or out in the surrounding suburban counties. February is HARSH in this town. There's no fall holiday season festivities, most social activities are indoors due to the weather and if we get the typical stretches of several days of moist and overcast, it gets hard. Again, I want to be specific here, since I'm a local with deep family roots not only in Queens, but out on Long Island and all the way up into the Hudson Valley...it is depressing in deep winter here in the area....as it is in most places. Show this drive on a day like last weekend ( August, 2023) in town and you'll see brilliant blue skies and mottled clouds and will have a completely different view of things.
people who are used to warmer and sunny climates, we love this
As an Australian, it surprised me to see just how similar our layouts are in terms of streets, roads, signage, pavements, ect; about the only thing that reminded me that I was watching a drive in the U.S was the car driving on the right (still trips me out) and the American flags that seem to be everywhere.
Thats probably because we have copied a lot of the stuff from US?
Americans are a patriotic group. It's instilled in them from an early age to love their flag and their country. I went to school there for a year and witnessed it first hand. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it just comes across as a bit over-the-top if you're from almost anywhere else.
You are both settler colonies with tons of space. Meaning there are few-in-any buildings over 200 years old, and you have the space for huge single-story suburban houses, massive cars, wide roads, and gardens. I lived in Melbourne and was shocked that it was 80km from side-to-side, with just 4.5 million people. It took me bloody ages to get anywhere without a car. By comparison, London is about 60km from side-to-side, but with 10 million people.
My main impression of Australia is that it's somewhere between Britain and the USA - but in terms of looks and aesthetics it's a lot more USA than Britain. Weirdly enough, the other place I've been that also reminded me of Australia and USA in certain respects was Chile (also a settler colony with tons of space).
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH they are not patriotic nor traditional at all
Australia copied everything from the US. The horrible suburbia without sidewalks etc.
very interesting! perhaps it's because it was a cloudy, damp day so the view wasn't super but still, very nice to see. Something interesting about the initial part of the trip was that the houses were amazing, huge, but the streets looked in bad shape... that was a big contrast
Thanhs very much for sharing I'd like to visit New York
I watched a lot of American movies and had the stereotype that the roads in American cities are perfect everywhere
A lot of these people don't complain to the city to get them fixed. And our roads look nice its just these roads are in poorer areas. And when my dad takes me to school there is this pothole he always has to remember to move out of the way from 😂. It's that people never report these problems.
Ive driven almost 3 million miles on American roads and they are far from perfect. Thanks for the laugh I needed that.
@@woobrahamlincoln6696 I’m glad to know that 😻 Maybe someday I'll see it for myself
There is so much about America that is pure myth.
Roads aren't perfect anywhere, but most of the USA's roads are not like this. This is something that has long been an issue in older northern cities with heavy population densities, heavy traffic, and harsh winters. You'll see the same in Detroit, Chicago and the like.
In the South, the roads tend to be in good shape.
LOOK AT THOSE ROADS xD My HEART IS HURTING AS A GERMAN
Considering how they build their life around the car (because public transport is communism, apparently) it's interesting how decrepit the road surfaces are.
Fascinating. Well made. It's all the things that you didn't do which make this so good. Just pure raw reality. So interesting.
Awesome videos ! 👍
Until I saw this video, I thought that the worst quality of roads and street is in Slovakia, where I'm from. But I was wrong. 😉
He ran almost every stop sign :D I mean we all do that when theres obviously nothing coming, but when you film it and put it on youtube, you might want to follow the trafic rules.
Great, thank you for your time. greetings from Sarajevo
Great watch - thank you
All things considered, traffic seems to be flowing. No horn sounding every second like here in Rome where I get stuck in traffic jam for hours sometimes.
The roads and the general infrastructure is just crumbling. I am in Australia and I have a new found appreciation for our roads.
I had the same thought. I'm from Sydney, and now have a new found appreciation for this city.
UK and NZ roads are just falling apart, full of potholes.
if you think these roads are bad, wait until you see chicago.
@@MoviesNGames007uk NZ roads are ok imo. Just moved back to Auckland after living in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane for the last 20 years and the roads in Auckland are far better. Aucklanders moan a lot, but our rods aren't that bad at all.
ukraine needs 80 billions more, sorry no roads for american citizens .
I’ve been living and working in New York during a couple months in 2000. I was crossing Park av. at the level of 54th st. daily, right there where the driver stops at the very end of the video.
It looks just like in my memory, except for tte cars, which are of another generation. The pavement was already that bad.
A geeat memory, for sure !
Fantastic ❤️
Roads in America are quite slowly turning like India
Roads condition terrible.
Beautiful video!
King of Queens
I've never been to New York but isn't there supposed to be a pedestrian that slaps the hood of your car and says "HEY IM WALKIN' HERE!!"
me: ugh i hate traffic
also me: watching a video about traffic