meh both are true. The thing is, pizza and bagels and halal course through NYC veins like croissants and baguette in Paris. So there's gonna be discount-pizza and convenience-pizza, but also expensive and artisanal pizza. Often in the same block!
Uniquely to NYC:
- millions of NYers rarely or never cook
- melting pot of cultures, driving authenticity and the second generation driving fusion
- NYC has a wide range of incomes, driving everything from amazing illegal corner tamales to $1000/pp "experiences" and everything in between
- NYC is a destination and people work to live - elsewhere you save-up to move to NYC. You don't "save-up" in NYC to go something else, you just move and stop blowing your money on rent, food, etc.
- the food-heavy neighborhoods have an unbelievable number of restaurants. You can cite statistics and even walk the streets, but it's not until you see Google Maps that it really hits you. Let's say you live in LES/EV, you can easily have 500 restaurants in walking distance, with turnover so fast that you can't even eat in all of them, let alone other neighborhoods.
Uniquely to NYC:
- millions of NYers rarely or never cook - melting pot of cultures, driving authenticity and the second generation driving fusion - NYC has a wide range of incomes, driving everything from amazing illegal corner tamales to $1000/pp "experiences" and everything in between - NYC is a destination and people work to live - elsewhere you save-up to move to NYC. You don't "save-up" in NYC to go something else, you just move and stop blowing your money on rent, food, etc. - the food-heavy neighborhoods have an unbelievable number of restaurants. You can cite statistics and even walk the streets, but it's not until you see Google Maps that it really hits you. Let's say you live in LES/EV, you can easily have 500 restaurants in walking distance, with turnover so fast that you can't even eat in all of them, let alone other neighborhoods.