The NYC locals don’t quite see the famed Times Square with the same starry-eyed wonder as their tourist counterparts. It’s often perceived to be more nuisance than attraction. Even on a good day, a native New Yorker will avoid this tourist trap like the plague.

NYC locals don’t like to be kept waiting. Ever. Patience can run pretty short on subway platforms.

With coffee shops aplenty and many New Yorkers keeping themselves sustained with enough coffee to fill the Great Lakes, they have the means and opportunity to be choosy. Besides, Starbucks is overrated.

This of course, being the automated response to any car horn in the vicinity. A few expletives are usually involved too, but we didn’t want to frighten you. NYC locals could curse a pirate under the table any day. Just ask ‘em.

Insert pizza, bagels, tacos, ad infinitum.

Bakery, laundromat, video store, again, ad infinitum.