Gothamist: Tourists Get Blogged Hard With a Vengeance

rdsizzle

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:55:43 -0500

#53 "too many euro trash tourists" Just imagine what you look like to them when you visit Europe....

Buck Owens

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:06:46 -0500

Aaron Goldfarb is a sub generic writer and point & shoot jpeg technician. (He will never merit the title 'Photographer"). Aaron is self-loathing tourist who decided to stay and mock other people like himself. In the final analysis, I patiently await the day when I make mocking comments about how Aaron gets hit by a taxi driven by foreigners he secretly detests while clutching a Canon Digital Elph 1000 in his fat football watching fingers with images of people who look like his relatives. Thus, putting an end to a nonentity who should have stayed in Oklahoma. His eventual obituary will be the best thing ever written about him when it appears in The Gothamist.

KiljoyWasHere

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:55:21 -0500

I'm with Anton. The anger in the comments on this post is AMAZING.

Brooklynbobby

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:50:49 -0500

New York City is one of the biggest tourist draws in the world. Are they annoying? Yes!!! Do they spend a lot of money here? Yes!!! Get over it!!!

felixthecat

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:10:26 -0500

too many euro trash tourists and worse tourists from India and Pakistan. blah

rosweed

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:35:19 -0500

What's a blog? What's a snark? Why should I care?

NannyState

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:57:53 -0500

Some tourists have it coming like the furniture magnate from Indianapolis that tries to look chic. But the answer my friends is to suavely suggest nice things for them and if they get it, eureka! And if they don't, then you just move on. And "crowds of slow moving people in Midtown"? How many of them are NYers that broke their stride for some reason? Shit happens and you can't blame it all on tourists.

JohnnyBates

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:38:51 -0500

Baffling? Maybe. Fast-paced? Yeah. But I can think of a few cities that are drab, and New York ain't one.

rfid4dna

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:31:09 -0500

Hey why make fun of the fine and decent people that bring cash here? Honestly, it takes brass for some of these folks to visit this baffling, fast-past, often-drab metropolis. I've never been to Lahore, but nobody there would expect me to look and act like a native.

breaknight

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:25:45 -0500

Rabid, irrational tourist hatred is classic behavior for newbies to the city. It is ALL about self loathing. I'm a transplant (from DC-another tourist heavy city), and I have notice that the most tolerant people when it comes to tourists are the native New Yorkers I know...

allie25

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:02:18 -0500

nothing worse than a bro who thinks he is funny

Nyctini11

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:21:29 -0500

YAY!!!!! I holler at them all the time too! F'ing tourists, i moved back to brooklyn to get away!

JohnnyBates

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:54:52 -0500

Funny how his Twitter stream is protected, yet the updates are echoed publicly on his blog. His latest round of updates reveals that anyone who drinks white russians is a tool. Perhaps he's just upset over not being able to grasp The Big Lebowski.

Gwinny

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:31:05 -0500

Haha... now he's being all pissy on the blog about being called out by Gothamist. There are so many things that make him a tool: - mocking people's looks - getting photo taken with Dubya - pointing fingers at tourists when he himself is from elsewhere - oh, and let's not forget the charming story on his regular blog about the "boring" doctor who fondled his balls in the bathroom. you've GOT to be kidding me. remember folks, he wants the hits. let's not humor him, m'kay?

JohnnyBates

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:16:09 -0500

henricus: Sorry to hear you couldn't hang. Enjoy the south.

dimes

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:08:29 -0500

Aaron Goldfarb == tool nuff said

henricus

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:08:23 -0500

*rolls eyes* what a joke. I can't think of the last time a tourist has annoyed me, but I can tell you of at least five obvious residents who annoy me greatly. I think this blog must be a joke, but I tend to get a good laugh at the way 'real new yorkers' dress. I've been living here for almost seven years and refuse to wear tight jeans and sun glasses...trendy dress is for the poor brainless people who need to define who's in and out by their clothing. New Yorkers aren't fat? Come to my street in Harlem, it looks like the elephant parade at the circus. I've come to realize that New York is often charming in spite of the people. The architecture can be lovely. There are great restaurants. Sure, you meet a few nice people occasionally, but more and more I am simply shocked at how self-absorbed residents of this city are. There is so little civic pride in this city it's amazing... I'm sure someone is going to say 'go back to Oklahoma!' Well, I am. I'm returning to the small town life of North Carolina in two weeks after my seven year stint here. I started out enchanted with the city but have quickly become disenchanted with the smells, self-importance, and general malaise that seems to hang over the people here. Maybe it's just me...but everyone seems miserable. Trudging everywhere with scowls on their faces and buds in their ears. So, unfortunately, New York is no longer the place for this little nerd who loves to read and drink coffee. Welcome to the New York of the future...population fashionistas.

Anton Azucar

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:57:32 -0500

Uh, I don't have a twitter. Thanks though. And contrary to what it seems to be, unfortunately for all still here, I am not this Goldfarb character. I have been to Oklahoma City, however. Downtown is nice. Anyways, this comment section is fun!

zodak

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:53:23 -0500

Anton Azucar protected his twitter updates & made his lamebook profile private. i guess someone hurt his feelings. go back to oklahoma city & play beer pong with dubya.

enfant

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:41:24 -0500

Also, real popular on Twitter. Just your regular loved-by-everyone nice guy.

enfant

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:38:49 -0500

Yeah, a guy who calls people "retarded sloths" should make more of an effort not no look like one: http://tinyurl.com/datool

Anton Azucar

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:35:22 -0500

What is wrong with looking like Matt Damon's retarded brother?! That's a compliment! America! Fuck Ya!

allie25

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:28:37 -0500

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ #25. He really does. Tjis kid is trying to prove what a hard New Yorker he is and he comes off as a TOOL.

allie25

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:27:05 -0500

making fun of tourists is all well and good but this kid comes off as a fuckin' tool.

Polite New Yorker

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:47:05 -0500

While I often become frustrated trying to negotiate my way around the tourist-clogged areas of the city, tourists are not accustomed to life in the big city and New York can be intimidating for those who do not know their way around. Most Americans are accustomed to the suburban way of life, which does not make a transition to city living easy. Most tourists mean well and appreciate your help. Heaping scorn on them is not good for our city. Also, New Yorkers are guilty of many of the same behaviors and even some additional ones. The malodorous homeless man taking up five seats on the subway and the army of frivolous grown children parading around dressed like pandas are New York City residents.

JohnnyBates

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:46:34 -0500

According to this LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/754/119 Which references this FaceBook profile: http://www.facebook.com/people/Aaron-Goldfarb/666727436 Whose picture looks like our boy Aaron here, Mr. Goldfarb went to high school in Oklahoma City. Welcome to New York, pardner!

Anton Azucar

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:46:05 -0500

I've never seen so many people angry about the economy and wanting to express their intelligent views through a blogger in such a great public forum such as the Gothamist!

HolyDiver

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:45:27 -0500

So what - a true New Yorker is being a fast walking unfunny alcoholic who talks about beer like it's wine? What a douche.

zodak

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:41:06 -0500

anyone complaining about slow walking tourists is a transplant, real new yorkers know how to maneuver around them.

mrguy

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:36:57 -0500

uh, yeah, agree with #11... this guy's blog is called the vice blog because he writes about booze and smokes. he's just some douche who thinks he's funny. he doesn't write for Vice magazine.

TooTallJeff

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:34:40 -0500

Wow. I've found a new homepage.

seattlesearch

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:31:48 -0500

You know, we Seattlites have a canned response for every good-hearted mouth breather that stops off at the Pike Place Market before boarding their cruise ship to Alaska, searching for a local to ask a) whether it really rains all the time, b) where they can find the nearest Red Lobster, or c) how to get to Tom Hanks' houseboat. It goes something like this: "Thank you for helping to sustain our fair city with your tourist dollars - stop back by on your way home from Alaska!" Many of you have noted the same - now is certainly the dumbest time to make anyone feel unwelcome.

MFer

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:27 -0500

He looks like Matt Damon's retarded brother.

meowster

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:05:43 -0500

trying way too hard to be cool and failing. some people will never get it. people like this wannabe is why NY sucks now.

ides_of_march

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:57:45 -0500

So Mr Goldfarb, when you travel to other cities, what are you? I'd certainly prefer to be labelled a tourist than some ignoramus who has never been anywhere. Goldfard is telling us far more about his self-loathing, insecure self than he is about out-of-towners who help keep the city's economy going.

edEx

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:56:07 -0500

This kid is an idiot.

r1b2

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:55:24 -0500

His is an especially boring blog. I'm sure his mom finds it witty, but there's really not much there: poor photography and bland humor falling flat.

rechargerthedog

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:51:39 -0500

Way to go, Aaron Goldfarb--we got ourselves a recession(or, perhaps, according to Krugman, a depression) and you mock people trying to give us their money. Be honest: who's stupider? Them or you?

nomnomnom

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:51:37 -0500

I, for one, welcome all our out of town friends. I say I hate your slow walking because I really do, but I'm happy with your money in my city's economy. Let's call it even!

JacqueMehoff

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:50:15 -0500

Tourists are tolerable until they cross the line. then it's open season or seasoning.

lanciano

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:48:50 -0500

that blogger is a tool who should go get try to get laid.

S.D.

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:47:54 -0500

(sigh) Gotta be a joke, but if not What a sad man...

emilydickinson

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:45:23 -0500

Vice hasn't been anything but mean in a long time. It ceased being funny right around the time they started opening Vice stores.

tamar

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:45:18 -0500

Why such a tiny picture?!

emilydickinson

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:44:00 -0500

Unless you're a recluse, you've been a tourist somewhere, at some point in your life. Basically 'snark' has replaced skill, talent and hard work in a large portion of media.

Qraymond

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:43:19 -0500

"WAAAAAHH!!! IT'S SO HARD TO WALK IN MIDTOWN!!!" As a native New Yorker who was just a tourist in Peru, I can safely say that they treat their visitors a lot better than we do ours. This guy should STFU. Real New Yorkers help tourists. Also, real New Yorkers are polite.

longacre

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:39:39 -0500

Looking at this guy's blog, he does NOT write for Vice the magazine, that's just the name of his blog. Fact checking FTL.

robingee

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:34:58 -0500

VICE is a joke. It's funny.

Dirk

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:33:41 -0500

Goldfarb sounds like a douche, and his blog is decidedly unfunny.

longacre

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:33:18 -0500

If only I had a trust fund that could finance such an enchanting life as to follow tourists around and write unfunny snark about them all day.

The Edge

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:31:41 -0500

NYC's economy would be tanking even harder without tourism -- from out-of-state and out-of-country.

chris

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:28:02 -0500

They let fat ugly semi-literates write for Vice? Ugh. Please go away.

blablanyc

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:27:53 -0500

It is just like the Vice crew to permit old, worn out jokes live on. Lame.

Kevin Walsh

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:27:11 -0500

And I've had it with people who have "had it" with tourists. I've been a New Yorker for ah, several decades. I carry a camera and when something fancies me, I'll shoot it. I try to not be obstructive, but if I am for a few seconds, you can always go around me. I am a tourist in my own city, and whatever city I visit. If you're a tourist, WELCOME TO NYC, have an enjoyable and safe visit, and don't let the Goldfarbs gitcha down. www.forgotten-ny.com

gtraindelay

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:24:54 -0500

Seems a bit like self-lathing to me. But hey - I could be wrong, as the Bush shot and myriad of beer pong references on his blog fully authenticate him as a typical and true New Yorker.

zoofroy

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:23:42 -0500

Hmmm, a blog about a blog... Slow news day much?

thelexiphane

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:18:53 -0500

Also: "Oh my God, real estate in NYC is sooooo expensive. Air travel is such a huge pain! Cab drivers are totally foreign!!! What is the deal?!"