I can see the transplants not having street smarts. I've very aware of my surroundings being from Merced (central Valley California). It wasn't safe where I grew up, and my husband is from the NW suburbs of Chicago. He doesn't pay attention to his surroundings and passes me off as paranoid until he went to my parents house and he made the realization. He assumed he grew up in a more dangerous neighborhood than me, but swat would frequently swarm houses on my street.
Andrew is right about its easier to find good pizza than a good bagel. Its just that theres way more pizza places than bagel places. If you go into the far reaches of the city like South East Brooklyn, Eastern Queens and Northern Bronx, youll find more places that have good bagels. Some people think the pizza is bad because they get trapped by the "touristy pizza" that exist mostly in Manhattan, where they have 20 different types of pizza with different toppings, those places are usuall bad. And the good pizza places usually keep it a simple menu on the toppings. I know plenty of Chinese owned Tex-Mex food thats real cheap under 10 bucks, they just dont exist in trendy areas or anywhere in Manhattan. The part about people only hanging out with their own and "not as diverse" is a weird one. Culturally people hang around people similar to themselves, thats just human nature. Thats why we have places like Chinatowns, Little Italys and other ethnic neighbohoods. NYC is also seen more "closer" to the mother land than a place like LA where you have to adopt more to a "American" standard.
Certain things make for better take out than others. Handheld and not messy are top priorities for me. That means something heavily sauced (many Chinese foods) or without a wrapped unless it holds together well are going to be sit down foods rather than take out foods for me.
Staten Island is a real gem and hopefully it doesn't get too congested but after growing up there and having been living in another state for almost a decade -I'm really looking forward to spending more time up there and enjoying the old-school diners / delis that you guys mentioned which definitely have been in a sort of twilight period but some are more resilent then others, especially if the folks behind them have a new generation of family that are willing to take up the mantle, which sadly isn't always the case and hence why they're not as numerous. Every major city definitely has its pros and cons, but I do think NYC is one of the greatest cities in the world, hands down.
Everyone has their own opinion. I have been to NYC more than 18+ times over the years. And have seen it change. But I wouldn't want to live there or in downtown L.A.. Most younger people cannot afford to buy a place to live in either city. And the cost of living is much more. Crime was up 22% last year in NYC and 11% in L.A.. Move to Orange County in CA... Alot of asians there, cleaner and much safer.
There was this one place when I came out of Penn station that did a slice & bottle of water for $1.50 .. Much later, all the construction workers were going there for lunch, & that's how you know it's good !!
I'll agree that tex mex and other things are overpriced. I wish tacos weren't like 3 dollars per chicken taco. Tacos are supposed to be cheap overall. Even places with homemade tortillas don't cost that much.
That's interesting even though I'm not avid basketball player anymore but been in New York all my life and I never heard of not getting the foul shot if you made the shot while getting fouled maybe it's just the people you were playing with
Gotta say that living in Manhattan (given the price point and traffic) and going to Broadway (for the ticket prices) make those two somewhat overrated, since it's so expensive
Interesting comment about the dog poop. Why would someone who lives in a high-rise apartment get a dog? Wouldn't that be unfair and cruel for the dog? (If the dog's only outside environment is literally walking outside on the sidewalks?)
You guys should take a trip to Montréal since it's way closer to you than Toronto and make a comparison there. Their smoked meat sandwich and bagels are equal competitors to NYC, and the city is hella diverse!
@@BeeBee-pl9ly lox is fish not meat 😂😂. We have smoked salmon. Here's the description; lox is cured in a salty spice blend, smoked salmon may or may not be cured but is always smoked and has a slightly smokier flavor. Pastrami in the United States is almost always made with navel, a cut similar to belly, or what you would make bacon out of on a pig. So it's a little bit denser, a lot fattier, and it's less stringy Smoked meat comes from brisket, as navel is much harder to find in Canada because of its British beef cut tradition, Smoked meat made from brisket can be stringier and a lot softer if it's steamed right. [Brisket's] not fattier throughout the cut, but it has a larger cap of fat, and it has a stringier texture, more fibrous. American-style pastrami is more marbled with fat and has a denser texture. In Canadian butchery, the cut called brisket comprises parts of the American brisket and navel (combined the two parts are called "whole brisket.") As such, if you go to a Canadian deli and order fatty, medium, or lean smoked meat, you'll receive a sandwich with varying amounts of meat from each portion of the whole brisket. Generally pastrami is just spiced with coriander and black pepper, and often sugar. But for smoked meat, there's really no sugar on the rub. It's generally black pepper, coriander seeds, more garlic, and sometimes mustard seeds, bay leaf, and other aromatics. MileEnd in Brooklyn does offer their version of Montreal smoked meat. BUT their poutine is not accurate as the cheese (while being the same kind) is not the same age as our traditional cheese curds are unripen (not cleaned), as it is illegal in many parts in the USA. Just for your personal info, smoked meat is not only restricted to a sandwich "format" it is also used in egg rolls, pizza toppings, pasta, poutine topping, as you would with bacon and or sausage meat.😂 Hope that clarifies a bit.
@@BeeBee-pl9ly if and when you come, I recommend that you come not only to visit but try to include one of our numerous festivals or events. Ps many are internationally renowned. Just for laughs, jazz festival, Pik Nik électronique, Osheaga, lasso, MTL bachata, Mutek, ilesoniq just to name a few 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Never was a fan of NYC (as a whole) huge territory with the useless use of high rises. I never understood why the constant need to build upwards rather than build it smarter?!?🤯 Take Paris as a comparative, it's 8x smaller with 4x less population with a max avg height of 5 levels with a density that is "double" that of NYC, wide roads permitting natural (sun) light to shine into dwellings. Even if the city (Paris) had the same population (#) and the same size as NYC; properties (buildings) wouldn't exceed 2.5 levels. Whereas NYC has built up in such a abysmal fashion with countless high rises (+10 level) that cost more to build. As the break even threshold is 10; anything more past that point increases the cost to build thus the absurd prices for these dwellings. Keep in mind generally (90%) ground level dwellings in Europe fetch the highest price as they have the use of the garden whereas the top level get's the pollution. In NYC, they prefer spending more to be in the pollution😂 than having a garden (a nature sanctuary). USA over hype this city and similarly other's in their country. I'll even add the confusing, tardy and screeching loud metro system (as it runs on metal wheels) in that City (NY) rather than the quietness of rubberized wheels found in Paris (and Montréal, QC, Canada)😉
@robert-antoinedenault5901 It's gotten really bad in Brooklyn the last 10+ years. I use to look at skyscrapers in amazement, but now they just block out sunlight. Any specific examples of modern development in Paris?
@@godofthisshitlook at the 4th arrondissement complex named la “Nouvelle Vague” residences. Its location, on the Quai Henri IV, is at the southern edge of the Marais overlooking the Seine river. Amazing on the outside and the inside with great views 😉. Keep in mind they are still not building residential "skyscrapers" as those still cost too much.
I don't know why any sane person would advocate for more noise pollution or second-hand smoke, but I suppose it comes with the territory if you're in an extremely dense concrete jungle.
"I DON'T KNOW. IM NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER...!" ... Bruh... 😂 Yo, your facial. Expression had me laughin man... Hahahaha
I can see the transplants not having street smarts. I've very aware of my surroundings being from Merced (central Valley California). It wasn't safe where I grew up, and my husband is from the NW suburbs of Chicago. He doesn't pay attention to his surroundings and passes me off as paranoid until he went to my parents house and he made the realization. He assumed he grew up in a more dangerous neighborhood than me, but swat would frequently swarm houses on my street.
Andrew is right about its easier to find good pizza than a good bagel. Its just that theres way more pizza places than bagel places. If you go into the far reaches of the city like South East Brooklyn, Eastern Queens and Northern Bronx, youll find more places that have good bagels. Some people think the pizza is bad because they get trapped by the "touristy pizza" that exist mostly in Manhattan, where they have 20 different types of pizza with different toppings, those places are usuall bad. And the good pizza places usually keep it a simple menu on the toppings.
I know plenty of Chinese owned Tex-Mex food thats real cheap under 10 bucks, they just dont exist in trendy areas or anywhere in Manhattan.
The part about people only hanging out with their own and "not as diverse" is a weird one. Culturally people hang around people similar to themselves, thats just human nature. Thats why we have places like Chinatowns, Little Italys and other ethnic neighbohoods. NYC is also seen more "closer" to the mother land than a place like LA where you have to adopt more to a "American" standard.
Certain things make for better take out than others. Handheld and not messy are top priorities for me. That means something heavily sauced (many Chinese foods) or without a wrapped unless it holds together well are going to be sit down foods rather than take out foods for me.
Staten Island is a real gem and hopefully it doesn't get too congested but after growing up there and having been living in another state for almost a decade -I'm really looking forward to spending more time up there and enjoying the old-school diners / delis that you guys mentioned which definitely have been in a sort of twilight period but some are more resilent then others, especially if the folks behind them have a new generation of family that are willing to take up the mantle, which sadly isn't always the case and hence why they're not as numerous.
Every major city definitely has its pros and cons, but I do think NYC is one of the greatest cities in the world, hands down.
Too many people have a lot of unpopular opinions about NYC but yet they’re the same people who end up moving to NYC.
Cuz there's money here and connections.
@@Drownedinblood What about California?
@@excripto1 Cali doesn't have money?
How you hate nyc but make your money from nyc. Stay your ass in the boonies broke
Everyone has their own opinion. I have been to NYC more than 18+ times over the years. And have seen it change. But I wouldn't want to live there or in downtown L.A.. Most younger people cannot afford to buy a place to live in either city. And the cost of living is much more. Crime was up 22% last year in NYC and 11% in L.A.. Move to Orange County in CA... Alot of asians there, cleaner and much safer.
There was this one place when I came out of Penn station that did a slice & bottle of water for $1.50 .. Much later, all the construction workers were going there for lunch, & that's how you know it's good !!
Shout-out to fung bros using my face in the thumby
NYC has too many skyscrapers and condos.
I'll agree that tex mex and other things are overpriced. I wish tacos weren't like 3 dollars per chicken taco. Tacos are supposed to be cheap overall. Even places with homemade tortillas don't cost that much.
BROS ARE INCREDIBLE!!!!!!
Unpop opinion, ny needs better signature foods. Pizza, bagels? Eh.
That's interesting even though I'm not avid basketball player anymore but been in New York all my life and I never heard of not getting the foul shot if you made the shot while getting fouled maybe it's just the people you were playing with
I mean it's called "And 1" for a reason.
Gotta say that living in Manhattan (given the price point and traffic) and going to Broadway (for the ticket prices) make those two somewhat overrated, since it's so expensive
I don't wait an hour for any food period.
I can summarize this entire video with one song. This is New York-Scar Lip
Interesting comment about the dog poop. Why would someone who lives in a high-rise apartment get a dog? Wouldn't that be unfair and cruel for the dog? (If the dog's only outside environment is literally walking outside on the sidewalks?)
To each their own. We're definitely not California. Thank goodness 😂
You guys should take a trip to Montréal since it's way closer to you than Toronto and make a comparison there. Their smoked meat sandwich and bagels are equal competitors to NYC, and the city is hella diverse!
Smoked meat like Lox and Pastrami?
@@BeeBee-pl9ly lox is fish not meat 😂😂. We have smoked salmon. Here's the description;
lox is cured in a salty spice blend, smoked salmon may or may not be cured but is always smoked and has a slightly smokier flavor.
Pastrami in the United States is almost always made with navel, a cut similar to belly, or what you would make bacon out of on a pig. So it's a little bit denser, a lot fattier, and it's less stringy
Smoked meat comes from brisket, as navel is much harder to find in Canada because of its British beef cut tradition, Smoked meat made from brisket can be stringier and a lot softer if it's steamed right. [Brisket's] not fattier throughout the cut, but it has a larger cap of fat, and it has a stringier texture, more fibrous. American-style pastrami is more marbled with fat and has a denser texture.
In Canadian butchery, the cut called brisket comprises parts of the American brisket and navel (combined the two parts are called "whole brisket.") As such, if you go to a Canadian deli and order fatty, medium, or lean smoked meat, you'll receive a sandwich with varying amounts of meat from each portion of the whole brisket.
Generally pastrami is just spiced with coriander and black pepper, and often sugar.
But for smoked meat, there's really no sugar on the rub. It's generally black pepper, coriander seeds, more garlic, and sometimes mustard seeds, bay leaf, and other aromatics.
MileEnd in Brooklyn does offer their version of Montreal smoked meat. BUT their poutine is not accurate as the cheese (while being the same kind) is not the same age as our traditional cheese curds are unripen (not cleaned), as it is illegal in many parts in the USA.
Just for your personal info, smoked meat is not only restricted to a sandwich "format" it is also used in egg rolls, pizza toppings, pasta, poutine topping, as you would with bacon and or sausage meat.😂
Hope that clarifies a bit.
@@robert-antoinedenault5901 idk why I didn't think of brisket
@@robert-antoinedenault5901 I respect Montreal alot and I want to visit. I'm from NYC
@@BeeBee-pl9ly if and when you come, I recommend that you come not only to visit but try to include one of our numerous festivals or events. Ps many are internationally renowned. Just for laughs, jazz festival, Pik Nik électronique, Osheaga, lasso, MTL bachata, Mutek, ilesoniq just to name a few 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Never was a fan of NYC (as a whole) huge territory with the useless use of high rises. I never understood why the constant need to build upwards rather than build it smarter?!?🤯 Take Paris as a comparative, it's 8x smaller with 4x less population with a max avg height of 5 levels with a density that is "double" that of NYC, wide roads permitting natural (sun) light to shine into dwellings. Even if the city (Paris) had the same population (#) and the same size as NYC; properties (buildings) wouldn't exceed 2.5 levels. Whereas NYC has built up in such a abysmal fashion with countless high rises (+10 level) that cost more to build. As the break even threshold is 10; anything more past that point increases the cost to build thus the absurd prices for these dwellings. Keep in mind generally (90%) ground level dwellings in Europe fetch the highest price as they have the use of the garden whereas the top level get's the pollution. In NYC, they prefer spending more to be in the pollution😂 than having a garden (a nature sanctuary). USA over hype this city and similarly other's in their country.
I'll even add the confusing, tardy and screeching loud metro system (as it runs on metal wheels) in that City (NY) rather than the quietness of rubberized wheels found in Paris (and Montréal, QC, Canada)😉
@robert-antoinedenault5901 It's gotten really bad in Brooklyn the last 10+ years. I use to look at skyscrapers in amazement, but now they just block out sunlight.
Any specific examples of modern development in Paris?
@@godofthisshitlook at the 4th arrondissement complex named la “Nouvelle Vague” residences. Its location, on the Quai Henri IV, is at the southern edge of the Marais overlooking the Seine river. Amazing on the outside and the inside with great views 😉. Keep in mind they are still not building residential "skyscrapers" as those still cost too much.
I want to go to New York City so bad but... I'm scared 😅😅😅😅😅
I don't know why any sane person would advocate for more noise pollution or second-hand smoke, but I suppose it comes with the territory if you're in an extremely dense concrete jungle.
The pizza is overrated
ayo that is actual slander, I'm no big fan of NYC but the pizza is sacred
@@meethepie cook my guy cook.
@@meethepie I felt like it was too stretched out to save money. Barely any sauce. Maybe I tried the wrong restaurant?
@@gamesnmusic17 brothas gotta know how to cook to know what tasty food tastes like? Nahhhhhhhh
@@user-zl6ck9wf7b the meaning of cook went over your head.
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Edit: not an unpopular opinion.
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Orang Chicken the Chinese American Food
Pepperoni is American Food
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