5 Locations That Look Good In The Movies (But Suck In Real Life)

3. New York - Live Poor, Pay A Lot

The MovieHome Alone 2 A veritable Christmas classic, and though it does peek slightly under the glossy surface of New York a little, it does still feel like a love letter to America's most famous city. The Reality Don't believe Home Alone 2 - New York sucks. Admittedly Christmas time has a charm to it - the snow, the lights, but you try actually being there. You won't last five minutes outside before retreating to the warm safety of your overly priced hotel room or 3 square feet apartment. Remember how Macaulay Culkin supports all his expenditure with his Dad's credit card? Well in reality that would send the family into the poorhouse. Fast. Manhattan, Brooklyn and even Queens are ranked among the most expensive places to live. You have to have a six figure (in dollars) income to afford one of those 3 square feet apartments. You want one that isn't crawling with cockroaches, it's not happening. Who are you, Donald Trump? In the summer time, which lasts all of what seems like a week, the sweltering heat makes the smell of use (i.e. trash and vomit) rise engulfing all inhabitants and sending them into a terrible rage. The rest of the time it rains... mainly sideways, on account of the strong winds. It's never just nice. And then there's the people. A huge amount of which are tourists, who are universally hated by everyone - even tourists. What's left are surly New Yorkers and insane pigeon lady types - who are nowhere near as sane as the one in Lost in New York. Important to remember this, otherwise you might get stabbed in the eye.