50 reasons to love NY article w/ my commentary

This is something I found on the village voice blog...here is a link to it http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2010/11/50_reasons_to_b.php?page=2

You will find the 50 reasons the blog gives and under it in parenthesis you will find my commentary on each of the reasons.

Here are 50 other reasons to be blissfully happy that you live in New York City today -- and every day -- that you live here. May it be a very long time. Unless you want to leave, in which case, get the fuck out, and can we have your apartment?

50. Sending your laundry out for someone else to wash and dry it is not only convenient, it's just good business. Especially since you will probably never own a washer and dryer. Which means you never have to feel guilty about not doing your own laundry. Next.
(OMG! so true. my father sends his laundry out to the cleaners and it cracks me up because we have a washer and dryer yet he still does it)
49. Drinking coffee four times a day, every day, isn't the exception, it's the rule.
(having 4 cups of coffee is TOTALLY the norm! one in the morning to start your day; one around 12 p.m. another around 3 p.m. and another around 8 p.m. to give me my evening kick to burn the midnight oil on that paper I procrastinated on)

48. The secret Chick Fil-A at the NYU dining hall.

(UGHHH why does NYU get EVERYTHING? there is a Chick Fil-A at their dining hall?? I want in!!)
47. There is always someone crazier than you. ALWAYS.
(hahahaha this I have NO doubt about. a woman on the train once was pulling down the advertisements above my head and defiling the subway; she also tore up the fire safety instructions on the train while saying "its over its over". This is just one crazy story.)

46. The view from the Brooklyn Bridge.

(I go to school at Pace University right near the Brooklyn Bridge. It is amazing!!)

45. The view of the Brooklyn Bridge.

(I see the BB everyday! its awesomeeeeee!!!!!)

44. The epic feeling you get running to catch a train and succeeding...just before the doors close.

(EPIC!!!!!!!! the feeling of success is AWESOME! you feel like Superwoman when that happens...atleast i do)

43. Bored to Death. 30 Rock. SNL. And a million other things that film here and we love. RIP Law and Order.

(An episode of Gossip Girl was filmed right by my school. Inside the Actors Studio on Bravo is filmed AT my school. I see actors at random strolling the streets. LAW and ORDER = one of my all time favorite shows. So sad it is over. =(. )

42. Manhattan-Brooklyn/Brooklyn-Manhattan wars never cease to entertain. Nor do hipster-Hasid wars. Or hipsters in general.

(LOL. I used to live in Brooklyn and now I go to school in Manhattan so it is hilarious to hear this)

41. We get the inside jokes. Because, actually, we made them up in the first place.

(yes and we hate it when people try to be in on them.)

40. That horrified look on our parents' friends' faces when we tell them we live in "Hell's Kitchen."

39. Sure, we work out next to Alec Baldwin, Padma Lakshmi, and Bridget Moynahan, and walk the streets with Willem Dafoe, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Tina Fey, but, really, we're kinda too busy with our own lives to notice.

( You know what...now that I think about it I have probably walked by celebrities before on the streets and never noticed it because I am too busy texting and listening to my ipod while i am walking.)

38. Drinking is like breathing. Or slightly more acceptable.

(HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

37. Because it's not enough to just love New York. New York needs to love you back, too. Hey, we have high standards.

36. Whatever you need, whenever you need it, there is someone who will bring it to you for a price, which may or may not be negotiable. (Or legal.)

35. By the time the rest of the nation has bedbugs, we'll have figured out how to get rid of them. In the meantime, we'll mock them by dressing our dogs up as bedbugs for Halloween. Laugh in the face of fear, New Yorker!

(EWWW I just heard someone is sewing the Waldorf-Astoria for bed bugs)

34. There are almost 200 bars in the East Village alone.

(Gotta love the East Village)

33. There's no shortage of stupid rich people to make fun of.

(OMG!!!!!!!!!!! that is too funny. I am not even half way through this blogger's list of why to love NY and I already love him!!!)

32. The endless delights of the New York Post.

31. You don't even need a passport, or a license, to partake in goat-eyeball tacos.

30. The fact that one-bedroom apartments cost an average minimum of a half-million dollars means we think nothing of spending $12 on lunch.

($12 is like chump change these days. I sneeze and it costs me $12 in the city)

29. Restaurants are as common as single men and women. And equally diverse. And you never have to see either of them again after the initial awkward encounter.

28. The omnipresent opportunity to Gaga-ify yourself. And the chance that it will seem, just, normal.

(this one does not really apply to me because Gaga just freaks me out even though I think she is wicked talented!!!!)

27. Runnin' Scared lives here! (And so does the Village Voice.)

26. Smart people are the norm, not the exception. (Which doesn't mean they're sane, but at least no one's boring.)

(Seriously there is an overflow of smart people in NY. Just on the subway I have the most fascinating convos with ppl.)

25. Except in select 'hoods like Park Slope and perhaps the Upper West Side, children are viewed as mysterious beings, rarely sighted and only occasionally understood, like pixies or magical small butlers. Until they scream, in which case, they are banished from the palace.

(OMG. Kids just annoy me. if they are between the ages of 6-15 I just want to punch them in their face. If they are 2 or younger I want to wear ear plugs when around them. Children are only fun from ages 3-6 because they torture their parents and I find it oh so hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!)

24. When you fly back into the city after a vacation or business trip, no matter how long you've lived here, you get that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling.

(yes and no. because for the most part I just came back from a really awesome trip that I didnt want to end.)

23. Efficiency in a drugstore checkout line.

22. How easy it is to find doughnuts, pizza, Chinese food, or any other snack your drunken self desires at 4 a.m. Or to continue to drink. Responsibly!

21. Broadway. Museums. CULTCH-AH. Even if you never actually go to see anything (though you should, at least once).

(Broadway still makes me giggle like a little schoolgirl. its magical and exciting even though I have been a dozen times.)

20. Yelling "fuck" is just a mild obscenity.

( it REALLY is. no one takes that word seriously in the city.)

19. There's no shame in sticking your fingers in your ears like an anal weirdo when an ambulance goes by screeching.

(I legit just saw someone do that yesterday and I thought "wow i should have done the same thing" after my ears were ringing for ten minutes after the ambulance was long gone.

18. Summer concerts at the Williamsburg Waterfront.

17. So many Missed Connections, so little time.

16. Other places have dog and cat people. We have ferret people.

15. The splendor of the Union Square Greenmarket.

(how bout just the splendor of Union Square?????)

14. A bagel with cream cheese and lox from Russ and Daughters.

(a bagel with cream cheese and lox from almost anywhere...the combo is amazing!)

13. There is an insane Korean day spa (Spa Castle) waiting for you in Flushing. And Russian and Turkish baths in the East Village.

(I have never seen the Korean day spa but I have seen the Russian and Turkish baths in East Village and laugh everytime i see it.)

12. One of our bars has 100-year-old urinals.

11. Complain about the MTA, but you can get anywhere in the city for just $2.25. Or $2.50 single ride, come 2011. Still pretty damn cheap.

(the MTA is so slow and overcrowded but at the end of the day it does get me to where i need to go.)

10. Subway rage. Bike-lane rage. Walking rage. Random rage. These are our therapy. Although we all go to therapy, too. No judgments! We bitch, therefore we are.

(what do we NOT complain about? its just a NY thing to do: bitch about anything and everything.)

9. Jaywalking is an art form.

(yes it most certainly is. I love doing it and pissing off all the cabbies who have to slam on their brakes to allow me to walk because I am already in the middle of the street.)

8. The free Ikea ferry to Red Hook on weekends! Plus, Red Hook in general. Can you say "Lobster pound"?

7. Subway "prewalking," in which you walk to the exact right spot on the platform to board the train car that will save you the most time upon exit, exists and has a name. Gotta respect.

( prewalking is part of my daily ritual when i get on the platform.)

6. You can be alone, but never feel lonely. And vice versa. But if you die and aren't found until a year later, you won't be the first.

( you're never alone in NY!! there is always some sort of noise or person around you.)

5. We are, as a group, anti-fanny-pack as much as we are pro-gay-marriage. Hetero marriage, on the other hand, we can pretty much take or leave.

(yay for being anti-fanny pack. this is NY not Europe. lets get it together people.)

4. 35 is the new 26. Or is it 45? Whatever, age ain't nuthin' but a number, and as long as you're younger than your IQ score, no harm, no foul.

( the phrase "cougar town" doesn't apply here.)

3. Finding your "local" is that much better here.

2. There is absolutely no reason to ever drink and drive. Added bonus: Spontaneous, fascinating conversations with cab drivers.

1. If you can make it here, you really can make it anywhere. But why would you bother to go anywhere else?

Thank you to the village voice blogger who wrote this blog!!!! It made me laugh and brought back a lot of fun memories as to why I love NY!!!!