School of Fish

Coney Island boardwalk

"Being a New Yorker grounds you in every way. Before you walk out of the house, you can dress in the nicest clothes and be whoever you think you are, but when you’re on those streets, you’re just in the school of fish."
Awkwafina, Time Out NY

Thankful for New York

Thanksgiving Day Parade (Wikimedia Commons)

"I’m super thankful to call this judgement-free city home. You’re allowed to unapologetically be yourself and live your best life."
Bridget Lo, Time Out NY

No Significant Other Needed

"New York isn't a place where you need a significant other to be happy. There's so much amazing stuff to do, and if we want to be out there doing it, whether with our friends or, pretty often, by ourselves, we can. No judgment, no FOMO."
Carla Sosenko, Time Out NY

New York Stories

"I hate when people go, New York City: 8 million people, 8 million stories. There's three New York stories, alright: There's 'I moved here,' 'I lived here all my life' and Ghostbusters."
Mike Lawrence, Time Out NY

New York Pride

Long Island City

"Some people are proud of where they are from; New Yorkers are proud of where they have chosen to live."
Ricky Gervais, Time Out New York

You Haven't Lived...

"You haven't lived until you died in New York."
Alexander Woollcott, quoted in Time Out New York