I live for summers. I love the beach, the vacations, the rooftop drinking events. But I despise New York City in the summertime. Specifically these three specific things:
1. The Smell - The streets smell the garbage and the subway smells like piss. People hold on to the subway rails and they reek of B.O. and sweat. Nothing and I mean nothing smells good in the city in the summertime.
2. The Heat - Waiting for the subway in the summertime is suffocating. It makes me wish I could walk to Brooklyn from work everyday. When are they going to install central air into the stations?! It'd just make everyone's lives so much easier.
3. The AC - While there is nothing more refreshing than walking past a store in NYC and feel the AC blaring onto you for a split second, there is nothing grosser than feeling those trickles of water falling over you from the ACs of offices above. I swear those little droplets of water are contaminating me with some strange disease.
Do you love summer in the city? Or are you like me and hate it? Comment below!
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I complain about the heat every single day in the summer! With such high humidity every time it is the experience of walking in to a mix of dirty city air mixed with BO from around the world. I think it may even be a layer of hell in some religions. Also for the smell, don't forget the scent of NYC urine too. It's like nothing else in the summertime. It's a NYC experience.
ReplyDeleteHow can I forget about the urine and bum smell? A part of my everyday commute!
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