http://traveltolivetotravel.com/blog/2010/02/04/spot-a-tourist/ "Not all those who wander are lost." Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:11:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://traveltolivetotravel.com/blog/2010/02/04/spot-a-tourist/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Niki Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:11:46 +0000 http://traveltolivetotravel.com/blog/?p=345#comment-131 Ahaha, I remember when I took a bus trip to NYC as a teenager and we got notices basically saying, "Beware wallet snatchers, you're in New York City!" that left me worrying about how dangerous NYC must be, but by the end of the day, after not letting myself be too concerned and just acting natural while using the same common sense I use in my rural hometown, I felt safer and more comfortable there than I tend to feel anywhere west or south of New York (not to say that the Midwest or South are dangerous or anything, but that's about where culture shock really starts kicking in for me). Since then my mom and I have tried getting to NYC as often as we can and we always return a bit more baffled at the ideas that it's a "rude" or "dangerous" place. Ahaha, I remember when I took a bus trip to NYC as a teenager and we got notices basically saying, “Beware wallet snatchers, you’re in New York City!” that left me worrying about how dangerous NYC must be, but by the end of the day, after not letting myself be too concerned and just acting natural while using the same common sense I use in my rural hometown, I felt safer and more comfortable there than I tend to feel anywhere west or south of New York (not to say that the Midwest or South are dangerous or anything, but that’s about where culture shock really starts kicking in for me). Since then my mom and I have tried getting to NYC as often as we can and we always return a bit more baffled at the ideas that it’s a “rude” or “dangerous” place.

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