hey there fellow travelers mark here with Walters world and I just got out of
the met here in New York City it's actually right there we're sitting here
in Central Park just relaxing after a few hours of enjoying some amazing
artwork in there from all the world and all throughout history it's an awesome
thing to do when you're here I must do when you are here in New York but the
thing is you also want to know what you don't do when you're here and that's
what today's video is about 10 or 11 things that you shouldn't do when you
are here in New York first thing you should know is what you're not going to
do is you don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk or don't block the sidewalk
or the middle of the sidewalk because people are going it's tourists and
locals and people going to work and workers and all kinds of stuff it's like
it's like superfast highway on the on the sidewalk what you need to do if you
want to stop and take a picture which everyone wants to do with they used your
phone or your camera or whatever make sure you stand on the side the left side
of the right side otherwise you might get run over and that's where the New
Yorkers kind of get the the rap for being kind of mean or whatever because
you know why they yell at me I'm like I don't know because you stopped in the
middle of the sidewalk while I was walking and I ran into you so that's the
first don't don't stop on the sidewalk okay second don't I have for you is a
lot of people say you know don't go to Times Square I mean a lot of the the
vlogs and blogs that I found about going New York they're always like oh don't go
to Times Square it's a total tourist trap it's just for tourists well you
know what your tourists and Times Square really is a tourist must-see when you
are here and that's the thing is there's a lot of touristy things to do here that
tourists will enjoy will the locals enjoy it no probably not because they
live here but don't like not check out a Times Square to see all the people
watching because seriously the people watching in Times Square
it is like next level like next level craziness but still really cool thing
and of course has the lights and the stores and the shops and their
restaurants but mostly their chain restaurants and chain stores you
probably have in your hometown so not that big of a difference thing but it is
a cool thing to go see with all the lights the ticker and things like that
in the ball up there and all those things so definitely don't pass on going
to the Times Square just because everyone says always just Times Square
don't go it's a tourist trap but well I'm going to link unto that for number
three as this don't ask your friends that live here to go to the tourist
things with you look they live in the New York they have to pay the rent here
they've got to go to work here they gotta do all the stuff here they've seen
all the sights once twice 320 times okay and if you're coming to visit them and
you're going to be staying with them we're going to stay with them bring
expensive liquor because the hotels are really expensive here so you need to
kind of balance that out but don't ask them to go with you on these sites okay
you could say hey would you like to go but be like look I understand if you
don't want to what you should do is say hey you know what I tell you what let's
meet for dinner let's meet for drinks cuz they'll probably know the good
places to eat and also you know where's happy hour and stuff like that so you
can get those kind of things but don't ask him to see the sights with you
that's just kind of not cool thing so just give you a heads up on that one
number four don't I have for you when you come here to New York is don't
forget to pee before you leave your hotel because oh my god the public
bathrooms in the city or disgusting okay if you can find one they're gross if you
find one later at night they're really gross okay so your best bet is make sure
you've evacuated everything before you go this is very important it's gonna be
with kids because I know they say well I already Rapinoe made them go pee again
they pee before you go down for breakfast have them pee when you go back
up the hotel room before you go because again man the public toilets lack of
public toilets and then like have the gross factor of public toilets when you
are here there are some good ones out there there's actually apps that help
you find where the clean toilets are around town so I will tell you that but
yeah don't forget to go pee before you leave the hotel
okay now v don't I have for you is don't go and take a ferry tour when you're
here you don't really have to do it because you can take the Staten Island
Island Ferry for free and see a lot of the sights or if you're going to be
going to you know Ellis Island or go see the Statue of Liberty you're going to be
on a ferry anyway that'll kind of take you around and you'll see some of the
sights and stuff like that already so you don't really need to take the other
Circle Line or whatever ferry you can it's totally fine because they have the
whole spiel and they tell you all the stuff there but you're just going for
the views then I would just take the Staten Island Ferry for free going
across the Staten Island and then coming back because you see a lot of the cool
stuff that way so there's another dump for you the six don't I have for you is
don't think that New Yorkers are jerks look
New Yorkers are really cool they're actually my favorite part of the city
because they are really fun they know where all
the things are to do the best deals the best happy hour is the coolest times
when you get discounts where the knee neighborhoods are now stuff like that
they're really cool people but the thing is most people think they're jerks okay
they're like aa TV they make them like this dude TV always exaggerates things
cuz I'll be honest the people here are helpful if you need
if you're lost you're not sure where to go ask a local they'll tell you where to
go they'll show you on the map we've had people literally say oh it's
right over this way well I'm heading that way and we just walk this way I'll
point you in the right direction now are they super friendly maybe not but they
are helpful so don't think they're going to be mean to you and stuff like that
because the actual are pretty cool and you're here and that's one of the cool
things here so don't give New Yorkers a bad rap all right number 7 on our list
is dealing with taxis and I would say don't like kind of ask your taxi drivers
ok if you can take you somewhere before you get in look just get in the taxi and
then tell them where you want to go because they can't refuse you once
you're in the cab so that does help you out number eight will have to do with
uber and I would say is don't use uber during rush hour because one you're
gonna get stuck in traffic anyway and it's going to suck but with surge price
you know how it gets you know more expensive as it gets more busy you'll
probably pay a lot more for an uber driver at rush out than you would for a
normal taxi so do be careful with that um the next don't I have you for you has
to do with the subway look don't accidentally take an Express when you
want the local okay the local train is the one that the local subway that goes
stops at every single stop the Express will stop like skip like three or five
or six or whatever stops so you'll end up way way far out of where you want to
go so make sure you do pay attention with that okay the 10th don't I have for
you is don't think that New York is just Manhattan look there's five boroughs for
you to explore here and right now go into Brooklyn and eating it's like the
new cool hip thing to do so don't just get stuck here in Manhattan because I
know there's great sites like the mat and the Museum of Modern Art and the
Natural History Museum and all this stuff and Wall Street now these things
to check out the other boroughs do have a lot of cool stuff to check out so make
sure you get out of there don't you stay here go
or the other boroughs okay so number 11 on my list is don't get freaked out
about hotel prices or don't get freaked out about your hotel in Jena when you
come here look hotels in New York or are super
expensive just deal with it and you're gonna get a tiny room so
you're gonna be upset about that don't worry about it that's the way it is and
the hotel taxes are insane so you get a $250 room you got like a 40 buck or $50
now tax on top of that so it's a $300 room like oh my god look don't get upset
about it just realize that's how it is what's cool is you can actually save
money when you are here by going to a lot of the free stuff or like the met
here where it's a suggested $25 fee to get in but you can pay like two bucks or
five bucks or 25 cents whatever you want it's just a suggested price and they
have that a lot of museums here and there's tons of free stuff to do so yes
you will get totally frustrated and upset about that Hotel price but just
know you can make the money up other places I guess the twelfth thing which
is kind of reminding me right now of the don'ts of going to New York is don't eat
from the street vendors now I'm not talking about the food trucks those are
cool I'm talking about the street vendors that you'll notice and all have
the exact same pictures of the exact same food on all their things look if
you want some tummy trouble you go right ahead and eat from them otherwise I
suggest you go in to go to one of the food trucks if you're looking for a
quick bite grab a slice of New York style pizza it's one of the things you
have to do when you're here but yet don't don't really go to those those
little food stands it's just my tummy's hurt and that's why I had to leave out
of three hours I'm like I need it fresh air because I don't feel so good
so do be careful with that well anyway that's our list of 12 things you don't
do when you are in New York do you have any other suggestions for things we
don't do when we come here please put in the comments section below so we can
help out other tourists and so we come back we don't do those things as well if
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and awesomeness that is here because this place is
awesome so don't forget that it's an awesome place my from New York
oh one more jump don't forget to bring comfortable shoes because all the walk
you're going to do these guys they're going to be in some pain at the end of
the day so make sure you have some good walking shoes and good socks to really
help these guys feel better when you're in your tiny tiny hotel room
okay so inexpensive but that's just a minute anyway but from my car my hotel
in New York baby Oh