Saving money in New York City is hard.

New York is rife with bars of all kinds -- walk a few blocks and you’ll run into a grungy dive, a pricey cocktail spot, or a crowded neighborhood favorite.

New York has exactly five seconds to indulge your Eat Pray Love fantasies.

New York is billed much too often as the Greatest City on Earth and too rarely as an up-charged frenzy of chain restaurants, tourist traps, finance bros, and hideous new-construction condos.

New Yorkers get a bad rap when it comes to our relations with out-of-towners.

There are plenty of perfectly acceptable ways to “experience” New York City.

No matter where you are in New York City, there’s likely to be about 10 retailers within a 5-yard radius.

Being a tourist in New York City is no easy feat.

So you’re ready to wade into the glitz of Broadway and see a show, but don’t have the slightest clue how to do it without paying face value.

The phrase “New York minute” could describe how long most restaurants stay open here.

New York is renowned for the bluntness of its citizens, but what those who dismiss us as rude don’t see is a complex system of etiquette without which this densely packed city of overworked strivers would descend into chaos.

One of the greatest things about visiting NYC is the sheer access to just about every type of food you could ever want -- both within the confines of Manhattan and in far-reaching neighborhoods outside the borough.