30 New Yorkers Share Things That Could Only Happen In New York
“A rat boarded the subway at Times Square, waited by the door, and got out at 34th Street.”
New York City has a way of turning ordinary moments into stories people never forget. With nearly 8 million residents packed into five boroughs, the city can feel chaotic, funny, and strangely heartwarming all at once.
That mix is exactly what made one tweet from Dan Saltzstein take off. He asked New Yorkers to share the kinds of moments that could only happen in New York, and the replies came flooding in with subway chaos, street encounters, and little bursts of city life.
The result is a thread full of the kind of stories that make NYC feel impossible to explain and easy to recognize. Read on.
1. A lesson during the blackout
AWeaverWrites2. Big guy to the rescue
arsather3. Homeless man to the rescue
telewriter
That is such a New York kind of moment.
4. Rats that know how to get around
petermarksdrama
5. Weird
Hugh_Ryan
6. Perfect
swersey
7. Not a word
weaselsforever
Some of these replies are pure city energy.
8. You spin me round and round...
thuntin
9. Phone call for you, Lenny
pedantish
10. Awesome
Anthony
11. Law and Order in your building... awesome
Jules_MontagueX
12. None for you, ma'am!
erberan
It only gets stranger from here.
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13. Movie star
Teenygozer
14. Paul McCartney saved her life?
katzish
15. Only in New York....
BBoParis
16. So very nice of him
chrisswartout
17. Where else can you run into Nelson Mandela?
alexsimon7
18. A good bartender I can trust? You are hired!
emilyflouton
19. Rooftop rehearsal
Even the quieter moments feel bigger in this city.
20. Loved that little moth....
profesoratm
21. Aww... so sweet
Jillinvirusland
22. United Negro Pastrami Sandwich Fund
Kerstigirl
23. Binoculars ready
HeleneAgain
24. Talking into a banana
luc_chat
25. Wait, I am not done...
nickvarchaver
26. You are not from New York, are you?
castanton
27. Welcome to New York!
Alba_Dawn
28. He liked the sandwich and her.
JInterlandi
29. Goats in a cab
dantoujours
30. You almost got bit...
Elie_Goldberg
New York really does stay unpredictable.
NYC has been immortalized in movies, shows, songs, novels, and paintings… It's probably one of the most famous cities in the world and the first city that comes to everyone's mind when talking about the US.
It has inspired people worldwide with its grandiosity and way of life. It's a hectic mix of emotions, logic, business, politics, education, and more.
New Yorkers can be rude and loud while also committing totally wholesome acts of kindness out of the blue. You never know what to expect, and that's where its charm lies.
It's not about the buildings; it's about the people.
That is what makes the whole thread work.
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