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New Yorkers Don't Like Times Square

by Max
(NYC, NY)

I do not enjoy Times Square. As a native New Yorker, I try to avoid this area as much as possible. Now, that's not to say that it is a terrible place at all. It is far from that. It's the center of the world and everyone should make a trip there to see just what it's like. Native New Yorkers like myself tend to want to pull our hair out when we are in this area because it contains thousands upon thousands of tourists staring up into the sky at the tall buildings and bright lights and all we want to do is get around them to get somewhere!

Now, I've had some great memories in Times Square and the surrounding area such as seeing my first Broadway musical which was The Secret Garden, and all of the shows I have seen since then. So while every single person should make a trip to the center of the universe, Times Square, I will tend to avoid it as much as I can, unless I'm with someone who has never been. Then, of course I would take them to see it, but then probably slip along to 9th Avenue for a much more "real" taste of New York and its awesome restaurants that the tourists don't know about!