Read Online Ask a Native New Yorker HardEarned Advice on Surviving and Thriving in the Big City Jake Dobkin 9781419729089 Books

Product details Hardcover 256 pages Publisher Harry N. Abrams (March 12, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 141972908X

Ask a Native New Yorker HardEarned Advice on Surviving and Thriving in the Big City Jake Dobkin 9781419729089 Books Reviews

• If you're considering moving to New York City, this book will be genuinely useful. Dobkin's unabashed pro-NYC bias is both charming and limiting. With a hand wave, he dismisses every place else on Earth and the upsides of growing up in a less demanding city. Still, I wish I'd read it when I was 20.
• Clever, insightful and very humorous guide to surviving and thriving in NY. Author does a great job of tackling both existential and mundane topics in a creative and compelling way. Very engaging and readable!
• I will add more to this, but it's obvious that this writer does not venture out of Manhattan/hip parts of BK or associate with the working class.
• Jake Dobkin wrote the "Ask a Native" column for Gothamist for so many years that he turned it into a book. In it, Dobkin makes the case that New York inconveniences (winter, sky high rent, late trains, roommates) are a small price to pay for living in the world's greatest city. He covers topics such as why do New Yorkers walk so fast (they don't, you're slow), should I get a cat or dog (cat), can you pee outside (yes), should you wash your hands after taking the subway (yes, but real New Yorkers don't touch anything with their hands). The columns are always a fun read, and the entire book didn't disappoint.
• There is a lot of good stuff in here, definitely worth a read from natives and new arrivals alike.
• Smart fun guide to a miscellany of New Yorker dilemmas. Highly recommend!
• Dobkin knows his stuff. He's been cranking out great columns for along time for Gothamist and its nice to see that take classy book form. Probably useful for those moving to the City and pleasant reading to those who inhabit our lovely boroughs.