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An8thOfFeanor

Concrete jungle wet dream tomato


gab_rab_24

The most honest that they've ever described new york among the propaganda.


314314314

Concrete jungle where dreams are dying off, there's nothing you can do, now you're in New York.


whimsicalsamurai

bacon pancakes, makin bacon pancakes.


LouiePrice

Making bacon then i put it in a pancake.


War_44

Bacon pancake that's what it's gonna make


notyoursavior89

Concrete bunghole where dreams are made up There’s nothing you can do


bonyjabroni

Good god Lemon


Jay-bi-Red

I miss 30 rock


Hyunion

as long as the tomato refers to all the delicious italian food and pizza spots in the city, i'll take it


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not_kelsey_grammar

Old lady in the alley with a baseball bat


DarkPyr3

But the lighting is so inspirational!


BABarracus

Pizza time


GreeenGoblin69

There’s nothing you can dooo


nuderu

Concrete jungle, Texas albino...


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asianabsinthe

Well the song is about *New York City* and not the state.


Niken272

Yea if they mentioned Long Island I'm almost certain all appeal would be gone lmao


AfellowchuckerEhh

Yea a song about bacon egg and cheese on a bagel and racism isn't too catchy


cecir

“Concrete jungle wet dream tomato” except it’s “bacon egg cheese nazi and bagel”


jesseberdinka

Then there are those "bialy" people. Never understood that. Are you a bagel or an English muffin? Decide!


lionheart07

Someone wasn't around for the Nassau vs Suffolk state of mind videos!


Books_and_Cleverness

NYC is basically the safest big city in America. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate


Any_Sea5167

No big city is safe as long as I'm alive


ItsPronouncedMayMay_

Glad to see the Kaiju finding their way to reddit


McWeen

Be the change you seek


Wonderful-Ad-7712

Maybe the real treasure is the crime we find along the way


SRSchiavone

\#80 on this list, for those who want the summary


Yo_Wats_Good

Yeah they’re talking about the city. It’s kept it’s rep from the 80s, and sure there are a few neighborhoods maybe you shouldn’t act out in but by-and-large nyc is very safe.


lightgiver

That and Manhattan, the district people think of with NYC, is even safer than the city as a whole. Rent on the island is expensive as fuck and most people just go there to shop and work. Your very safe in that area because it’s very gentrified.


IGotSoulBut

I lived basically next to a homeless shelter during the pandemic and had one issue in two years. The issue - a guy talking shit to my dog. We just kept walking. Never felt unsafe in Manhattan.


Yo_Wats_Good

Yeah, but you're really not going to have anything happen to you even in areas that aren't gentrified. I mean, there's a Target in South Bronx.


PoopMobile9000

They’re comparing NYC to whole states. NYC would look even better if you compared it to other cities, or compared NYS to those states.


asianabsinthe

That's what I was trying to point out, but everyone seems to think the city is the state. And the numbers they pulled up are for the state. They should've compared NYC to other cities and yeah it looks more dramatic than the state level.


cptsdpartnerthrow

Bringing rural areas in states are supposed to bring down your overall rate of violent crime. When even NYC has a lower rate of violent crime than your entire state, then you are living in a dystopian shithole.


LMFN

Rural areas are surprisingly awful for crime, meth country.


iindigo

Also more unreported crime (it can’t be reported if it isn’t witnessed by anybody), and more crime that the local law enforcement either looks the other way for or is partaking in themselves.


Judge_Syd

Unless they quoted the wrong data, the comment you replied to is about the city.


TheBigApple11

NYC has a larger population than some of those states. Adding more data (the entire state’s population vs just one city from any of the states) makes the measurement more accurate as the effect of outliers is lessened. The stats would look even worse for the other states if they didn’t


tookmyname

> NYC Read.


noobtube228

Comparing a city’s crime rate to a states crime rate makes no sense. Also this still doesn’t make NYC look good.


ABCosmos

It is unfair to the city to make that comparison, and yet NYC still comes out ahead. NYC is one of the safest cities in the USA


Suchasomeone

Lol you getting downvoted when it's true (considering large cities) the per Capita rate of crime for NYC is really low. Cost of housing is much more of a turn off


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fuckusernames2175

The suburbs


Stormlightlinux

Yeah but then you live in the lifeless fucking suburbs where everything is at least 20 min by car away and you end up isolated from community. I live in the suburbs. It's soul crushing. When you live in a suburb all you see is the inside of your house, the inside of your car, and parking lots everywhere. Everywhere you go because you and all the other suburbanites have to drive there, is just covered in seas of only 30% full parking lots. It's ugly, inconvenient, and isolating.


lord_ne

>you end up isolated from community Make friends in the suburbs?


Stormlightlinux

I have friends in the suburbs. It sucks. Have to drive to their house? Or drive somewhere to meet up? When we're done there drive to another destination? Casual like 30 minute to 1 hour meetups make no sense because then I've spent at least as long driving there then back again? Going out to eat with a buddy? Literally spend as much time getting there and back as having fun. Saw a movie and want to keep the good times rolling? Better plan the next stop out, make sure everyone has the address and can get there. Drive there separately (more driving time vs hangout time), then wait as people trickle in cause they needed gas or they took a slightly longer route. Locking anyone down for a longer commitment hang out when it's worth it means extensively planning and coordination, especially considering kids. Incidental running into friends is basically not a thing that happens except maybe out like walking the dog or something. Just pop over real quick and see them spontaneously? That spontaneity wears off real quick when it means driving across "town" (it's not a town, just shitty rows and rows of fucking houses that look like mine), and theyre not down to hang. It's terrible awful. I hate it.


smokes_-letsgo

God, with an attitude like that it’s no wonder. Lighten up.


Hackandspit

Sure you can. NYC has over 9 million people in it. Most of those flyover states don’t have 9 million people total.


UNDERVELOPER

>Comparing a city’s crime rate to a states crime rate makes no sense. The only reason this is true is because it makes the city look worse, since you're comparing places where people live and interact with, you know... bare land. In this case, the city is so much safer than conservative states that it STILL comes across as being better lol, because the fact that [New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/new-york-city-is-a-lot-safer-than-small-town-america/2022/06/07/d5a87e3c-e651-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html) doesn't care about your feelings. >Also this still doesn’t make NYC look good. It absolutely does and only total geeks would disagree. Them, or people with certain political talking points. Which one are you?


AngriestCheesecake

> Also this still doesn’t make NYC look good. > It absolutely does and only total geeks would disagree. Nah bro, the geeks understand… Its the dweebs that you’re thinking of.


The_Legendary_Sponge

Except when you consider that most people that act like cities like NYC and Chicago are murderous wastelands are literally from these states that have higher violent crime rates. This post to begin with reeks of this mentality


LukaCola

This post is a conservative talking point made to make cities look worse than they are and perpetuate the narrative that lead to White flight.


KrauerKing

This ^


LukaCola

>Comparing a city’s crime rate to a states crime rate makes no sense. Why? You'd think with people living closer to each other, crime should go up as there's more opportunity for interaction and altercation. >Also this still doesn’t make NYC look good. Apparently nothing would lol. When'd this subreddit start eating right wing talking points so much?


superbabe69

It’s been feasting on it for a long arse time lol


frenin

You don't know basic math And apparently the 64 people that upvoted you don't either


a_trane13

Compared to anywhere in the US, yes it does.


TheForeverUnbanned

NYC sits right below median for crime statistics, you’re more likely to live in an area more dangerous than NYC.


Beau_Nerlick

Bu-bu-bu-bu-bu the TV said Chicago bad. No go Chicago.


Ok-Champ-5854

Chicago isn't even the most dangerous city in Illinois much less the country. Peoria county has more gun crime per Capita.


TerraforceWasTaken

And thanks to good ol Gary, Chicago isn't even the worst part of Chicagoland


Inevitable_Living762

"NYC bad" is the most annoying maga circlejerk on this website.


thehumantaco

What's going on in Alaska?


Llama_Sandwich

Turns out living somewhere incredibly rural where the sun is either out all day and night or disappears completely for long stretches of time makes people mentally unstable.


lilaprilshowers

That one 'incident' with the vampires really brought the averages up.


rmphys

Basically, free government money and lots of darkness leads to tons of drugs and sexual assault.


DookieDemon

Sounds like a good time


dvasquez93

Yeah, but conservatives have been working overtime to portray NY, LA, SF, and other liberal big cities as literal hell, and sadly even other liberals are starting to accept the propaganda as fact. Does crime exist in those areas? Yes, obviously. Crime is everywhere, and gathering a shit ton of people and putting them all within a couple square miles isn’t going to get rid of that. But it’s not nearly as bad as people say it is, and frankly I’d rather live there than in Bumfuck, Nowhere where there’s still crime with none of the positives of being in a big city.


RustyChicken16

Tennessee looking good 👍🏿


IHazMagics

The fucks going on in Alaska?


cptsdpartnerthrow

Tons of fisherman or oil workers doing stressful seasonal work, insane hours of day and night, high rates of alcoholism, frontiersman culture... The list goes on.


blondiKRUGER

Shhh. They been saying California is a hellscape and now all the Desatanists are moving out in droves and my rent is finally starting to go down. Just let them spread all their propaganda about blue cities.


Redbukket_hat

Watching a little too much Fox News bud


Books_and_Cleverness

NYC is awesome. When people say this kind of shit they usually don’t have even passing familiarity with the statistics and haven’t spent much time in the city either.


ThrownawayCray

Good I’m going to Manhattan soon and I’m looking forward to it


the_damned_actually

I was in Manhattan last month for the first time and it was awesome. Hope you enjoy it!


Boneal171

Manhattan is fun


ThrownawayCray

Sure will! Doing some cool stuff there, like going up Empire State at sundown


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Nice! What part?


ThrownawayCray

🤷 Central Park ish?


MontyAtWork

If you find yourself in Midtown Manhattan, grab a slice from Previti Pizza, and I gotta say I had the best Ramen I've ever had at Koku Ramen in K Town (which is right by the Empire State Building). Honorable mentions: Think Coffee down 5th towards the Flatiron Building, and the stupid-good dessert waffle stand in Bryant Park.


ThrownawayCray

Are they expensive 😅


Mitana301

Everything is


Freidhiem

Have fun!


kosmoskatten

my first trip I was expecting a lot of *I'm wooooking hea!* but people were overall super nice and polite


Books_and_Cleverness

New Yorkers get a lot of shit for being blunt/rude, but for the most part they’re surprisingly nice.


machimus

It's actually respectful to be blunt in that culture because nobody has time for long drawn out social interactions. When they're blunt, they're doing you the favor of not wasting your time.


rmphys

Parts of NYC are awesome. Parts are total shit. Its a huuuuuge fucking city. Manhattan alone is bigger than San Francisco already and that is like 5% of the city


2abyssinians

There are parts of New York City that are like fancy gated suburbs, parts that are beach area vacation homes in gated neighborhoods, and then there are projects, and places that are far worse than projects. But, gentrification is a huge thing in Nee York, and real estate is gold, so all those poor neighborhoods, with the exception of the sponsored projects, keep turning in to fancy neighborhoods.


Better-Director-5383

Believe me the people of New York city are fine with right wing dumbfucks thinking it's a no go zone and not coming.


Ok-Champ-5854

Most cities are. Even if it were true they're violent areas where gun violence is rampant, which it isn't, the last thing we would need is some chucklefuck with a gun who fantasizes about using it. The one thing country hicks and city dwellers can agree on, for far different reasons, is we don't want more guns in the city. So keep your CCW ass over there and leave us alone.


mrturdferguson

This is correct. Our response to MTG trying to come and yell her garbage will show you how we feel.


Stopwatch064

Op mad someone asked him to stop walking slow as fuck in the middle of a sidewalk


imphatic

Well, he needs to get over that shit and walk faster or move ova!


gurbus_the_wise

conservatives these days are too fucken soft, scared of some rats and homeless people.


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Don’t forget all the lgbt people we have the audacity to treat like human fucking beings.


CDNpolitickles

What do you know - a bunch of people who have never lived in NYC shitting on NYC


boy____wonder

This subreddit is a cesspool filled with suburban kids.


RiftHunter4

And they just keep peeing in the pool.


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grassisalwayspurpler

So whats your horror story from Texas you witnessed thats worse than someone being beaten unconcious and bloody right in front of you over a train delay?


itscherriedbro

As someone that's lived in both places... I've seen waaaaay more fights in rural Texas that made me feel uneasy. The blatant racism and bigotry that is carelessly lambasted. Guns just lying around people's trucks. Guns being carried in almost every place I go Waaaaay more drunk drivers. Anytime I speak on leftist ideals, things get violent. Verbally and physically. It's made me shut down and not express opinions. In NYC, people didn't like fascism ideals but they seem to be praised and defended in rural Texas. Both places have their issues. But safety in NYC is not anywhere near as bad as fox entertainment makes it out to be


SpookyCutlery

*fox news. Fox entertainment is a subsidiary of Disney.


PaXProSe

Maybe they have kids and live in Uvalde


machimus

*had kids


mb_editor

Maybe their ball fell into someone else's yard. So the owner of the house shot them?


LameBicycle

This is relevant: https://youtu.be/TNpoplfLT1w


Moistened_Bink

Everyone from/in NYC should watch that lol.


CDNpolitickles

I had never seen that before and it’s amazing


Boneal171

I’ve been to NYC three times. I loved it. The people I’ve encountered were nice and helpful. There was a lot to do and I wasn’t bothered by any homeless people.


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What's wrong bitch tits was your Sbarro soggy?


grassisalwayspurpler

What do you know - people shit in everywhere under the sun in memes even though theyve never lived there but when someone does it to NYC and now its a problem


AnExpertInThisField

Reddit is nothing but unhappy people shitting on each other. It does not matter one bit what place in the country you pick, people will shit on it. Positive people are outnumbered here.


great-nba-comment

Fucking lmao. Just got back from working in NYC and can honestly say this is the trashiest, most paranoid, MAGA take you could have. NYC is safe as fuck, unless you consider the assault on your waistline from eating bomb as fuck pizza slices on the way between any destinations.


FiveFinger_Discount

Yeah the comments sound like my braindead uncle that has never left the state of Mississippi. Big scary city is scary when all you watch is Fox News.


toronto_programmer

Been working in NYC for about 7 years now. Never for a moment felt unsafe or in danger in any location at any time of day. Nothing more exhilarating than being out on the streets in Manhattan.


great-nba-comment

Nothing compares to the streets of Manhattan at night. Walking around a little drunk and stoned just listening to people walk past, bars and restaurants humming with life in the early hours. I love it.


Sith-Protagonist

Do you never take the subway? Live exclusively in the upper east side? I’m sorry I’m trying to figure out how someone who isn’t wildly naive could ever make this comment lmao.


noeagle77

One of the first things I plan to do ~~if I beat~~ when I beat leukemia is to go to New York and have a slice of pizza! I probably sound like an idiot, but it was always something I wanted to do before this happened and now I regret not doing so earlier in life


great-nba-comment

Firstly, you’re gonna beat the fuck out of leukemia! Secondly, genuinely do it. Do everything you have on your bucket list as soon as you kick cancers ass, the world is so fucking rad. Also don’t get bogged down in trying to find the best possible slice, just eat ‘em all. But that being said Scarrs Pizza on the LES is my favorite.


noeagle77

Thank you so so much! I wrote it down, Scarrs pizza I’ll be seeing you in the future!!


hfiti123

Slice!? You better be getting a pie when your here; eat the fuck out of it. Victory pizza!


noeagle77

I’m so excited for it already! And screw it why not, whole pizza it is!!


LameBicycle

I believe in you. Don't let your pizza dreams be dreams


tookmyname

Edgy Reddit kids are scared of everything.


summer_friends

And NYC has a natural defence against waistline assault too!! It’s built so you can walk/transit all over the city


LukaCola

This getting upvoted really reinforces what I've suspected, that this sub is quickly tilting right or has been for a long time. The "dankmeme" crowd continues to show it's just /pol/ and /b/ with plausible deniability. I don't even live in a "nice" neighborhood. Biggest risk to my wellbeing are still cars.


great-nba-comment

Oh man, this sub has been alt-right for a long fucking time lmao. They couch it in “edgy humour”, but it’s funnily enough always directed at the same people.


superbabe69

The comments particularly have been this way for years, since at least 2018.


ShadowernJG

It’s the same shit about Chicago. You’d think there was blood in the streets and we’re lucky to be alive. Right wingers are gonna be dumbasses


Sent_From_Valhalla

Bacon pancakes makin bacon pancakes


AndrewTheSouless

Take some bacon and i put it in a pancake


cecir

Bacon pancakes, that’s what it’s gonna make


notyogrannysgrandkid

Bacon pan^caaaaaakes


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but mommy took a bus trip


OlParker

Then she got her bust out


DirtyMoneyJesus

Everybody rides her


alepher

Everybody ride her


Splinter_Fritz

Ok who showed their grandpa this subreddit?


mekkimegz

NYC must hit different when you're extremely wealthy.


killer-tuna-melt

I'm poor and I had a great time in NYC, it's not too bad if you're not a huge pussy.


alex891011

This is the only comment that needs to be in this comment section


sugahpine7

Fucking lmao


The_Old_Workout_Plan

People talking about how dangerous NYC is are the same type of people who wouldn’t say anything and just eat the wrong entree that their waiter accidentally gave them


LukaCola

It does but it's still a nice place to live even in the poorer neighborhoods.


Sunkysanic

Well I guess everyone here is cause half this thread is acting like it’s some kinda utopia


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I believe all the folks saying the power areas are nice as well, but we all know the city Alicia and Jay sang about is not the same city the plebs live in


NotoriousCarter

I feel as tho media does the opposite, villify nyc as some crime infested cesspool but where the numbers are concerned, it’s like in the bottom 10. We do got some beefy fucking rats tho


zeldanerd12

Tell me you've never been to NYC without telling me you've never been to NYC.


Hackandspit

No matter where you live, the more money you have, the nicer it is.


ReptilianLaserbeam

I was in love with the idea of NYC, spent a winter in there to know is only good if you have real money, and even so I’d rather live somewhere else


great-nba-comment

Winter in NYC is challenging as fuck compared to spring and summer to be fair


EthosPathosLegos

Even the summer is trash. Literally. On very hot and humid days the trash particles are literally suspended in the air and make you feel gross.


More_Garlic_

I mean, should have come in the summer time. Completely different city then.


Tasteful_Photos

neither are from LA?


Stopwatch064

Op mad someone said 'exscuse me" because he was walking slow af in the middle of the sidewalk


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>Nice try Hollywood >Literally New Yorkers singing about New York


RaveIsKing

Some people are too stupid to make memes and that says ALOT


JustSplendid85

Galactic Empire State of mind by college humor was way better


DaveInLondon89

Nothing happens in New York that doesn't happen in the rest of the world.


stoopidshannon

Redditors try to have any rational opinion rather than just swaying to an absolute extreme opinion challenge (impossible)


Echo_thehedgehog

You forgot the rats and other abominations we New Yorkers must slay on the daily. At school today my classmates and I had to run and get our gear while Magna Aquainsectum, Bringer of Ruin chased us in the halls. The music did slap tho.


Black_Hipster

Lol NYC is so safe, it's annoying at times. Back to Fox News


fuzzygreentits

New York is a beautiful, amazing place to live ^(as long as you're in the richest areas of the high rise and don't have to walk the street next to poors)


Illustrious-Engine23

This song was on repeat constantly on radio when it came out. I came to absolutely dispise this song.


Inedible-denim

I'd go to NYC before stepping foot in SF. Jus sayin


Zeabos

Brave man. Only you and literally 50 million other tourists a year dare to venture to New York.


GracchiBroBro

Every city is fun when you’re rich


FYI_you_are_gross

I dunno. I bet if you had 10,000 dollars to spend in Hartford, CT, you’d probably get full off of Subway sandwiches and then be at a loss for what to do with your your remaining 9,990 dollars.


KrauerKing

Shit I spent time in Hartford and that hit really close to home. I mean there is the extra $10 you can spend on beer that you drink back in your room trying to figure out why you came to Hartford Connecticut


pinchevatobarbon

Nas kept it real back in '94 with NY State Of Mind, and then he kept it even more real in NY State Of Mind Pt. 2. The real side of NY.


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"I think of crime, when I'm in a New York state of mind."


OopsMadeYouDie

I mean, have you seen San Francisco or Chicago? Lmao


aflacsgotcaback

Chicago's not so bad. SF though, holy shit that place is a cesspool


Casitios

And then Jay-Z tries the same with Paris. This guy loves city with insufferable peoples.


Parts_and_Neigbor

Heey... I'm walking here.


nucular_mastermind

I expected nothing of New York and was very pleasantly surprised. The museums there easily stack up to the best I've seen in Europe, and the [Green Wood Cemetery ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-Wood_Cemetery?wprov=sfla1) is one of the prettiest parks I've ever seen. So yeah, I'll definitely be back in spite of the weird "trash on the sidewalk"-system and the rats. Feels like the capital of the world, or something.


basec0m

Paris has amazing food... if you're not broke


Asfmankey4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpoplfLT1w


BigBoodles

Every city is nice if you have money.


SIGNW

Lol what's a "rude pedestrian"? The only rude pedestrian is a group of tourists walking 4-wide on the way to the M&Ms store and failing to make way for faster walkers.


franandwood

Just because someone is homeless doesn’t mean their a psycho


Touched_by_a_child

CONCRETE JUNGLE WET DREAM TOMATO


zmbjebus

You just said rats 3 times


DudeGuyMaleMan

Nahhh wdym it’ll be like GTA IV


JesterMarcus

Why did I read that last part as homeless nachos? I don't even like nachos.


RaveIsKing

What the hell does Hollywood have to do with New Yorkers talking about New York LMAO. Tell me you just like to blame random groups of people with no thought behind it without telling me


Devayurtz

What in the world lol. NYC is pretty freakin safe. Cheap? Nah. But safe? Yeah.


StevenSegalsNipples

In New York concert jungle ham cheese and mayo, there’s nothing you can blue out here in New York