ah, new york city. my place of birth, the sidewalks i first pranced down. the only place you can truely get a rip off burberry bag from a guy who couldn't even pronounce burberry. The city of all cities where you can get roasted nuts on the side of the road for no aparent reason at all. The place where dreams are possible, hopes are reached, and a hooker can make her way.
person 1: i want to rule the world!
person 2: well you know what you've gotta do first
person 1: what?
person 2: go to new york city. i dunno what it will do but you'll get a nice bootleg prada bag
by Ellie -the one and only- November 27, 2003
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The capitol of the world containg the greatest ever street vended hotdogs in the world and the largest amount of cabs per square mile posible
A cab almost hits a New Yorker in New York City
New Yorker: 'Ey, I'm walkin' 'ere.
by S1L3nT October 13, 2005
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If you can make it there you can make it anywhere.
I made it in n.y york thou I can be an astronut
by i dont know how to spell January 7, 2005
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The epitome of gentrification, New York is a prime example of socioeconomic inequality. You see neighborhoods like the financial district where the only people that can afford to live there are insanely wealthy, and then you see neighborhoods like Hunts Point, a source of abject poverty. When the Russians bashed on capitalism, New York was exactly what they were thinking of.
Aaron: Hey you want to go up to New York City for the weekend?
Jane: And spend $30 on a hamburger at Shake Shack? No thanks.
by knarf1995 April 24, 2013
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A huge realm of streets, buildings, people, etc., sitting on western Long Island, all of Staten and Manhattan Islands, and the peninsula to the north of Manhattan Island, as well as several other isles at the mouth of the Hudson River in North America. My birthplace is somewhere in there.
Me: Penn Station is in New York City.
She: Oh? Where in New York?
Me: Um, 34th St. Midtown. Take the train into New York on Amtrak or on NJ Transit or the LIRR, and you shouldn't miss it.
by Richard Rabinowitz August 19, 2005
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a lifestyle collective/band based in New York City's downtown scene. Group of kids who perform live shows, drink, loiter, party, fight & sneak in high class parties.
Bob: you going to that New Lurk City show tonight?
Steve: them New Lurk City boys always into something, always turning up a party! hell yea!
Bob: see you there
by DannyGlova May 2, 2013
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If you can make it here, it's probably because you have rich parents that spoil you.
"I'm from New York City"

"So that probably means you've never had to worry about finances ever in your life?"

NOTE: this excludes all the poor people who live in NYC, of which there are many.
by Tiffany223 April 5, 2011
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