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[quote=Anonymous]Wow some of you people are unbelievably boring and unimaginative.

Yes, NYC is an expensive city but that doesn't mean you have to spend a ton and certainly doesn't mean you should skip it altogether.

OP as a former NYC resident here are my recommendations for a good time on a budget:

Stay in an outer borough but close to the subway. Flushing Queens has decent hotels under $200 + probably $50-$75 for parking. Or if you want really cheap ($125 + free parking) stay near a Metro North Hudson Line station and take the train in. That also has an added bonus of being closer to Boston and not having to drive out of the city the next morning.

If you stay in Flushing my sample itinerary:

Take the 7 train to Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Ave and have lunch at the Jackson Diner. It says "diner" but it's really an Indian restaurant and while certainly not the most authentic or best in the city it's great, inexpensive, and probably still batter than 90% of Indian restaurants in the country. Afterwards take the 7 train into the City to 34th St/Hudson Yards and walk the High Line. If you like art the south end of the High Line lets out right at the Whitney, which is well worth the $30 admission. Or if you prefer history you can hop on the A or C trains at 14thst/8th Ave and head to the Natural History Museum at the 81st St. stop, or if you prefer to keep things free, you can enter Central park and take a walk south through the park back towards the 7 train. Eat dinner in Flushing Queens - you'll be near your hotel and also it has some of if not the best cheap eats in the entire city. Flushing is known for Chinese food and literally any random place you walk into will be 10x better than any Chinese food you can get here.

If you stay on Metro North, you're probably going to want to stay closer to Manhattan since your train will be arriving and leaving from Grand Central. If it were me I'd grab lunch at one of the legendary pizza places like L'Industrie, definitely hit up one of the aforementioned museums (or the Met), and then maybe dinner and drinks in Koreatown.

Sure, it's a little touristy but you're a tourist, there's nothing wrong with that. All in excluding hotel you can have a great day for around $100 apiece. [/quote]

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