Reddit reviews NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette

Thank you x 1 MILLION. Honestly, I owe Reddit so much. The printed book - is already in its third printing, people are loving it (advance copy readers http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Tips-Etiquette-Nathan-Pyle/dp/0062303112

AND the animated version of the book is also going to do really well, I think/hope https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/nyc-basic-tips-and-etiquette/id838645454?mt=11

Whenever someone I know moves to New York I give them this book as a housewarming present:

NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette

It’s both funny and helpful, and it’s fun to revisit once you feel acclimated. Welcome!

This book is indispensable to transplants, giving some awesome information and details that will help them get going in the city.

Here are some pages in GIF form

https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Tips-Etiquette-Nathan-Pyle/dp/0062303112

https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Tips-Etiquette-Nathan-Pyle/dp/0062303112/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526939666&sr=8-1&keywords=new+york+city+etiquette

/u/nathanwpyle may be able to provide more links but here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Tips-Etiquette-Nathan-Pyle/dp/0062303112

Welcome, mate! Glad to have you. This will help.

You need to pick up the book by u/nathanwpyle - I lived in NYC for years and his book is accurate and so damn funny. My favorite tip is about the empty subway car. His tips are not just for the metro, but for NYC in general https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Tips-Etiquette-Nathan-Pyle/dp/0062303112

Welcome! I don't know the specifics of your stay, so I'll keep it generic'ish

• NYC is a melting pot; but if you get homesick, there's a bunch of places to remind you of home, like: Jolibee in Times Square, Flip Sigi in West (Greenwich) Village, Grill 21 in Gramercy Park, or Jeepney in East Village.
  
• The consulate is on 46th & 5th (https://maps.app.goo.gl/KtsYKuecDhn2A3eF6). In almost all cases you won't need to visit, but it's good to know where it is.
  
• Much of Manhattan is a grid system: streets go up heading north and avenues go up heading west. Avenues also have alternate names like Broadway, Park, Lexington, etc.
  
• If you want to explore, you'll be spending much of your transit on the subway, so consider getting the 7-day pass for $33 vs $2.75 per ride (http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm)
  
• Nathan Pyle made a series of cartoons on tips & etiquette (https://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/do-we-need-to-be-touching) and put it in a book if you'd rather read it on the plane (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062303112/)
  
• I don't know how acclimated to cold weather you are, but we had a cold November last year. It actually snowed once or twice.
  
  That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'm over a decade older than you, so I think showing you around would just cramp your style. I'll see if any Filipinas I know around your age might be interested

You may like this book (check out the images for sample pages): https://smile.amazon.com/Basic-Tips-Etiquette-Nathan-Pyle/dp/0062303112

I especially love it when they get in a bike lane or clearly-marked cycle track instead of the sidewalk, staring at their phone while shuffling along, and get startled and angry when I yell "look up!" so I don't plow into them.

> They just have a possibly deserved reputation for rudeness.

So have you ever been driving and got stuck behind someone who was going WAY too slow? Then you finally find a way to pass them and glance over to see they are doing something insane like texting or putting on eye make-up? How angry were you? How absolutely FURIOUS were you that they were just not paying attention?

That is what it feels like to us New Yorkers when we are walking behind (or other wise inconvenienced) by a tourist. That's where the rude reputation comes from. It's real easy to get in the way of someone who is just trying to get to work or grab lunch. If your wondering around NYC talking your sweet time eventually you'll be the 1,000th person to piss someone off an they'll just snap. Is this a good reason to snap? Nope, but it'll still happen.

All that said, if you ask for help you'll get it in spades. Knowledge of NYC is a something we pride our selves on. If we have the time we'll tell you everything you need to know and more.

NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette is a great book on this stuff if anyone is interested. It's got some awesome stuff

Printed book:
http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Tips-Etiquette-Nathan-Pyle/dp/0062303112

Animated ebook:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/nyc-basic-tips-and-etiquette/id838645454

Questions: [email protected]

BuzzFeed 27 page preview:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/do-we-need-to-be-touching

All illustration, animation, music, cinematography by Nathan W. Pyle

Good guy /u/nathanwpyle never plugs his book when he posts on reddit, so I will because it's very good:

NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette
by Nathan W Pyle

Subway map (PDF)

Metrocard

NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette by u/nathanwpyle

Barclay Street is located close to Chambers Street (A/C), Park Place (2/3) and City Hall (R/W) stations.