We spent about half a day in New York City during our little vacation getaway last weekend. Like the last time we were in the city, we enjoyed just aimlessly roaming around - observing (and appreciating) landmarks, and people, and food. Trying to capture the soul of this great city in a tiny camera is a futile exercise; however, in the spirit of reliving the experience in future, we did click hundreds of snaps. Here are a few of those photographs that had “$” tags attached to them. [The resolution of the photographs has been reduced and some of them have been cropped to make them more manageable. If you want the original (2592 x 1944 resolution) versions - for any reason - just send me an email.]
- Parking rates: this is the first thing you will notice if you drive into NYC - incredible parking rates. Here is an example - check out the rate for exotic cars - see “Mthly Exotic Cars“:
- However, after driving around for a while, we were fortunate enough to find a *cheaper* place a couple of blocks from Times Square (on 44th street):
- Below is another interesting parking option (offered by J&R Music Stores) ~ although not very feasible ~ it would probably take you more than two hours to just walk around the whole store:
- Fine for honking. If I were to collect $350 for every honking incident that I came across while I was in NYC, I wouldn’t be far from being a millionaire.
- Fine for idling. This is the first time I saw something like this. Man… $2000 sounds really steep:
- This is how we got around the city ~ the $7 “1-Day Fun Pass” that gives unlimited rides in the metro (glossy screen is not a good photographic subject):
- Taxi fare ~ sounds pretty reasonable. May be you can even call it *cheap* if you consider the traffic that these guys drive in.
- Buffet-by-the-pound. Nice way to limit buffet-hogging
This is also a first-timer for me.
- The city is not always expensive ~ here are a couple of snaps to that effect. There are a lot of roadside, open-air, vendors who sell “cheap” stuff for cheap.
- The city is not always cheap either. Here is a $333,000+ Rolls-Royce Phantom (6.7L, 12 cylinder) waiting outside a hotel near Central Park.
- The richness is beautifully complemented by the National Debt Clock hung outside the IRS building:
- I walked a few steps and just couldn’t take my eyes off the debt clock - here are the updated numbers after a few steps (seconds later) - looks like somebody got a car loan in that time :
- Fortunately, for those who are in debt, and/or those who drive Rolls-Royce (and certain other people who own the Trump Building, etc.), the US Bankruptcy Court is not very far away (a few yards from the famous “Wall Street Bull” statue).
So there…just a small part of The Big Apple in a nutshell for ya.
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I sure didn’t get these pictures. Were you actually trying to get pictures like these?
No..I just clicked them as we passed by things. The camera was handy, so whatever was even mildly amusing was captured. I could just roam around Times Square for two days and still won’t have enough pictures. You can say I am “click-happy”.
I noticed that when I was in NY last year. Same here in London. In fact, I went to a cricket match recently and a guy ran onto the field - max fine for that is ten thousand pounds. (And if you’re naked, you get the bonus of going onto a sex offender’s register!)
I’ve seen that $350 honking sign. It was on one of the busier intersections in lower Manhattan (16th and Union Square W). How in the hell do they think that this is enforcable? I watched for a couple of minutes and saw at least 6 infractions of this rule in that time. Here it is btw: click for link to google maps.
(you can’t see it very well due to the low resolution on the Google Street View)
I love the pics. NYC is the best. Thanks for sharing them
Very nice article. I’ve been to NYC once a couple of years ago and I loved the city. The living expense is a little too expense though but I just love the urban lifestyle! The photos definitely bring back memories.
I used to visit New York all the time, and thank god for the horrendous parking fees, New Yorkers don’t try to drive as much…..
Now that would be a real nightmare
i didnt know i could buy a watch, a hat and a t shirt all for under $20 bucks in NY..that seems pretty cheap especially considering MY dollar is now worth 0.96 cents to the U.S. dollar. …Nice Pics…
Correction(TYPO): My dollar is now worth 0.94 cents to the U.S. dollar !!
Golbguru,
Great pictures. Looks like you are having a great off the beaten path vacation.
For me, NYC is a great place to visit, but I could not affort to live there. A friend once told me his college roommate had get a mortgage to buy his parking space in a NYC condo complex.
I love NYC. These pictures bring back some of the memories.
I wish they don’t charge for every single thing over there though
That debt clock is pretty accurate! Looks like they’re assuming a family of four.
Here’s another debt clock:
http://brillig.com/debt_clock/
This is great stuff Golb!! I have never been to New York City but very insightful photos, lol. I’ll take a 1-day funpass please…
I recently travelled to New York - A great place to visit and not to dissimilar to London. Visited all the sites and did my fair share of shopping too!!
I have put together a website dedicated to travel (as well as other topics like shopping, cars and finance). I have got some really useful tips on there on everything from saving money abroad to the best locations to shop. This has been done for many different cities around the world including New York.
Please visit:
http://www.thebigwebsite.info
I am interested in trying to make some money from my digital photos, I have thousands of them on my computer and have recently started taking photography very seriously and learning all about apertures, shutter speeds etc., also editing photos to make them look different and catchy.
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