11-30-2007, 03:34 PM
Ol,
I'm a New Yorker and can wholeheartedly say without a doubt your nephew doesn't need a GPS. New York City is a very easy city to navigate in general and has one of the best public transportation systems in the world. Convoluted at times but still one of the best. A combination of a map and plain ol' common sense and good planning will get him anywhere. Access to the Internet makes it even easier. For example... Need to use public transportation to get from point A to point B? Use www.hopstop.com.
To be honest, I think you'd be doing him a disservice by getting him a GPS. I'd feel differently if he was traveling to unknown destinations regularly. But that isn't the case here. If nothing else, your nephew should look at wandering around the city as an opportunity to explore what to many is a world unto itself. You'd be amazed at the wonderful things you find once you step away from the generic touristy gobbledicrap.
Robert
I'm a New Yorker and can wholeheartedly say without a doubt your nephew doesn't need a GPS. New York City is a very easy city to navigate in general and has one of the best public transportation systems in the world. Convoluted at times but still one of the best. A combination of a map and plain ol' common sense and good planning will get him anywhere. Access to the Internet makes it even easier. For example... Need to use public transportation to get from point A to point B? Use www.hopstop.com.
To be honest, I think you'd be doing him a disservice by getting him a GPS. I'd feel differently if he was traveling to unknown destinations regularly. But that isn't the case here. If nothing else, your nephew should look at wandering around the city as an opportunity to explore what to many is a world unto itself. You'd be amazed at the wonderful things you find once you step away from the generic touristy gobbledicrap.
Robert