Ask a Native New Yorker, Jake Dobkin
Ask a Native New Yorker, Jake Dobkin
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Ask a Native New Yorker
Hard-Earned Advice on Surviving and Thriving in the Big City

Author: Jake Dobkin

Narrator: Justin Price

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/09/2024

Synopsis

Ask a Native New Yorker is Jake Dobkin's essential guide to the Big Apple's culture, people, and lifestyles.

As a third-generation New Yorker who was born, bred, and educated there, Jake Dobkin was such a fan of his hometown that he started Gothamist, a popular and acclaimed website with a focus on news, events, and culture in the city, and Ask a Native New Yorker became one of its most popular columns. This book version features all original writing and aims to help newbies evolve into real New Yorkers with humor and a command of the facts.

In forty-eight short essays and eleven sidebars, the book offers practical information about transportation, apartment hunting, and even cultivating relationships for anyone fresh to the Big Apple. Subjects include "Why is New York the greatest city in the world?," "Where should I live?," "Where do you find peace and quiet when you feel overwhelmed?," and "Who do I have to give up my subway seat to?"

Part philosophy, part anecdote collection, and part no-nonsense guide, Ask a Native New Yorker will become the default gift for transplants to New York, whether they're here for internships, college, or starting a new job.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayajanani on February 26, 2020

Started reading this book to get some tips on navigating through the city of New York, not realizing that it'd end up becoming one to provide tips on navigating through life! Jake Dobkin really does provide deep insight into everything from interesting spots in the city, lifestyle choices in New Yor......more

Goodreads review by Katie on December 28, 2019

I do balk a little at the idea of an upper middle class white man being the authority on New York City, and I think that identity does come across negatively a few times (encouraging someone who's on the fence to go ahead and take the finance job, a cavalier attitude about being ticketed by police,......more

Goodreads review by Jackie on January 15, 2022

Probably closer to 3 1/2 stars This book reiterated the sentiment on the little zipper bag I bought near Chelsea Market - “I wish I could afford to live in New York “. Without a really nice chunk of change there is no way I could survive living in NYC.......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel on April 19, 2022

Reading this book as a New York City native, I'm happy to report that a good portion of the wisdom Dobkins bestows upon readers is relatively accurate. Some of the boundless optimism and blind allegiance to the city is easy to call into question given the recent rise in crime and failed resurgence f......more

Goodreads review by Sinyee on July 23, 2019

As a Native New Yorker born and bred I found this book to be highly amusing and accurate (Though the extent to which he advises to go to local government for help seems a bit high compared to reality). I'm unsure however of how helpful it would be to someone actually trying to navigate these turbulen......more

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