Two NY Tourist Traps to Avoid

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Two NY Tourists Traps to Avoid

            Yogi Berra once said that a certain restaurant was so popular that no one goes there anymore. But certain tourist traps remain popular despite the fact that New Yorkers don’t go there anymore.

            A tourist trap is a place that a savvy native would never spend time in. The only people who visit these traps are, you guessed it, unsuspecting tourists, who don’t know when they’re being ripped off or know a faux attraction from an authentic neighborhood.

            Here are two tourists traps in New York; visit at your own discretion.

#1 The South Street Seaport—Fifteen years ago, the South Street Seaport, a stone’s throw from Wall Street and the Financial District, was a thriving attraction. Filled with mom n’ pop retail shops, an appealing food court and a variety of restaurants, the South Street Seaport, nestled along the East River, was worth a detour. In the last few years, the South Street Seaport has fallen on hard times. Many stores and the food court closed. Most mom n’ pop shops shuddered due to lack of marketing and a paucity of visitors. The only stores left were overpriced chains, and a handful of restaurants. Few New Yorkers visit the South Street Seaport anymore, and most tourist guidebooks fail to point out its demise. Until the Seaport undergoes an overhaul, visit at your own risk.

#2 SoHo. SoHo derived its name because it was located south of Houston Street and continued until Canal Street. Once a manufacturing district, SoHo in the late 1970s and early 1980s thrived as an artist’s community filled with galleries, nifty restaurants and some manufacturing. Manufacturers were forced out by high rents. Galleries were evicted due to high rents. And what was left were overpriced chain stores trying to lure unsuspecting tourists to pay exorbitant prices so the stores could pay their extravagant rents. Visiting SoHo, you’ll see plenty of well-dressed tourists but few New Yorkers since natives know they are being gouged. SoHo is now a must avoid, not a must visit.

 

 

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