What Not To Do In NYC

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Travel site Concierge.com is begging tourists not to do certain things when visiting NYC. They preface their list by saying it's "a touchy subject that's bound to inspire some strong reactions. For your enjoyment, outrage, and debate, therefore, here are ten of New York's most played-out, overrated, nonessential nonattractions—and what to do instead."

Their list urges tourists to avoid pedicabs, carriage horse rides, hot dog stands, Magnolia Bakery, the Empire State Building, comedy shows in Times Square, shopping at Century 21, clubbing in the Meatpacking District, dining in Times Square (but... FRIDAY'S!), and eating at Tavern on the Green (which isn't even an option anymore). What would you add?

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on May 12, 2010 4:49 PM

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superhorsefeathers

Do any of you people ever travel? Haven't you ever been a tourist in a strange city?? I hope people treat you the way you treat tourists here.

Allison

all i give a shit about is that the tourists that want to walk really slow and talk and look all around them stick to one side of the street.

sleeplessknight

Do not Move into NYC from Middle America, or as John Stewert puts it "Dumbfuckastan" and act like a Hipster. We certainly do not need anymore of those. As a matter of fact, we don't need any of those

robingee

Hipsters are like .00001% of the population of NYC. Y'all need to calm down about them. What do "they" do that hurts you so much? Were you molested by hipsters as a child?

Kitty Graves

no but if a native NYer was molested as a child and made it public knowledge, you can bet your sweet ass there'd be a hipster 5 steps behind said native doing some sort of spoken word piece or interpretive dance about it to up his street-cred and solicit pity for having such a rough home life.

matty

I'm going to do exactly that just to spite you you stupid pos.

robingee

Tourists should see Times Square, Empire State Building, Central Park, Statue of Liberty. Things you cannot see anywhere else in the world. Restaurants are everywhere. Cupcakes are everywhere. Why would a tourist want to go to some out of the way place where locals go? See the big stuff! Go on the subway! Hail a cab! It's New York!

kleinpeter

Why don't they just say - There's nothing for you here. Stay away! Git! Go on, git!

boatgoddess

Don't sit up top on the red Apple buses riding through Harlem looking down like you're on an African safari.

robingee

a) How are they supposed to look at things from atop the Apple Bus?

b) Should they avoid all neighborhoods or just black ones?

ckl

i like watching them as long as the don't have any wheeled luggage. can we ban fat people with wheeled luggage? boy do they get my goat.

psquire

How many of you pricks even grew up here? Seriously. If you need to pooh pooh tourists and talk up how in the know you are about all things NY you're a phony. Suck on that.

isoceles

Don't come to Brooklyn.

TooTallJeff

Agreed. Don't come to Brooklyn and spend most of your time/money at OTB.

matty

Hah. I went to Tavern on the Green with my mother and cousins a few years ago. It was so god-awful that the experience alone was worth it. We had everything from coked-to-the-gills wait staff who hit on my cousins relentlessly, to bad food, a blaring wedding playing euro-house next door and a bill that would make most people blush. Also it looked like the placed hadn't been updated - at all - since 1977. That said, it was awesome. I've never been anywhere like it.