Oh Lord, this is gonna be fun.

New York City:

Misconception: New York City covers the entire state.

Truth: New York City is barely a tenth of the size of the state, land wise.



Misconception: There are no trees/ it's just an urban jungle.

Truth: There are plenty of trees and acres upon acres of parks and recreational areas. Even look at Central Park, in the dead center of Manhattan. It's an oasis!



Misconception: We awl have dis accent.

Truth: While many of us do sport these accents to a certain degree, there aren't a ton of people who have your "classic" New Yawk accent. It's only in some patches of Brooklyn and in those who wanna seem like tough guys. Though, we can curse up a storm in varying languages haha.



Misconception: We're all rude.

Truth: Fast paced, yes; rude, not necessarily. Everyone I know is polite, says please and thank you, and holds doors and such. Granted we don't do the ma'am and sir thing (except to cops), but we still show respect to others. It's more unexpected when someone is rude.



Misconception: We're full of crime and are some kind of hell hole full of urban warfare.

Truth: One of the safest huge cities in America. It's on some lists that I don't feel like looking up. We're either the safest or in the top 3. Truth of the matter is that some tourists get conned or pick pocketed and instantly think the city's out to get them. It's not true, but what is true, is that in proportion, there are more overall crimes in the city than in Peoria, but there are also about 10 million people here at any given time, so by increasing the number of overall people, you increase the number of bad people. Honestly though, I have no fears driving alone at night, or even walking around at 2am.



Misconception: If you move here from out of town (especially some small town), you'll become gay.

Truth: If you were gay in your small town, chances are it wasn't accepted and you hid it. Moving to a city that has a gay community would only help you to embrace yourself and thus be out there with it. But no, the water doesn't turn people gay or any dumb shit like that.



Misconception: New Yorkers can't drive.

Truth: New Yorkers can't drive stick. It's too much of a pain in the ass, with all the stop and go. Anyways, this misconception applies to certain people, and they ruin it for the rest of us; women, Asians and old people. And the city has many of them. Cab drivers CAN drive, they're just batshit crazy, and weave in and out of traffic without looking. If you base it on pure skill, they're amazing drivers. If you base it on things like rules and regulations, not so much. Most people I know, are quite good drivers. Stay the hell out of Flushing and Chinatown though.



If anyone has any misconceptions or notions about a place, I think they should post those as well, at the risk of looking ignorant, haha. I promise I won't judge those who are way misguided about New York City... too harshly