This week marks my one-year anniversary of living in New York City. I arrived here in March, when it was still cold but sunny outside. The excitement and the anxiety. After years of enjoying European culture while living in Berlin, I faced a lot of immediate shock on my return to the USA.
But living in NYC is nothing like visiting. They say if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Not just in the NYC culture , but in the way this city acts and the way this city looks. There are sirens—constantly. Screaming, yelling, the hustle and bustle of city life, I guess. But there is just so. When I first moved to my Brooklyn apartment and got settled into a semi-regular, day-to-day life, I started looking for things to do and see.
Not just those touristy things to do in NYC; but parties, clubs, activities, events, festivals. The first thing that was recommended to me especially for those of us on a budget , was to sign up for the Skint mailing list. I instantly regretted it. Speaking of gambling, dating in NYC is largely not fun. Fingers crossed! Even when dating in NYC is challenging, sex is surprisingly easy to come by.
So much so, that sex clubs are increasingly popular in NYC—having been written about by many mainstream media publications. And good thing, too! Because while the NYC subway run by the MTA does work well at moving people around, there are more problems than can be counted!
Besides the old-fashioned system hopefully contactless pay is coming soon , repairs on the subway are often debilitating for travel—especially on weekends. Between Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, some subway lines are down for days at a time making travel between the boroughs nearly impossible.
