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Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 12, 2025

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I'm going to be in Manhattan for a week on a business trip. What should I do/see outside of working hours?

The Met. The Frick. The Morgan Library and Museum. The Neue Galerie. The American Folk Art Museum. It will be hard to get into some of them, though, as they close at 6pm.

Depends a ton on what sort of things you're interested in. IMO, most of the usual tourist stuff is kind of overrated, and there's advice from a million places on that anyways.

Like music? You can probably find a few concerts of any genre you find interesting. There's also a bazillion comedy clubs, and broadway theaters. Restaurants of any type of food you might be interested in trying. Irish bars staffed by actual Irish people. Politics? The Democrat party may own the city, but there's still a surprising amount of activity from any political position you can come up with. Trump Tower is still open to the public, you can just go in and eat at the restaurant or drink at the bar or gawk at the merchandise on sale. Some places like Washington Square Park are usually full of odd people doing odd things if you find that sort of thing interesting.

Bill's Supper Club on 54th, trust me on that one!

New York Italian food, I have heard, is better than elsewhere.

Italians all over the world will claim that their own specific variation of Italian food is the best one (also the best food, period).

Think of some cuisines you've rarely/never had. With few exceptions (Mexican probably the most notable one), the best available in the US will likely be somewhere in NYC.

You could do the standard sightseeing, but if you're limited to outside normal working hours anything outdoors will be dark and cold and really not all that impressive. If you're into art, you could hit the museums.

If you have any specific hobbies, there are a lot of specialty stores for them that might have eclectic offerings.

Otherwise, the US is sufficiently homogenized that there isn't too much that you could only find in NYC.

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