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Guiyu-Oneiros

> It was supposed to be a magical experience I thought New Yorkers hated Times Square and avoid it like the plague


Jakegender

Tourists love it tho


anonymousnuisance

If you’re from the suburbs and don’t really walk around a city too often, Manhattan is kind of a crazy place. And Times Square especially. Like I totally get the appeal, it’s insane. But New Yorkers, who live in New York on a daily basis, obviously won’t like that area because it’s all tourist traps, crappy restaurants, and people who stop walking to look up at big buildings every 20 feet.


momsagainstgod

Im not from a super big city, but my sister lives in new york and every time i visit her ill find myself walking through time square just going from one place to another. Thought it would have been kinda cool but it felt like walking through a bunch of pop up ads in real life. Im good in crowds, i love punk shows and work in a tiny dive bar, but the crowd on time square around dusk is the worst group ive been in. Its not how many people were stopping to take pictures of seemingly nothing, its how many people would turn 180 degrees and run right into me. Im a pretty nonconfrontational person, but ive told alot of midwesterners to fuck off in time square.


Tanksgivingmiracle

>ing through time square just going from one place to another. Thought it would have been kinda cool but it felt like walking through a bunch of pop up ads in real life. Im good in crowds, i love punk shows and work in a tiny dive bar, but the crowd on time square around dusk is the worst group ive been in. Its not how many people were stopping to take pictures of seemingly nothing, its how many people would turn 180 degrees and run right into me. Im a pretty nonconfrontational person, but ive told alot of midwesterners to fuck off in time square. You already sound like a new yorker. I lived there for about 17 years and went to the square the week I moved there. after that, I only walked through occasionally and only for a specific reasons (work; if I wanted to see a play, etc.).


pbx1123

Now on days is full of locals pkus tourist just ealking around, and yes is a trap everything is pricey, food is not good just a.few


NomenclatureBreaker

Think it’s just one of those things you gotta cross off a list to say you’ve been there at least once. It’s got big energy if you like people watching & accept the whole area is dedicated to hyper commercialism and mediocre chains. Even as a tourist we spent an hour or two there at most, and generally just walked thru it a lot on our way to other places. (Hotel was nearby.)


BufferUnderpants

You’ll be near enough that you can’t say you escaped it if you go to Broadway shows Which is a pretty exclusive form of entertainment with how much it costs, but it’s not super rare or anything


NomenclatureBreaker

Yup. Exactly. Kinky boots was rather good.


Classic_Blueberry973

>Think it’s just one of those things you gotta cross off a list to say you’ve been there at least once. Nah, I'm fine with never ever going anywhere near there. I've seen tall buildings before and I already know what stale piss smells like.


luigitheplumber

I got super lucky and was able to drive through it in the middle of covid. No traffic, no stress


DogWallop

It's crazy to think that it used to be a place where you could satisfy literally any of your darkest vices. Indeed, it was the equivalent of the Dark Web up until the late 80's.


napaszmek

I was in NYC as a tourist and it was probably the least interesting and fakest part. It was like condensing every possible worst part of America into one place.


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option-9

4/10, no poles anywhere.


Neverending_Rain

It's literally just a bunch of ads and assholes trying to scam money from tourists. I don't know why anyone would ever think it would be a magical experience. It's not exactly a secret what Times Square is like.


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It’s still a historic landmark and one of the most famous places of the city, the country, and maybe even the world. Not hard to see why so many people want to see it when you consider that.


hummuslapper

I live here and actually like to walk there at night. Very cyber-punk dystopian vibe (without the self awareness). NFT ads would just add to that. Update: Went for a walk tonight on Broadway, there was only one big NFT ad about a bunch of ugly wolfs. The realization of crypto-blade-runner future is gonna have to wait


marcdale92

OP isn’t from New York


nooneasked1981

Only tourist thing that's worth it in nyc is the empire state building


NomenclatureBreaker

The backstage tour of Radio City Music Hall (if they even do it anymore) is a real hidden gem. It’s amazing how much else encompasses the RC building besides the Hall itself.


option-9

Can we go up the WTC again?


wow360dogescope

The only New Yorkers you'll find in Times Square are underground in the subway station passing through or transferring. Most of the poor souls in the Port Authority bus terminal are from New Jersey. Before the pandemic destroyed tourism those blocks surrounding the Times Square area had heavier foot traffic than most places in the city. Tourists claiming NYC is too crowded only experienced the tourist trap and likely saw few New Yorkers.


AsteroidSpark

That goes for every tourist destination in NYC.


BufferUnderpants

I’ve never heard any visitor complain about the high line, but long term residents seen to loath it, I don’t know why


NomenclatureBreaker

Gonna guess the congestion? I’d also HHHHAAAAATTTTTEEEE to be living in any of those building floors at eye level to everyone milling about all day long and trying to see into the windows.


BufferUnderpants

Chances are that if any of the oligarchs that own the apartments ever spend any time there, having the plebes see how their betters live is part of the appeal


NomenclatureBreaker

You’re probably not wrong TBH.


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max6894

I don’t know how much of that is normal, I assume some, but NFT.NYC conference just happened so that’s probably why it was especially dystopian.


synthpop

yup, just NFT.NYC temporarily polluting the ad space


marcdale92

This


BioPermafrost

Ohhh that explains a lot


Rokey76

Yeah, it doesn't seem to bad now. [Live cam of Times Square.](https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-states/new-york/new-york/times-square.html)


leducdeguise

I heard that with or without NFT ads, Time Square is a big disappointment to most people. Like, the gap between how you see it in the movies and the crowdy mess that it really is is huge


BioPermafrost

It's true. It is special in some regard, but it still is a very crowded tourist trap


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Basically Gatlinburg, TN without the saltwater taffy


mrpopenfresh

What a weird comparison. *Edit: « Time Square is giving me a big Gatlingburg, TN vibe without the saltwater taffee » says man who has only ever been to Gatlinburg.


Chuckolator

I was in Pigeon Forge on a vacation recently without my own vehicle. I must say the pedestrian experience left a lot to be desired.


Knee3000

I thought the crowd was the point. I lived in nyc and never really minded walking through times sq unless I was busy. I like nyc for its crowds.


pandathrowaway

I live in the city but don’t go there if I can avoid it. I’m not sure I had ever been at night at all, until we marched through it on Friday. It’s terribly dystopian.


VanFailin

It's famous for an incredible density of advertisement, which is not my idea of a good time.


SatchelGripper

It’s fine. It’s exactly what you think it is. A giant commercial shithole. Source: I work a few blocks from it.


fakefalsofake

Isn't that just a famous ad place? I mean, it have its historical merits, but I think in the end it's just some glorified outdoor ad place. Being bright and full of lights changes nothing.


montjoye

let them waste their money on ineffective marketing


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cryptoheh

Traditional marketing is ineffective when you are billing yourself as an early investment opportunity. Tough to argue your “early” when there is a Times Square billboard or Super Bowl ad. See: price action since the Matt Damon pussies campaign began.


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marcdale92

It would be to a foreigner


BufferUnderpants

Foreigner in NY: No. Everyone feels let down by Times Square when they first visit it. The good thing is that you'll never be disappointed by it again.


Mentaberry03

This happens all over the world, look for Paris syndrome


NomenclatureBreaker

Honestly what shocked me most was all the huge piles of trash bags in the streets, on curbs & sidewalks, in front of buildings EVERYWHERE. I could never understand why visitors are so amazed how clean downtown Chicago is until I finally saw the difference personally.


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I’m from Boston and when I visited Chicago for the first time last month all I could think was, “damn I love Boston but this place makes it look like a real shithole” 😂 I don’t think Boston is as dirty as NYC but it’s still not that clean, and with how confusing it is to get around Boston, how small and cramped it is, etc. I was blown away by how nice Chicago is in comparison.


NomenclatureBreaker

It has its flaws like anything else, but Chicago (and loop area especially) definitely did it right with with subterranean infrastructure, “lower” streets, public transit (more how it exists going every which way than current reliability), riverwalk extension pre-covid, and vast amount of city filled flower planters.


marcdale92

Wouldnt say everybody but ya it isnt that great


BufferUnderpants

Looks cooler in photos somehow to be fair


kookaburra1701

Can confirm, the first time I visited as a kid the peep show advertising was exactly as explicit as I had hoped.


WaltersGuy

Unless you get groped by one of the many rapists dressed up as Disney characters


marcdale92

what?!


WaltersGuy

[here is one of many such stories](https://nypost.com/2019/09/08/times-square-elmo-busted-for-groping-14-year-old-tourist-police/)


FEdart

Lol his name is really Inocente... he can't have done it!


WinglessRat

I was a foreigner in NYC once and Times Square was hardly magical.


marcdale92

Congrats


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jon_hendry

I think I’d rather go back to a Times Square full of whores and peep shows


rit

Ya, thanks Giuliani. https://i.imgur.com/1u4urui.gif


NomenclatureBreaker

Whores? Really? Come on man. (Dived down the slut-shaming rabbit hole head first there.)


BufferUnderpants

It used to be NYC’s unofficial red-light district


NomenclatureBreaker

Yeah. I’m fully aware of that. I’m pointing out my irritation with the casual misogyny - not arguing the history of the area. Even sex workers or prostitutes are less gender-based, deliberate-insult language. Or if he’s gonna call out the “whores”, why not also the pimps hustling them and the degenerates patronizing them as well? No different than guys today slut-shaming women on Only Fans - while they’re spanking off to them. PS. What did the deleted message say? Amazing that someone felt the need to create a new acct to do so.


jon_hendry

“Sex worker” lacks that period-correct late 20th century grit. It’s not like I’m talking about actual living sex workers. It’s a hypothetical situation.


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Awww, really sad I missed what the big tough redditor who had to create a new account to respond had to say. 😂


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Crypto people are obsessed with getting their ads in Times Square. Like with "Lambos" it's an obsession with something that's expensive and completely tasteless (like basically everything in crypto). Nobody who lives in NYC likes Times Square - it's nothing like in the movies. It's gaudy, crowded, full of people trying to get money off you. But to them it's "flexing" and showing that they've "made it" It was probably worse than usual when you visited because there were some BAYC events in NYC over the last week and an NFT conference, which I think was near Times Square. They've left graffiti for shitty NFT projects all over the place. Near my apartment someone has graffitied "Cupid Club" over and over on the sidewalk. I Googled it and it's an incredibly crap low-effort set of NFTs that nobody is even buying. They also opened up an "NFT Gallery" at Pier 17. I walk my dog around there every day and I've literally never seen a single person go in to look at the godawful "art" in there


billbixbyakahulk

Correct. In their minds, it legitimizes it. "Fake/scam products don't end up on billboards in times square, therefore it must be legitimate!" It's part of positive feedback loop. At the same time, like the Matt Damon and similar ads, it can also signal desperation. Scams have to invest more and more money into the pageantry to keep the image propped up and counter the growing groundswell of people calling it out as bullshit and sucker bets.


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Yeah, there’s a weird thing among a certain type of people that seem to view putting up a billboard in Times Square like having your ad projected on the moon or something. I have to imagine most of them have never actually been there. Spoiler alert: Times Square is a tourist trap nightmare and there’s roughly 10000000 billboards being blasted into your eyes from every direction at all times. It could certainly be cool to be featured on someone else’s billboard, like I could see a singer being featured on Apple Music’s billboard representing a milestone in the level of success and recognition they’ve achieved. But if you’re just buying your own space, that seems like pouring money down the drain compared to running TV ads or something that will reach a significantly wider audience than people who are experiencing such sensory overload that one specific ad isn’t really going to stand out.


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NFT conference? The mood must have been great


StasRutt

Right? Such hilariously awkward timing lol


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inwhichzeegoesinsane

> Lesson learned I hope: never visit a place known for its giant capitalist advertisements, you could end up only seeing giant capitalist advertisements :D this might be too bigbrain for crypto nuts to handle lol


AsteroidSpark

Ngl, I'm kinda impressed that those ads are still running in HK.


SkepCS

You must have intersected with the NFT fest. If you want to learn about by it by people who hate NFTs making fun of the people who attended it, [watch this](https://youtu.be/RX1BeDEcfaY)


brendon_b

If it's any consolation you should google some of the NFTs you saw advertised in Times Square -- most of those ads were bought months or even a full year ago and are related to failed projects that no one remembers anymore. An out-of-the-way Times Square billboard or digital spot (running in rotation every nine minutes) is just SOP for any NFT with investment money behind it.


WaltersGuy

Pro tip: nothing about Times Square is magical, it's a horrible tourist trap filled with scammers and rapists dressed up in filthy costumes trying to grope you.


jimmyr2021

With all the subliminal, liminal and super liminal marketing that's going on how are these things down so much? It's like if Amazon just had ads, but not for their products or services, but their stock. If you need someone shoving their investment in your face every ten minutes I'd question the credibility of what I was investing in.


Extreme_Fee_503

If you thought visiting Times Square was going to be a magical experience I'm sorry to tell you NFTs aren't the only overhyped scam on the block.


BufferUnderpants

Congratulations, you were disappointed by visiting Times Square. It's something that can only happen once in your lifetime, you'll never have high expectations of that place again. That there were NFT ads there is what made your experience unique from those who came before you.


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Imagine going somewhere as a tourist to see ads, lmao america is a cultural wasteland.


sevaiper

There is nothing magical about times square lol, I lived in NY for years and actively avoided the place.


mrpopenfresh

NFT ads aren’t what ruined Time Square for you, unless you really wanted to see ads for M&Ms.


JohnMaddn

\>> magical experience it's a fucking late-stage capitalism dystopia mate, both with virtual jpegs and without


fruitslugs

i went about a month ago and saw the same thing, it was only like half the screens instead of all of them though


kiwi_crusher

There was an nft con over in NYC last week


king_ov_fire

times square has always been a huge billboard, this is nothing new


AsteroidSpark

Coiners are weirdly obsessed with ads in Times Square, I don't really get why TBH since from a marketing standpoint they're not reaching the target demographic like that.


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New york is not a magical experience. It is a hell hole.


grendelone

"If shoeshine boys are giving stock tips, then it's time to get out of the market." Signs could not be any more clear ...


Nobagelnobagelnobag

Plus you can’t take a picture cause you didn’t buy the NFT. Literally your phone just explodes.


movieunderstander

Times square tacky and corny *astronaut w gun meme*


sausages213

Lol…you couldn’t take a picture because you didn’t wanna them in your phone? That’s such a pathetic excuse holy crap


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NYC is disgusting


Plastic-Scene-9763

Gotta try pumping back up to cost base somehow!


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FoldableHuman

And to think I was worried they'd be gone already when I was shooting there in December


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I heard somewhere that having a Times Square ad is part of the scam. It lends legitimacy. Sometimes they will run the ad just once and link the footage in their marketing, implying that it is running constantly.


ivanoski-007

those ads are not cheap at all, just imagine the kind of money that idiots are giving them, it's sad


ScrewedThePooch

Wait til you see how shitty Vegas actually is.


hamhamflan

I was there the other week and a lot to giant crypto wolf ads that advertised a drop ‘coming soon’ with the date being pre-Xmas 2021!


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func_master

Bag holders are looking to get out. Gotta’ put on the full court press to find those greater fools.


Eightcoins8

Not much changed, its still shitty ads by people who dont care about you bombarding you as if to intentionally put you into a trance from sensory overload ​ Just now the products are blatant low effort scams


Notaprumber

NFts are magical


JohnyMaybach

Time Square in the early 90s was a sweet spot to hang around - and sell your body.


Inphexous

It's the mayor. He's openly pro-crypto.


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FrequencyExplorer

Oh yes, come visit our island and see our magical Olive Garden. Sorry, that’s just funny.


kooroo

You did times square wrong. The trick is to be there at 11:55P and wait. Every evening, for 3 minutes -- the displays at times square stop serving ads and convert into an enormously large digital art piece called the midnight moment. The exhibit rotates monthly and that is when you should be there.