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.

I lived in NYC for 20 years but not in Manhattan. It's generally a very tolerant place where you can be yourself and even if someone is loudly and abrasively different they don't get much negative attention. The people tend to be smart and direct. The downside is that it's so expensive that it becomes competitive just to find a place for yourself, whether a place to live or work.

Also the outer boroughs tend to be quite ugly architecturally and aesthetically.

I concur the crazies on the street was something that I've never seen.
Everyone says NYC is expensive.
I have always dreamed my career would be in NYC.
I think I'll be able to afford NYC if get an offer for my intellectual property that is what I am asking.

Yes.

So what is it like?
What do you do if you won't mind me asking?
What borough are you in?
You don't have to answer anything, but I am genuinely curious.
And do you find there are supports for autistics where you are located?

I never lived in NYC, but I’ve been there lots of times. I love it and would probably choose to live there if I could afford it. There’s so much to see and do. I feel more at ease there than in my small town in some ways.

I lived in one big city for a few years, but the vast majority of my life has been in more rural locations which I greatly prefer.

I know of three things I'd like to visit New York City see:

1) Rockefeller University -- This is a research organization that offers only an MD (in conjunction with Cornell) and a PhD in hard sciences.Their faculty to student ratio is apparently something like 2:1. That's right, two faculty per student! I understand also that they do not have any tuition and fees and that they provide apartments/dorms and a generous stipend for all students.

2) The Strand Bookstore -- I don't know if it is the greatest bookstore in the world, but it is certainly close. Imagine trying to look through two and a half million books.

3) Washington Square - This is like the leading place in New York City to play chess in the park. People will set up at fix chessboards in the park and are ready to play for money. I have read that most of them learned to play chess in prison and the money they get from playing chess in Washington Square pays them enough to live on without a lot of extra spending money.

Outside of that, I really don't want to go there.