I haven't been to London, but I would love to travel there some time. So much history and I imagine it would be a great experience. I have been to New York though three times and I totally get what Gervais is saying. You just feel a sense of hope and purpose there. You get inspiration. You just get this feeling that can't be described. I love visiting as much as possible. I've been to Broadway, Times Square, Central Park, the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty. It's always an amazing experience.
My wife isn't American and when she was in New York she got restaurant recommendations from a policeman, chicken soup recipes in a bodega and directions from random people on the street. She said every person she talked to was helpful and friendly.
1:50 - "Proud of where they live, not where they were born" Finally a Brit that gets what being an American is all about. This is the difference between America and all the countries on Earth.
I am living in Singapore. Not born here but quite proud of here as well. We have our problems but we have our triumph too. This somehow doesn't conflict with me being proud of my birthplace, China too. Quite strange really. I would like to believe that being proud of where you live does not speaks about the place where you live but the way you live.
So does the rest of the world according to tourism statistics. New Yorkers love NYC. Most other people prefer London, and are right to do so. Oh, and I'm not a Brit by the way.
“New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me. New York is the thing that perverted me. New York is the thing that converted me. And New York is the thing that I love too.” - Patti Smith
A city can't be that Ricky, you went there as a wealthy, famous, talented man with something New York businessmen wanted. Turn up with nothing and then come to a conclusion.
...Just because someone has money doesn't mean they're whole inside, or unbreakable. Life is not 'done' or 'perfect' once someone has money or fame. Don't presume to know what his experiences in life are, and don't be so cynical about everything. It makes no sense to say you can only come to a conclusion about a city if you came there with nothing - you might as well say you can only make a conclusion about a city if you came there wealthy and famous...Your criteria is totally arbitrary.
Sara Tansey On the contrary my criteria are RG coming to NY as a wealthy successful man selling his wares to US tv producers. That is the point of view he comes from in meeting NY and the one that drives his conclusions. He even states it in the interview so I don't presume to know what his experiences are he tells us. You are a little too eager to be touchy feely, you didn't listen to what he was saying did you.
Sara Tansey There is more than one criterion, so it is "criteria", plural. Nil points for trying to be clever. And I'm commenting on his opinion of NY welcoming him,as a foreigner, from the point of view of being a wealthy, successful writer and actor with something to sell. Of course he is these things because of his work with the BBC in London where he rose from the position of being a relative unknown. His opinion about his feelings for NY are with that proviso. Coming to NY as a famous man and London made him famous.You have to read into his justification for his comment rather than clap along like a demented sealion at his insight. And I'm not speaking to a person i'm commenting on a YT video in which RG addresses the audience almost directly as the interviewer is reduced to text on the screen. Addressing it to RG is simply a way of writing, it isn't meant to be taken literally. But as you have shown you only try to be clever so if things are subtle you become confused and continue to try and fail to be clever. So it is maximum points so far for not understanding English and advertising the fact and not understanding the context of an address to the subject of the video directly. . So a literalist with dodgy grasp of English. Are you an American?
there are so many things to do for little money/for free in NY. IF your 16 or under you can go to moma for free. same with many of the museums. its only 25 dollars for adults. and its so bug you can find anything and everything
ok but all museums in London are free if you live there. I'm talking about the nightlife tbh. I lived in London for 3 years and been in NY for the last 2. The difference between the 2 cities is that in NY the good parties are put on by the elite and successful.. It's all about who you know or what you have to give to them, all the great places got shut down in the 90's.. In London the best parties are put on by the people and for the people. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from and how much money you have, there's a sense of freedom and an energy that's so hard to find in NY.. and you will travel all over the city to go to them. I mean i can never imagine going all the way to the bronx for some abandoned industrial warehouse rave.. However i'd travel down to Croydon up to Hempstead to Kingston to Peckham basically everywhere has cool shit. People are in London to live while people in Ny are there for their own future. I mean can you ever imagine having something like Notting Hill Carnival in NY.. Fuck no. It would just never happen. Americans dont really know how to have fun anymore tbh.. People move to Ny and expect it to be like Girls or Sex in the City. The only saving grace of NY is Brooklyn which is alright but the fact that Manhattan has lost everything that once made it so great means it can't put a finger on London.
lol what are your talking about? we have some world renowned clubs that anyone can get into ie Pacha Pier 36 Stage 48. U dont need to know people to hav fun. THe best thing about new york is that there is literally anything and everything. U wanna find an underground indie club? u can find one? u wanna do graffiti or meet local artists at an underground artist bar u can do that. U dont need to be rich to have fun. and if anything the hipsters have really taken over the scene and opened some pretty great stuff
I have conflicting feelings about (the idea of) New York, the environment seems amazing the people the cultures, it just looks an amazing place to be. At the same time though when you see pictures of the cityscape it's just a horrific looking monstrous blight on what could be a beautiful landscape.
I haven't been to London, but I would love to travel there some time. So much history and I imagine it would be a great experience. I have been to New York though three times and I totally get what Gervais is saying. You just feel a sense of hope and purpose there. You get inspiration. You just get this feeling that can't be described. I love visiting as much as possible. I've been to Broadway, Times Square, Central Park, the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty. It's always an amazing experience.
I'm moving to New York in September, and I totally get what he's saying.
My wife isn't American and when she was in New York she got restaurant recommendations from a policeman, chicken soup recipes in a bodega and directions from random people on the street. She said every person she talked to was helpful and friendly.
New York is an absolute delight to visit. London too in its own way
1:50 - "Proud of where they live, not where they were born"
Finally a Brit that gets what being an American is all about.
This is the difference between America and all the countries on Earth.
Fermifire You were doing so well until you ended with a sweeping ignorant generalisation.
The last sentence is ignorance at best
If you got the money NY is fucking amazing
Every big city is the same way.
I am living in Singapore. Not born here but quite proud of here as well. We have our problems but we have our triumph too. This somehow doesn't conflict with me being proud of my birthplace, China too. Quite strange really. I would like to believe that being proud of where you live does not speaks about the place where you live but the way you live.
I love Singapore: amazing food, beautiful birds, and fantastic public transportation!
New Yorkers are proud of where they lived... Loved it.
even when he's not trying to be, he's hilarious...
New York's alright...if you like saxophones.
lol
I like London better than NYC
So does the rest of the world according to tourism statistics.
New Yorkers love NYC. Most other people prefer London, and are right to do so.
Oh, and I'm not a Brit by the way.
@@redsquirrel1086 I'm a Brit and I can't stand London. Bet it was good in the 60s but today...Well it's crap now.
No it didn't. Y'all are always so proud of being from New York. You always know when someone's from New York because they tell you.
“New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me. New York is the thing that perverted me. New York is the thing that converted me. And New York is the thing that I love too.”
- Patti Smith
I don’t particularly like America. That said, I did like New York. In fact I loved it.
A city can't be that Ricky, you went there as a wealthy, famous, talented man with something New York businessmen wanted. Turn up with nothing and then come to a conclusion.
...Just because someone has money doesn't mean they're whole inside, or unbreakable. Life is not 'done' or 'perfect' once someone has money or fame. Don't presume to know what his experiences in life are, and don't be so cynical about everything. It makes no sense to say you can only come to a conclusion about a city if you came there with nothing - you might as well say you can only make a conclusion about a city if you came there wealthy and famous...Your criteria is totally arbitrary.
Sara Tansey On the contrary my criteria are RG coming to NY as a wealthy successful man selling his wares to US tv producers. That is the point of view he comes from in meeting NY and the one that drives his conclusions. He even states it in the interview so I don't presume to know what his experiences are he tells us.
You are a little too eager to be touchy feely, you didn't listen to what he was saying did you.
Started from the bottom now we're here
and it's criterion*
Sara Tansey There is more than one criterion, so it is "criteria", plural. Nil points for trying to be clever.
And I'm commenting on his opinion of NY welcoming him,as a foreigner, from the point of view of being a wealthy, successful writer and actor with something to sell. Of course he is these things because of his work with the BBC in London where he rose from the position of being a relative unknown. His opinion about his feelings for NY are with that proviso. Coming to NY as a famous man and London made him famous.You have to read into his justification for his comment rather than clap along like a demented sealion at his insight.
And I'm not speaking to a person i'm commenting on a YT video in which RG addresses the audience almost directly as the interviewer is reduced to text on the screen. Addressing it to RG is simply a way of writing, it isn't meant to be taken literally. But as you have shown you only try to be clever so if things are subtle you become confused and continue to try and fail to be clever.
So it is maximum points so far for not understanding English and advertising the fact and not understanding the context of an address to the subject of the video directly. .
So a literalist with dodgy grasp of English. Are you an American?
Your lucky man. I envy you and hope to live there one day.
It's not "that's where donkey ....", it's "that's where DIANE KEATON ..." Hysterical.
probably because like me you saw it on tv for many years, so its familiar
Agreed
New Amsterdam thanks to Mr Hudson; then the English came & New York is our legacy.
there speaks a man who knows his largely non-hispanic audience
new york maybe 20 years ago. London right now for sure. New Yorks fucking boring unless you're loaded.
there are so many things to do for little money/for free in NY. IF your 16 or under you can go to moma for free. same with many of the museums. its only 25 dollars for adults. and its so bug you can find anything and everything
ok but all museums in London are free if you live there. I'm talking about the nightlife tbh. I lived in London for 3 years and been in NY for the last 2. The difference between the 2 cities is that in NY the good parties are put on by the elite and successful.. It's all about who you know or what you have to give to them, all the great places got shut down in the 90's.. In London the best parties are put on by the people and for the people. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from and how much money you have, there's a sense of freedom and an energy that's so hard to find in NY.. and you will travel all over the city to go to them. I mean i can never imagine going all the way to the bronx for some abandoned industrial warehouse rave.. However i'd travel down to Croydon up to Hempstead to Kingston to Peckham basically everywhere has cool shit. People are in London to live while people in Ny are there for their own future. I mean can you ever imagine having something like Notting Hill Carnival in NY.. Fuck no. It would just never happen. Americans dont really know how to have fun anymore tbh.. People move to Ny and expect it to be like Girls or Sex in the City. The only saving grace of NY is Brooklyn which is alright but the fact that Manhattan has lost everything that once made it so great means it can't put a finger on London.
lol what are your talking about? we have some world renowned clubs that anyone can get into ie Pacha Pier 36 Stage 48. U dont need to know people to hav fun. THe best thing about new york is that there is literally anything and everything. U wanna find an underground indie club? u can find one? u wanna do graffiti or meet local artists at an underground artist bar u can do that. U dont need to be rich to have fun. and if anything the hipsters have really taken over the scene and opened some pretty great stuff
haha pacha
hey i'm not saying new york is not fun.. But compared to london its dead.
London is the best place in the world
Lol no
Philanthropic New York :D
I have conflicting feelings about (the idea of) New York, the environment seems amazing the people the cultures, it just looks an amazing place to be. At the same time though when you see pictures of the cityscape it's just a horrific looking monstrous blight on what could be a beautiful landscape.
Why did this make a Big Think video?
But New Yorkers are proud of where they live. Because they chose it.
I'd totally live in New York if it weren't for their politics
And there is somewhere in the Americas that was not?
You could rename BigThink. You could call it MassiveEditing or maybe CutVideosToBits !!
Huh? Their videos are always unedited monologues
lets make it so England and America are equals and shuttle piers morgan off to space.
but u gotta be rich to live there
not the same without the twin towers. not bein cloy
Liverpool beats them both
Lol no
Liverpool is better than both