Customer Reviews

Welcome to New York : how to settle and survive in New York

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Only two chapters of the book are very helpful. The sections on the neighborhoods provides a good overview but overall the book is outdated and not reliable as a resource.

This book served as the number 1 resource I found when relocating to New York City. It provided me extremely useful and practical information relating to schools, apartment finding, weekend retreats and dog runs for my dog.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is moving to New York from any other city and needs some starting point, regardless of whether or not you are married or single.

I have been in NYC for 1year.I am from Japan. This book covers all information that I need as a newcomer to NYC.I was especially interested in the subject"for foreign newcomer".It is about New York Culture,etiquette and how to get a job.Now I am sharing this book with all my friends who are in the same situation as being a foreigner in NYC. I believe that this book is the most practical guide book about the Big Apple.

I just moved to NYC from Utah, and needed one source of information from everything to finding a school for my 9 year old daughter to where the appropriate apartment for my family was. Welcome to New York was the only book I bought, and continue to use it on a regular basis as a source for all my New York needs.

-Cliff

I received this book as a gift when I was trying to figure out how (in general) to move to NYC. Don't bother buying it: a lot of the information is dated (makes sense since things change quickly), and just about all of the advice the author gives, you'd be better off finding out from the internet, or seeking out some kind of community or friend who knows about the city. I think the "Not For Tourists" guidebook is better and more useful, and if you want just general info about the city, I think a traditional travel guidebook would be better.