Originally Posted by
Out of my Element
I spent a ton of time in Chelsea in 2022 and in March of this year and I didn't see any of the above, other than some unhoused people, which you see in every major city in America. We walked from Battery Park up to the middle of Central Park, over to the East side and to the Hudson River and back.
Most Trip Reports over at TripAdvisor mention the unhoused issues as well as lots of empty store fronts, but I'm not seeing many reports of crime (there was a pickpocket thread started last week as that did happen to a tourist), and you smell weed on and off, but I smelled weed here near LA yesterday, so again, an issue everywhere
Can't believe you are relying on TripAdvisor for crime reporting...did you know there was shooting in Times Square last week? Did TripAdvisor tell you that? There was also a shooting in Astoria around 10 days ago, which is unheard of, but TripAdvisor wouldn't tell you that.
Here is an account on Twitter/X which provides real time reporting of NYC crimes and incidents:
https://twitter.com/NYC_Alerts911