pr0's NYC tip....
Try to walk on sidewalks with room to move. DO NOT USE CONSTRUCTION SIDEWALKS JUMP INTO TRAFFIC INSTEAD These "construction sidewalks" are easy to spot...they are usually covered walkways with tarps over (held up by metal poles) them to keep out rain from the work being done on the sidewalk.
Why avoid this seemingly harmless area?
Its where street hustlers know they got you. They can sell you anything you want, because...
a) if you don't pay up, u may be blocking pedestrian traffic behind you
b) you've got no where to go
c) you're not from NYC so you're probably too nice to say "fuck off"
My personal experience....september 2003, Nina's feel free NYC party.
I made the mistake of taking the "construction walkway"....got accosted by 3 "up & coming" pc rappers.
Whats a PC rapper you say? It's a guy who thinks he can rap & runs his own record label because he has a fucking personal computer!
Anyways before i could do anything they had put a set of headphones on my ears, (god knows how many nasty heads it had been on). At the time i was only 23 & a good little southern boy, never been in the big city.
After 3 seconds of listening, i took the headphones off & they tried to pitch me their cd for $5....i said i didn't really like their music. To which they started screaming calling me a racist, and then "What you must like eminem don't you whitey!"....to which i turned around & said........YUP, EAT A DICK BITCH ASS NON RAPPING F*GGOTS. They smiled & turned back to their next hustle.
Moral of the story? BE HARD AS FUCK when in NYC....any weakness will provoke another hustler to come on. Avoid eye contact. Pretty much follow all the rules you would in a Prison.
Oh & enjoy your stay in the rudest/most asshole/fucked up city in the world
