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is the Big Apple really rotten to the
core
welcome to watchmojo.com one by one in
today’s installment we’ll be counting
down the five myths about New York that
convinced Alicia Keys to write that
annoying song myth number five Manhattan
was bought for $24 the first myth on our
list has followed the city of New York
for years namely that the island of
Manhattan was purchased by Dutch
settlers from Native Americans for only
$24 worth of beads and trinkets bees
beads beads the truth behind this one is
a combination of inflation and what
actually constituted those $24 the start
is the Dutch letter of sale dictated
that Manhattan was purchased for the
value of 60 guilders which rounds out to
almost a thousand dollars today what’s
more is that the value in question also
consisted of goods such as ammunition
food weapons and clothing all of which
would have been worth their weight in
gold during the time one thing that was
definitely not mentioned in this letter
beads beads aren’t cheap our meet-cute
myth number 4 New York City is the
rudest city there seem to be three
million completely miserable assholes
living in the tri-state area sometimes
it’s great to win that bronze medal New
York City came up big in the
friendliness department in 2016 when
they drop down to third place in Travel
and Leisure calms annual list of rudest
cities being miserable and treating
other people like dirt is every New
Yorkers god-given right Miami in Phoenix
took the first and second spots while
New York has enjoyed bucking the
rudeness stereotype which has always
hounded the city this reputation might
have been born largely from 1980s
comedians who used it as a go-to insult
but many tourists of the city have
reportedly been pleasantly surprised
with how many New Yorkers will happily
give directions or otherwise respond
positively with a friendly smile
I’m walking here walking here myth
number three it’s the city that never
sleeps
you don’t have to go on but you can’t
stay
yep well you can but you can’t actually
drink newcomers to New York City
nightlife may have expected every bar in
town to be open at all hours of the
night serving drinks to the area’s
fanciest wealthiest and most inebriated
until the Sun comes up the truth is that
there is a last call in New York City
for bars to stop serving alcohol to
their customers and it’s 4 a.m. last
call of course it is the actual closing
time of a bar is dependent upon County
laws with only cities like New Orleans
and Las Vegas
featuring 24-hour seven-day-a-week
service Hey
everyone has to sleep sometime why are
you sleeping in our tub the porcelain
keeps the suit from wrinkling myth
number 2 moving to New York City equals
guaranteed success you’ve seen those
snappy montages in the movies feel-good
sequences which show one person
small-town dreams come true almost
immediately after moving to New York
City the truth is that NYC is insanely
busy fast paced and possesses plenty of
challenges but even the most dedicated
professional in fact New York is a
consistent top-ten contender in Forbes
magazine’s list of the most competitive
job markets in the country the rates of
success naturally vary upon the industry
with percentages of failure sometimes
rising as high as 80% in highly
competitive markets such as the
restaurant business indeed it takes
passion Drive and more than a little bit
of luck to succeed in New York but you
know how the old saying goes if I care
make it there I’ll make it
myth number one New York is dangerous
Anja Wallach how the times have changed
New York City in the 1970s and 80s may
have been known for the crime and danger
represented in its once gritty Times
Square district but the truth is that
NYC is actually on track these days to
being one of the safest big cities in
the United States my own mug
although crime rates might be
comparatively high in larger popular
cities a 2013 study showcase that
homicides were actually down to the
lowest rate since the 1950s averaging
out to less than one a day today Times
Square has been gentrified to a hub of
tourist attractions and foot traffic
while locals and tourists alike can
breathe a little easier knowing that NYC
is a safer place to be Times Square
named for the good times you have when
you’re in it so how many of these myths
did you believe okay I believe you even
though you’re from the city of garbage
water and pizza what is your problem
with this city for more empire state top
tens and Lady Liberty top fives be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com look where
we are
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is the Big Apple really rotten to the
core
welcome to watchmojo.com one by one in
today’s installment we’ll be counting
down the five myths about New York that
convinced Alicia Keys to write that
annoying song myth number five Manhattan
was bought for $24 the first myth on our
list has followed the city of New York
for years namely that the island of
Manhattan was purchased by Dutch
settlers from Native Americans for only
$24 worth of beads and trinkets bees
beads beads the truth behind this one is
a combination of inflation and what
actually constituted those $24 the start
is the Dutch letter of sale dictated
that Manhattan was purchased for the
value of 60 guilders which rounds out to
almost a thousand dollars today what’s
more is that the value in question also
consisted of goods such as ammunition
food weapons and clothing all of which
would have been worth their weight in
gold during the time one thing that was
definitely not mentioned in this letter
beads beads aren’t cheap our meet-cute
myth number 4 New York City is the
rudest city there seem to be three
million completely miserable assholes
living in the tri-state area sometimes
it’s great to win that bronze medal New
York City came up big in the
friendliness department in 2016 when
they drop down to third place in Travel
and Leisure calms annual list of rudest
cities being miserable and treating
other people like dirt is every New
Yorkers god-given right Miami in Phoenix
took the first and second spots while
New York has enjoyed bucking the
rudeness stereotype which has always
hounded the city this reputation might
have been born largely from 1980s
comedians who used it as a go-to insult
but many tourists of the city have
reportedly been pleasantly surprised
with how many New Yorkers will happily
give directions or otherwise respond
positively with a friendly smile
I’m walking here walking here myth
number three it’s the city that never
sleeps
you don’t have to go on but you can’t
stay
yep well you can but you can’t actually
drink newcomers to New York City
nightlife may have expected every bar in
town to be open at all hours of the
night serving drinks to the area’s
fanciest wealthiest and most inebriated
until the Sun comes up the truth is that
there is a last call in New York City
for bars to stop serving alcohol to
their customers and it’s 4 a.m. last
call of course it is the actual closing
time of a bar is dependent upon County
laws with only cities like New Orleans
and Las Vegas
featuring 24-hour seven-day-a-week
service Hey
everyone has to sleep sometime why are
you sleeping in our tub the porcelain
keeps the suit from wrinkling myth
number 2 moving to New York City equals
guaranteed success you’ve seen those
snappy montages in the movies feel-good
sequences which show one person
small-town dreams come true almost
immediately after moving to New York
City the truth is that NYC is insanely
busy fast paced and possesses plenty of
challenges but even the most dedicated
professional in fact New York is a
consistent top-ten contender in Forbes
magazine’s list of the most competitive
job markets in the country the rates of
success naturally vary upon the industry
with percentages of failure sometimes
rising as high as 80% in highly
competitive markets such as the
restaurant business indeed it takes
passion Drive and more than a little bit
of luck to succeed in New York but you
know how the old saying goes if I care
make it there I’ll make it
myth number one New York is dangerous
Anja Wallach how the times have changed
New York City in the 1970s and 80s may
have been known for the crime and danger
represented in its once gritty Times
Square district but the truth is that
NYC is actually on track these days to
being one of the safest big cities in
the United States my own mug
although crime rates might be
comparatively high in larger popular
cities a 2013 study showcase that
homicides were actually down to the
lowest rate since the 1950s averaging
out to less than one a day today Times
Square has been gentrified to a hub of
tourist attractions and foot traffic
while locals and tourists alike can
breathe a little easier knowing that NYC
is a safer place to be Times Square
named for the good times you have when
you’re in it so how many of these myths
did you believe okay I believe you even
though you’re from the city of garbage
water and pizza what is your problem
with this city for more empire state top
tens and Lady Liberty top fives be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com look where
we are
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