3 Things You Don’t Expect When Moving To NYC

I was so excited when I moved to New York City. My head was packed with ideas of me recreating Sex and the City scenes, strutting the wide avenues in fabulous clothes and having brunch at trendy spots. Never would I have guessed how uncommon those kind of moments were, and how much inconvenience was necessary to get them to happen.

The streets

The Sex and the City crew must have drawn up a very small and specific map of streets that the show could actually film on. Broad avenues? Broad side walks? Old brick houses? There are a few. A few. For the most part, you have to be aware of your surrounding all the time while navigating the narrow, pot-hole dotted and crowded sidewalks or else you’ll bump into three pedestrians under ten seconds and piss even more off. And say goodbye the stilettos. There are cracks in the sidewalk all over the place and uneven portions of cement, not to mention all the trash. You’ll either break a heel or get something gross stuck to it.

The luxury of cabs

Carrie didn’t ride the subway. She was constantly stepping out from cabs. Before moving to New York, I believed that everybody took cabs in New York and that they were dirt cheap. And, though this is partly true, it’s only true for short distances and when there is no traffic. How often do you think that latter part happens? Infrequently enough for me to have only taken maybe 7 cabs in my whole year in New York. You end up riding the subway which is melancholic, pungent, stuffed with scary characters and frankly just too filled. I wanted to learn to sing better during my time in New York, so I signed up for singing lessons with a renowned voice coachon the Upper East side, meanwhile I lived on the Lower West side. I figured it would be no big deal. Little did I realize I’d need to be taken 3 different grey, depressing and stuffed subways to get there every week.

The fabulous outfits

There is absolutely ample shopping in New York but really limited time to wear fabulous items. In the summer it is unbearably hot, add to that you are nowhere near the ocean and constantly in a mass of poeple at any time you go outside. You don’t want to wear your cute summer dress because it will be wracked with sweat spots in less than 20 minutes. Come wintertime, who cares how many adorable sweaters or boots you buy. They will all be hidden by your ankle length down jacket since you are so incredibly cold.