I got an off topic question: Do yall move around the boroughs like that? I went to visit some years back and met up with a friend in Harlem but he said he doesn't get outta Queens much aside from work (in Manhattan)
I said HOW it's NEW YORK
I do only because of hobby reasons, I enjoy riding the different train and bus routes throughout the city.
Staten Island for example there's no reason to go to that borough. Its biggest attraction is a Ferry that takes you to and from Manhattan. When tourists get off the Ferry in Staten Island and they get on the very next boat back to Manhattan
Manhattan is the biggest appeal of NYC, east/west village, lower east side, soho, harlem, etc. I totally see how a random New Yorker spends most of their time in Manhattan and whatever outer borough they live in.
Queens has nightlife, it also has beaches in the Rockaways, etc.