<p>If you have to know, I'm actually from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I moved to Jersey when I was 14. So I am from New York, and do no something about it. But of course, I am just "another suburban kid".</p>
<p>um, except our opinions are...accurate?</p>
<p>how can you possibly NOT understand the concept of adapting.
YOU adapted to Jersey. WE'LL adapted to New York. Geezes, it really NOT THAT hard.</p>
<p>oh even better. How did you ever adapt to the suburbs. Must have been tough man, did you drop out of high school cuz you didn't make it to tennis practice on time?</p>
<p>oh...btw...</p>
<p>"Actually", I'm from Manhattan. I just moved to the suburbs of Los Angeles/Pasadena. But of course, I am just "another suburban kid" too. I feel ya, DAWG!.</p>
<p>NJ and NY are completely different. New Jersey is crap, I know it, most people know it. It's not hard to adapt to surburban life. Trees, quiet streets,no ambulances at 3AM. But I've seen some things, even as a young child that I wouldn't want people to see. Even in Brooklyn it's crazy, and a huge huge huge different lifestyle than NJ, or any other suburban area. You have to be ready for it, or you will be in for a huge suprise..not necesarily a good one.</p>
<p>Actually, I was suprised at how quickly students who were unfamiliar with NYC got the hang of it. Being plopped in the middle of a city like NY makes you have to learn to navigate/understand it right away. All it takes is some walking around and helpful people who know NYC to guide them a bit until it is second nature.</p>
<p>Kid, if you think NYC is huge and very confusing compared to LA, you have no idea what you are talking about. NYC= island with public transportation practically everywhere. LA= huge spread out city with horrible public transportation, streets that do not run in a nice little grid, and you can't put a map of LA on a tiny little card. </p>
<p>Talk about someone who doesn't even know what they are talking about, but I would not tell you that you don't "deserve" to live in LA if you want to. </p>
<p>And hey, do you think you could atleast make your replies coherent?
"But again, useless to telling people from nowhere near New York."
I'm sorry, what was that?</p>
<p>NJ-don't make assumptions about NYC unless you LIVE there. Its not some kind of monster that will chew you up and spit you out--it can--but this is the cultural and financial center of the world. You're MUCH safer walking around washington square at night than chicago, kansas city, miami, etc etc. EVERYBODY is still walking around! Times Square has as many people ther at 3am as it does at 3pm. your cousin got in because he deserved to. end. of. story.</p>
<p>"New Jersey is crap, I know it, most people know it."</p>
<p>Oh, wait a minute pal. I'm from Jersey, and when you say stuff like this I think you,</p>
<p>"[don't] know anything about [NJ] and definitely [don't] appreciate it." I don't think you "deserve" to live here.</p>
<p>You're not automatically cool because you were born in New York City. In fact, your words have proven you're pretty much an ass, and I dislike the NJ in your sn because you're giving my state a bad name.</p>
<p>Stop being a jealous *****, and I don't care what grade you're in, you're still a punk, and guess what? There was a time when you went into Manhattan for the first time, too. You weren't naturally gifted with divine knowledge of the Big Apple. And when these kids go into the City for the first time, it will be no different than when you went in for the first time, only they will be far more mature than you were, and for that matter, still are. I think they'll adapt just fine.</p>
<p>HEY! I'm from Jersey too and its def not crap. Your inability to adapt to even the nyc suburbs shows that you have a problem adapting anywhere!</p>
<p>I'm from SD, yeah not exactly NYC, and I've only been to the city once. Yeah it'll be different but I'm pretty sure I can adapt. I know two other kids from my town who go to NYU, and they haven't "transfered after the first semester" Not surviving in NYC is a personal thing, it doesn't matter where you come from. You can't assume that just because people don't live in NYC, that they won't understand it and won't appreciate it. If things were the way you said it, we'd all being going to colleges in our own states. But don't take my opinion, I'm just a little hick from podunk south dakota who doesn't know anything about city life and doesn't deserve to go to NYU...</p>
<p>Oh, I think it should be cleared up that I lived in NJ for 10 years and now im in fl. OH NOOO. IVE BEEN AWAY FROM THE TRI-STATE AREA FOR TOO LONG. ILL NEVER MAKE IT AT NYU! Let me go sit in a corner now........</p>
<p>i've never lived in NYC, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that with any huge city, it takes time to get used to it. </p>
<p>obviously, NJBOY is just one of those guys who thinks hes very cool because he lives near/is from NEW YORK. </p>
<p>why are you trying to scare/discourage people from moving to NYC and attending NYU? do you think you live a rough/superior lifestyle. the 'big city life' that none of us rural california folks can get used to? </p>
<p>anytime you have people from smaller areas moving to huge areas, there is gonna be a lot of change/shock. YOU GET USED TO IT. if someone puts in the effort, they can adapt to nyc. not all do, im sure, but anyone, (not everyone) can do it.</p>
<p>stop acting as if only new yorkers can survive in new york bc in case you haven't noticed there is no 'average new yorker' </p>
<p>so take your minimal knowledge of life and new york living and take it somewhere else so you can spread your jealousy and negativity. = )</p>
<p>NJBOY is a p3nis-head! LOL at his face!</p>
<p>FYI......this is the most frustrating thing.......ever.....Okay so if you go by what you are saying then you can never get used to NYC if you didn't grow up there or something. First of all, you don't know anything about it when you are little either growing up there...you have to learn it as you go. You aren't implanted with city knowledge. That also means that EVERYONE who lives in NYC right now has always lived there and that of course no one new has moved there and if they did they are aimlessly wandering the streets. Also, my cousins live in NYC and i went to visit them for the first time a few summers ago and I had never been to NYC. I stayed with them for a week and by the end I was walking around the city by myself and getting where I needed to go and I had learned the subway system and how to use cabs and what not. People have this uncanny ability to learn things. NYC's population has been rising because NEW PEOPLE are moving there and they ARENT GOING INSANE! And don't talk about how "other cities" aren't real like Houston and what not. NYC is a lot easier to manage than DC and Boston. It may be bigger but almost the whole thing is an organized grid. Goodluck trying to make your way around the two mazes i mentioned earlier. And Tokyo is the size of three NYC's. FIGURE IT OUT MAN! ( i dont normally rant ever...sorry)</p>
<p>and stop saying "you are done with this crap" and "you didnt come here to fight" but then keep on posting messages afterward!!!!</p>
<p>yea, it really frustrates me when you say NYC is so much more complicated than LA, where I'm from. </p>
<p>At least streets in NYC are named after numbers, ascending as you go north. Oh, thats hard...where's 116th street...After 115th!</p>
<p>Yeah, compared to DC, navigating Manhattan is a breeze.</p>
<p>ok whatever. i live in a ny suburb. and i know nyc. but i dont think people need to "know" nyc to go there. in fact, i think geographical diversity is important in college campuses. it creates diversity in opinion and ways of thought. </p>
<p>that also is what people call the "snootiness and arrogance" of new yorkers. way to forward the stereotype.</p>
<p>oh yes and part of the experience of going to nyu is the opportunity to explore nyc. how can you explore what you already "know"</p>
<p>Alright. I have read every post and don't quite agree. I applied to NYU, BU, and GWU, all of which are your typical city-schools. I have been to Boston only four times in my life, and Washington D.C. three times. I live in Stamford, Connecticut, and go to school in Rye, New York. What I mean by that is I am not from Texas, Calif., or where ever you think; I am very close to New York. Are you telling me I should only apply to NYU NJBoy200? I don't think it's fair to restrict people who know the city to the school, otherwise the school would be pretty awful diversity wise. I just don't see how you can be upset that someone is going there other than jealousy... which I have had my share of as well.</p>