Anyone on this board living in NYC?

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I am fascinated by New York City. I had a chance to visit in 2020 right before the pandemic hit.
I stayed in Manhattan for 8 days.

I've always wanted to live in NYC. I would go right now though I haven't secured a job.
I have a friend who lives in Manhattan too.

I suppose an ultra dense metropolis like New York could pose challenges for those on the spectrum.
Yet, it is inevitable that people with autism will be amongst the population.

I've never been to NYC, but my input is that it's much easier to make friends in cities with more people around. I've always lived in a city and I'd like to continue that in the future.

I visited New York City in 1996.

I liked it. But i drank some vodka and puked outside a deli on West 42nd street. I don't believe I've had any vodka since then.

Everything I know about NYC I learned from hip-hop. It sounds like a pretty interesting city to live in.

We were expecting NYC to be an unfriendly place, but we loved it. All the locals were friendly to us... We had more problems with fellow backpackers. We felt comfortable even in places we were conspicuously... different.

There's a lot more homelessness.
Generally though I found people friendly.

As for hip hop, it is the home of many artists.

Jay Z, 50 cent, Alicia Keys, Biggy Smalls..

Not just hip hop. Many musicians/creatives call NY home.

I lived there for 11years.

I didn't like:
It's noisy.
It's crowded.
It's dirty.
Its extremely expensive.
There's enormous wealth inequality. Lots of unassisted mentally ill and homeless people.

I liked:
There's a huge number of things to do--movies, music, theater, museums, etc. If you have the money.
You don't need a car.
People mostly mind their own business.
People tend to be blunt and direct. Some consider this rude, but I prefer it to fake politeness.
Compared to many places in the US, people tend to be relatively open-minded and accepting of those with differences.

The homelessness in NYC to me was really shocking. We have homeless people in the UK obviously but the people I was seeing looked like they needed medical attention, or psychiatric help. I'd never seen anything like it.