Cities like NY and Chicago have enough critical mass that unless you are in some specific areas the tourists aren't really a bother.

I work in River North. Tourists bother me. I am bothered.

I'm a super aggressive pedestrian... with other pedestrians, not motor vehicles, obviously. I also get asked for directions by tourists a lot.

I still am super bitchy about "walk left, stand right" on escalators from living there.

People are terrible about that at the State/Lake stop. Makes me crazy. That is a tourist heavy spot, but not all the offenders are tourists.

I also get asked for directions by tourists a lot.

So do I. I always wonder why they pick me out of the crowd to ask.

How did she weather the plagiarism thing and make the jump from fic plagiarist to fiction author with huge posters in bookstores?

I don't know the plagiarism part of the story.

New York is one of the few places someone's approached me and offered directions. Which was a great call on their part. I'd imagine there are tons of opportunities to learn that flavour of perplexed.

I have been approached multiple times in New York w. people offering me directions. And one time I fell on my ass when I tripped over some uneven sidewalk on 5th Avenue, and three different men came over to help me up. IOW, I found New Yorkers to be v. friendly and helpful. In fact whenever I see anyone w. a map in Halifax, I think of how nice people were in New York and ask them if they need any help.

You ever have days when you think "One more TV Tropes link, one more, and I will snap and hand you the keys to the closet where we keep the Nilly of the pseudicide. One more. Try me."?

Probably not. But I do, which is why I'm saying it out loud here so I don't do something so highly stupid.

Shit, I'm still in the office and I have errands to run and then get an MRI. Fucksnacks.

I kept having to remind R to stand right on the escalators (didn't help that we were on the metro during rush hour.) She was the first to admit she's lost all her big city savvy. I was a little surprised at how much she stood out.

Me, I get asked for directions by tourists even when I am a tourist. Sometimes even natives to the region, but not the locale. And everyone seems to assume I speak their language. Sometimes they are even right, sometimes not. It even happened in Nepal, but that was fellow tourists of all flavors, not the locals, for obvious reasons. It's mildly amusing.

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Me, I get asked for directions by tourists even when I am a tourist.

Me, too. I have no idea why, although when I can actually give the requested directions it feels like a very happy accident.

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Thank you. That site looks like one more rabbit hole I can fall into. Yet another tab left open...

Fandom is weird. It's like soap opera, only less believable.

I work in River North. Tourists bother me. I am bothered.

Yes, that would be one of the areas. Pretty much anywhere north of the river and near Michigan I swear off for the summer. I'm right by Millenium Park but just enough off the beaten path that we don't get the traffic.

Plus I get lazy or behind and drive to work a lot these days, so it's all underground.