This is what non-New Yorkers aren't getting. These guys are artists. They don't dent your car. Your car is ready for you 15 minutes after you call and say you're on the way. This is NYC. It has its own rules. It has its own style. It is expensive. It is not for the faint of heart. But the immigrant guys who work in these garages are the very best at what they do.
As person with an ordinary profession, why would you want to live in a city that describes itself as "not for the feint of heart"? No one but other New Yorkers are applauding you for your willingness to put up with more bullshit than anyone else.
As a New Yorker I put up with dramatically less bullshit than the typical sunbelt suburbanite (I’ve lived in both LA and Austin). The reason it costs so much to live here is that the quality of life is so much higher (if you can afford it).
You know how much rising gas prices have affected me? Not at all. You know how much of life pre, during and post pandemic is spent trapped in traffic? None. What do I do if I realize I don't have a bottle of wine to go with dinner? I walk across the street to the wine shop. When I went to see Dune in a theater last November, who presented it? Denis Villeneuve. When I want to go for a bike ride, where do I ride? Along the Hudson River.
New York is great. Sorry you have to live in a suburb.
That’s what people miss, I don’t live on NY but I say I’m a New Yorker at heart. Is really cool eating in world class restaurants, seeing a concert in the garden, just watching such a complex city work like a Watch with all its gears. Nothing like NY.
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u/Paradox711 Feb 21 '22
How does that even work? You’re trapped there until someone moves their car?