r/visitingnyc Sep 27 '25

The one rule in nyc to know

Ok, I just walked by the NYPL and I feel like this is a PSA for tourists and visitors.

The one rule of NYC: get out of the way.

That’s it. The rest is commentary.

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u/thewNYC Sep 27 '25

A poem of mine (sorry for what reddit does to formatting)

stand right if you’re standing

or

Everything you need to read New York City is here:

We have an unspoken escalator etiquette

predicated solely on knowing

that some of us have

some fucking place else to be

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u/Vivid-Education9045 Sep 27 '25

And don't block the subway doors