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    20 Times New York City Needed To Explain Itself

    What's going on here, BIG APPLE?!

    1. When someone steals your cab and the taxi driver doesn't do a thing.

    2. When there is just NO reason why the damn Metrocard doesn't swipe on the first try.

    3. When it's a reality that choosing what shoes to wear can make or break your day.

    4. When guys in Gramercy Park try to hit on you by showing you their Rolex.

    5. When literally everyone but you magically has their Metrocard ready to swipe and you NEVER see them reach for it. Ever.

    6. When the models from Fashion Week take over the city and your LIFE.

    7. When a $5 margarita in Hell's Kitchen gets you drunker than a $21 martini in Midtown.

    8. When you realize it costs $1800+ a month to live in a STUDIO.

    9. When a couple next to you on the subway starts making out.

    10. When you experience the Trader Joe's in Union Square.

    11. When you are possessed into thinking dark thoughts when behind a slow walker.

    12. How is it possible that everyone has a driver's license to show their ID, but NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE??

    13. When you need to get to a different part of Brooklyn when you're already in Brooklyn, but have to go into Manhattan to be able to do it.

    14. Why are those Times Square characters so aggressive?

    15. When New York made you hard AF and you totally missed how it happened.

    16. When nothing catches your attention anymore because you're so used to the madness.

    17. When it's necessary to come up with new and creative ways to get to LaGuardia.

    18. Why is it OK that the line for the bathroom at Starbucks is longer than the actual coffee line?

    19. When your friends from back home come to stay with you in your already cramped apartment and you start quietly tripping out.

    20. When you realize there is no other city like it in the world and it's the only place for you.