New Yorkers in Germany

I thought it would be interesting to reach out to any New Yorkers that are living in Germany. To hear about their experiences and simply make a connection.

Feel free to shoot me a message.

K.

New York City or New York State?

Virtually nobody who is from NYC really considers someone from Upstate New York (and often not those from Long Island sans Brooklyn and Queens) to be a "New Yorker".

A blogger I read on occasion who lives in Cologne is from NYC - you might shoot him a message. He's been here a couple of years, I think.

I grew up in White Plains which was almost the 6th borough. Haven't lived there in 13 years, however.

New York'ers (as in from NYC) are at the top of my list of people to avoid. Followed closely by Lepers, Los Angelians, and Clintons

I live in Astoria right now. But I have lived in the East Village and on the Upper East Side. I moved to New York City back in 2000 to work on a movie. I had lived in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee and Alabama. I have seen a lot here in NYC... I was living in the East Village on September 11th, I was here for 2 blackouts, and for the transit strike. I love NYC, but I also like to get away from the city and explore. I know the city really well and most of the boroughs...as well as parts of NJ... Primarily because of work. We end up all over the city when we are filming. I also like to get out and take advantage of everything the city has to offer... there is so much to see and experience here. If you live here its a waste not to get out and really experience the city.

I was just in Germany for 15 days. I was in Düsseldorf, Aachen, Wuppertal, Bonn, Trier, Bernkastel-Kues, Köln, Mönchengladbach, Potsdam, and Berlin. My fiancee did a really good job of showing me her country. Of course I have more places I want to explore and see. But I was really impressed with everything I saw and all the places I went to.

I am not sure where I will end up exactly in Germany, but I am the type of person that really enjoys experiencing new things.

Oh, I am not a Leper... And I have only visited LA... So Odenwalder doesn't have to worry.

Thought I'd say hi - grew up in LES/e village and just moved to munich from UES a few weeks ago.

I'm curious about who considers ppl in Bklyn/queens to be long islanders?

Nobody does, just satisfying our many TT pendants as they are geographically on LI.

When you put out the Roach Motel, out come the roaches.

Perhaps not, but we who are from upstate do often identify ourselves as New Yorkers and the OP didn't specify.

I have lived in the east village for the last 5 years. You are in for a shock that will blow the soles off your sneakers!

One of the strangest things i have ever seen in all my life is EVERYONE waits for the walk/dont walk signal before they cross the street. Its truly a sight to behold.

And everything shuts down at like 8:00, so forget about getting a slice of fresh pizza at 4am.

Im in Munich, and it feels like the cleanest safest place on earth. (well, compared to the lower east side) and people seem freindly, and most people upon finding im from new york are quite interested, and friendly.

Also, taxi's are bmws, blew my mind at first, but beware, the drivers drive slow... tell them to drive like a maniac if you get homesick.

No place is like nyc, and if you feel at home there, no place will ever seem "normal", but so far my stay here has been great. Im sure you will love it.

We haven't met, it seems.

I grew up on St. Mark's Place (hence the moniker), Upstate is anything north of 14th street as far as I'm concerned
feel free to drop me a line if you are in D-dorf

life in Germany is comparable to living in the East village, most people on the street don't speak English, you buy your bread from a baker (unlike the other wonder-bread world west of the hudson), lots of bars, people drink beers in the street, building are around 5 stories high, and you get to know people in the neighbourhood on a first-name basis.

yes, but life in Germany doesn't have 2nd ave deli but i guess neither does the e village anymore...

i'm no where close to being a new yorker, but i lived on e98th between park and madison for about four months. i miss the city a lot, i loved it there. i think a lot of cities in germany actually do have a little bit of an urban feeling, and some smaller grocery stores and other shops that might be comparable to new york. i love the long straight avenues in new york though, you don't notice how far you're going. once i just walked all the way down lexington from 98th to the end, and then on to battery park on a saturday afternoon. you can really get into some serious hiking and there's always tons of things to look at, it's great.

i miss the bottomless wine caraffes at this chinese restaurant, and then stumbling out into the streets around midnight, and there's still so many things you can do and places you can go, and it's hot and humid in the middle of the night in the summer. i'm from san francisco where it's not unusual for restaurants to close around 9 and it's usualy freezing cold at night in the summer.

In the way that knowing how to ride a bicycle is comparable to knowing how to clean a shotgun. It's just like St. Mark's, except with the Japanese restaurants, sake bars and grocery stores, no Continental or Irving Plaza, no fantastic burger next to the only place in the US to get real Belgian Fries, both a block away from both Tibetan and Afghan restuarants, a two-star Italian across the fucking street full of Indian restaurants packed next to each other. And no 24-hour shops or public transport. And taxis that cost 5x as much.

But other than that, Germany's almost just like being down around 8th and 2nd. Except that you can get beer at McDonald's here.

woof.

Oh I feel so spoiled now... Living in NYC since 2000. And now I am about to move... I will miss NYC so much, but it was a chapter in my life that was amazing, but the next chapter "BEING IN EUROPE WITH MY FIANCEE" is going to be even better.

But there are pros and cons to NYC as well... I lived in the midwest and the south prior to living in NYC and damn I miss big big big grocery stores! God, I love KROGERS, MEJERS, etc. When I go home to visit I even spend an hour simply walking around Super Walmart. Not that Walmart is an amazing place...but we don't have it in NYC.

The cool thing is that I am natural born explorer. I like to get out and really experience the place I live. With Europe being so new to me, I am sure I will find a lot of amazing things! I mean even seeing Frosted Flakes being called Frosties was cool to me. And then finding out that German's don't know about Mrs Claus...Santa is a swinger when he goes to Europe!!! Just kidding I know he is not real...poop, hope I did not spoil that for anyone!

Before I move though there are several things that I want to see and accomplish.

Oh and people in Brooklyn and Queens are not Long Islanders... Ok, some people from the outskirts of Queens may be considered Bridge and Tunnel... Just kidding. I would like to hear from people from all over NYC or others from the US that have moved to Germany. Its nice to make the connection with people and hear their thoughts and about their adventures.

Who knows maybe we can open a 24 hour NY super store in Berlin!!! Just kidding, but it could be possible.

Kenn.

Hope the NYers are doing well! Things are slow here in NYC right now with the film/tv industry. It always slows down here during the winter. But things will pick up.

I am about to get involved with the German Meet Up Group here.