Visiting New York

[xRobertx]

hi guys,

we're a group of 4 guys aged 26-27 visiting NYC in June. And we make the most out of it. This is why I'd ask you to share some insights on this amazing city I've never been to before. Even though were from Austria/Europe and the exchange rate EUR/USD is quite ok at the moment, every of our approx. 10 days will be quite expensive so please support me a little bit with your experiences.

>>> PLACE TO STAY

We're looking for an apartment. There's lots of offers on the internet. But which location is the best? We can't spend more than 300$ a day but we don't want spend to much time on travelling downtown. Especially in the evening when we'd like to go out.

Southern Manhatten should be nice but probably to expensive. What do you think about staying in Harlem, Brooklyn or Queens close to some underground stations so that we can get along quickly? Is there any security issues? Is it ok to go home during the nighttime by the underground?


>>> GOING OUT AT NIGHT

We're all so much looking forward to going out at night. So this is also important concerning the location of our apartment. Where are all the bars and clubs? Is there a certain area where we should go? Are there nice places for every day of the week?

And we're looking for some nice bars, discos, clubs - can you recommend any? We like various kinds of music and are looking for places with nice people/girls mainly in their twenties, classy places (but not the ones you need to wear a suit or where you need to spend hundreds of dollars a night). And of course we won't be on any 'guest list' and the like... How much do you spend a night (and what do you get for it)?

How are the girls in NYC? Easy to hook up with? Very posh? Very conservative, easy, ...? Do you think one will need to buy them lots of drinks and whatever in order to get some action?

And what's a typical night like, e.g. regarding the schedule? (e.g. here in Austria bars start to get crowded between 10 and 11pm and clubs from 0 to 1am and are open until 4 to 6 am.) - I've no idea what it's like in NYC...

Anything to be especially aware of?

So... Many many questions and I'd appreciate every single tip you're sharing be it just 2 lines or a whole page. I can't think of any place I could get better info on this than here...

thanks


robert

 

[speakeasy]

Your post made me just think of something. There needs to be a site similiar to wikitravel but made just for single men who want to travel, have fun and get laid. It can be open source and editable by anyone so if some club become lame, it can be deleted, or new ones frequently updated. It would have listings and reviews of all the best bars to pick up women, how to get around, good places to eat on a budget. Would have suggestions for sight-seeing and warnings of tourist traps and what neighborhoods to avoid. Maybe I need to start something like this.

I'm thinking something similar to Roosh V.'s real man travel guide website: http://www.realmantravelguides.com/ but would have many more destinations and would be editable by the public like wikipedia so it always stays fresh.

 

[STR8UP]

I will be there end or May for the first time.

Although I'm supposed to have a local "tour guide", I'm curious to see any responses.

 

[Drewskie]

When are you going to be the STR8up? I'm going May 13-20, first time as well. I know a few people up there, so hopefully I'll have a chill tour guide as well. For the OP, all I know for sure is that most if not all of the bars are concentrated on a few blocks in Manhattan. If you stay anywhere within 2-3 miles of Times Square, you should be fine. Although NYC travels primarily by Taxi and Subway. As far as subway safety, I hear as long as you're not alone, and don't act foolish, you should be fine. For 300 bucks a night you can find an upper-class hotel, so why get an apartment? Check out virtualtourist.com for all the info you could ever want on where to go. Or just search google for best bars and clubs and that should give you more info. than you need. As far as the girls......I've heard many a mixed review, there's a consensus that they're mostly hott, but can be either really cool.....or the world's biggest cvnts. If you have an accent, that will probably work in you favor.

 

[xRobertx]

i've already searched a lot at google but I think I can get better and more up-to-date infos here in this forum. there have to be people on this board that live in nyc and who are willing to contribute a little to this....at least i hope so.

300$ a night is not per person but for the four of us. there are hardly any hotel rooms for 4 people so we'd have to take 2 double rooms. and 150$ for a double room - that doesn't seem to be much in this city.

thanks so far!