Field Guide to NYC Tourists
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We see tourists every day, but do we truly understand them? We sent urban anthropologist Tim Murphy into the field to talk to tourists and learn about their fascinating, foreign culture. Watch the video and gain some cross-cultural understanding about why the McDonald’s in Times Square is different from the McDonald’s you grew up with. video by Jonah Green.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
January 28th, 2013
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jvw2941
January 28th, 2013
@tzutzutzu Yeah I agree he sounds depressing
Ccola3
January 28th, 2013
“trying to get tickets to David Leno” ahha
ARMAND5779
January 28th, 2013
I don’t hate tourists bit I hate when they ask me directions, this one British family asked me where the empire state building was, while you can clearly see It about 10 blocks away
TheGeorgecostanza
January 28th, 2013
Canadian here in Vancouver,past Olympic site. Was there briefly in 2005 and loved it! Really alot like the TV shows one sees! New Yorkers were nice and helpful to me for instructions and getting around. Used to hear so many bad things about the place like if one was having a heart attack on a subway no one would help or cal 9/11,etc. Or people getting robbed 24/7. All kinds of shit! Don’t know if nine eleven changed peoples views of life there but I want to go back and visit again one day soon!
lilimeicecream
January 28th, 2013
I’ve lived in NYC for all my life, and I have to admit that I really dislike tourists, but I’m never rude. I hate it when people bash New Yorkers, not all of us are mean and crass. I wish that they’d come to Brooklyn or somewhere BESIDES Midtown and talk to those of us that have lived here forever.
lilimeicecream
January 28th, 2013
It’s actually one of the safest cities in the country.
HardBodyNyC
January 28th, 2013
I love how hipster reporters try to bash tourists when these hipsters are simply tourist who have over stayed their welcome (if they were even ever welcomed).
The only person in the whole video who even had a ny accent was the black guy.
QUeens to the fullest, aka the 3rd world!!
Energonorama
January 28th, 2013
pfff haha all your ‘tourists’ are American…. werid!
missyb721
January 28th, 2013
this is pretty funny. im taking my first trip to nyc in a month….im excited
loulou1375
January 28th, 2013
I love New York…I just wish all the tourists would check out some of the other boroughs too! Real Ny isn’t times square! For all you tourists out there, by far the RUDEST people in NY are found in Times Square and most of them are not from NY.
worldwide156
January 28th, 2013
i am from delaware, and i had an internship in nyc one summer, and i must say the natives were very rude to me. they always talked about me behind my back because it took me a while to get familiar with the city. i loved the city but i do think some new yorkers (not ALL obviously) think they are a lot better than others. i did not choose to live in the country!! but i do plan moving there once i graduate with my roommate
help4every1
January 28th, 2013
the greatest city in the world
mklingle89
January 28th, 2013
it’s really annoying during the holiday season to walk through times square to get to port authority(commuter bus station),especially after a long day of work.other then that i love new york!
Victor Richardson
January 28th, 2013
I was there last Sept. from Nashville, TN. Didnt think I would like it but loved it. Saw 4 superb shows on Bway, great food, everyone I met was nice and friendly. Fly into NYC not Islip!!! I dont think I could Live in NY, taxes too high.
himmy520
January 28th, 2013
As a New Yorker, I try to go away on Christmas time.
Mrtuxedo220
January 28th, 2013
i would go there if there wasnt so much violence in that city
WikkidAwesomeness
January 28th, 2013
no i said i never wanna go there
sgieckm
January 28th, 2013
not really because i just left from nyc but very dirty place and lots of honk and they have the rules if they honk is $320.00 if they dare to do the honk again
sgieckm
January 28th, 2013
im so fucking glad im gone from nyc too fucking crazy the cars so close to each others no respect fucking anh jackson wyoming is a quite place and good to ski and snowboard lots of good things if u guys wanna come
sgieckm
January 28th, 2013
ive been there i just left from nyc just today and i got this afertoon and im so glad im from that crazy traffic and so much rudeness
sgieckm
January 28th, 2013
trust me u dont wanna go there rude people with no rules and the traffic is crazy alot of honk and beebing and so close to each other to drive too crazy please let me know if u still wanna go ive been there i just left from nyc today and i got at 2:30 pm im from jackson wyoming
maycopar
January 28th, 2013
It’s nice to know condescension is alive and well…..
insanekid15
January 28th, 2013
if tourist only knew that times square is not the real NYC… there is so much more.
WikkidAwesomeness
January 28th, 2013
never been, never wanna go. im an island girl. i dont like places that smell like poo and pee
allrequiredfields
January 28th, 2013
It’s december and you know as well as I what that means: aging Hipsters with beards.
At what point do you go from aspiring artist, with dreams of moving to NYC and ‘making it’ (but end up interviewing tourists on youtube) to thinking it’s ‘your’ town, being invaded by the rest of the states?
Hell, no one is indigenous in the city.