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Of the cities left, Seattle, Chicago, DC, LA and NYC all have top-ten worst traffic in the US, according to some list I just Googled. Houston, Boston, Philly and Atlanta were also on the list. It's an America problem, not an LA one.
The difference is that, in NYC, dealing with traffic is typically optional, unless you *really* need to take a cab somewhere. The subway goes just about everywhere, at all hours, and the cost to ride it is the same whether you’re just going a couple of stops or from the Bronx to Coney Island. It’s also becoming a more bikeable city - it has a ways to go to really say it hits the mark there, but I’ve found a Citibike membership a great supplement for those places that are awkwardly situated for subway access.
Protected bike lanes are constantly being added all over the city. Per capita, I don’t think we rank as high as some other cities on this list in terms of bicycle accidents.
Also, there’s a pretty big difference between biking through the heart of Times Square at rush hour and biking from, say, my apartment in Astoria to my friend’s apartment in Greenpoint in terms of traffic density. You still have to have your head on a swivel, but I’ve rarely felt like I was taking my life in my hands on rides like that.
To counter-point jorgeandthekraken, I shook like a leaf riding in the city the first time. I got hit by a car a month after getting my first bike (my fault mostly) but thankfully walked away without an incident. Took me years to try again. I religiously wore a helmet and obeyed traffic laws like a neurotic fool for the first year. Slowly after that, I got a bit more chill. Definitely agree some parts are better than others - I still hold my breath in some parts of the city, and others I'm like "Oh thank god for the protected bike lane".
To counter-point jorgeandthekraken, I shook like a leaf riding in the city the first time. I got hit by a car a month after getting my first bike (my fault mostly) but thankfully walked away without an incident. Took me years to try again. I religiously wore a helmet and obeyed traffic laws like a neurotic fool for the first year. Slowly after that, I got a bit more chill. Definitely agree some parts are better than others - I still hold my breath in some parts of the city, and others I'm like "Oh thank god for the protected bike lane".
Oh, yeah, I’m sure it’s a YMMV situation…and, being honest, I’ve been more scared cycling on some twisty country roads than I have been in the protected bike lane on 8th Avenue.
I’d certainly never advocate for biking as the primary way to get around NYC - it’s fastest (Gothamist did empirical testing on that a while back, I think), but safety is a concern. I just think of it as a supplement for those hard to reach areas (read: a long walk from a subway stop or requiring transfers despite not being that far as the crow flies) and another factor in not needing to deal with car traffic here.
We need more people who think their city sucks. All of your cities can’t be the best.
I think DC should be about 6th. Will probably get passed by a few shittier cities because a lot of people have only experienced DC on an 8th grade field trip to see the monuments and think it’s “soulless,” but 6th would be about right.
Meh. Fall weather is the best weather. You get to wear jeans and hoodies and there is no better outcome than that.
Snow is not my favorite but you get to hang out by a fireplace and that's always cool. And, again, jeans and hoodies.
The sun is straight up trying to murder you so summer is the worst. Gross people walking around showing stuff you don't want to see, sweating. Pass.
Friends of mine who moved from NYC to LA tell me that they still wear jeans and hoodies because living there quickly thins out the blood so that, like, 65 feels fall-like.
I don’t think this is entirely fair. Plenty of other places smell bad and have high rents, and NYC has Central Park. We should really vote it out for its stupid custom of naming trains after letters, its disgusting accent, James Murphy,
I don’t think this is entirely fair. Plenty of other places smell bad and have high rents, and NYC has Central Park. We should really vote it out for its stupid custom of naming trains after letters, its disgusting accent, James Murphy,
Also houses Wall Street. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
I don’t think this is entirely fair. Plenty of other places smell bad and have high rents, and NYC has Central Park. We should really vote it out for its stupid custom of naming trains after letters, its disgusting accent, James Murphy,
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