Audrey Kitching in Times Square

Thinking of moving to NYC or just wondering how you’d fit in? Take this quiz to find out! (answers on the bottom)

1. The light is red, but the intersection is blocked with cars. It’s a traffic jam. You:

  • a) Wait for the light to change to green, and hope the cars will dissipate so you can cross
  • b) Ignore the light and cross the street, squeezing in between cars
  • c) Go to another intersection where you can cross without interruption

2. You are picnicking in Central Park with friends when you spot Madonna jogging. You:

  • a) Run up and ask for an autograph, keeping pace with her
  • b) Snap a cell phone picture, quickly and unobtrusively
  • c) Ask if anybody brought bread

3. You are invited to a party on a Friday night. The only thing is, it’s in Long Island & only accessible by car. You:

  • a) Accept the invitation. It’s party time!
  • b) Tell them you already have plans – a new club just opened in the East Village that’s calling your name!
  • c) Tell them you’re busy and stay in watching TV all night, eating a sandwich from the deli

4. On New Year’s Eve, you’re hoping to be:

  • a) In the middle of Times Square, of course, watching the ball drop. It’s a classic!
  • b) With your friends, dancing the night away at a club. Break out the champagne!
  • c) Upstate, enjoying a quiet time with friends at your ex’s parents house

5. Your co-worker’s band is performing at a legendary club. You:

  • a) Will be there, with 5 friends in hand! Who doesn’t love live music?!
  • b) Say you’ll ‘try to make it’‘, then spend the night watching TV and eating a sandwich from the deli
  • c) Show up reluctantly just to show respect, and lie that you liked it.

6. You’re in the mood for pizza. You go to:

  • a) Domino’s – it’s right across the street and you know exactly what you’ll get.
  • b) Famous Famiglia – it’s famous for a reason, and they even have a location on Times Square!
  • c) Ray’s Pizza

7. You are walking on Lower East Side on a Saturday night. It’s after midnight. You:

  • a) Enjoy the music in your headphones, blocking out the street noise
  • b) Walk fast, but keep your eyes and ears open
  • c) Sprint to your destination as fast as you can, clenching your purse in one hand and a pepper spray in the other!!!

Answers

1B – No point in waiting for the light to change since the cars aren’t moving anyway. All nearby intersections are probably the same, so squeeze in right between the cars and cross the street – everyone’s doing it and the cop doesn’t mind!

2C – You do nothing because it’s rude to interrupt whatever the celeb is doing. Plus, it’s the third time you saw Madonna in Central Park!

3C – There is no way you’re driving out there in Friday traffic – plus, you probably don’t drive. Clubs open up and shut down all the time, so you are not setting your foot in that new one until it builds up a reputation. You stay in and eat the deli sandwich, like a real loser New Yorker.

4C – You’re sick of the city and feel like if you don’t get away, your head will explode. When the opportunity comes up to go away for 2 days, you jump all over it – even if it means total awkwardness with your ex.

5B or C – B if you’re an ass, C if you’re a sucker. Everyone and their granny is in a band!

6B or C – Domino’s sucks; it’s unclear how it stays in business. Famous Famiglia is decent, but Ray’s is the best!

7B – Lower East Side (LES) is full of people on weekend nights, but it doesn’t mean you should let your guard down. Stay alert and give some change to that bum on the corner, for Christ’s sake!

Deerlings: do you think you could handle living in NYC or is it too much?