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I think this list is intended to be humorous (read the last two entries) and so is probably a healthy form of venting.

That is why I bought a house in CT. Noise is part of New York- and what would New York be if it was quiet. . . .it would be chicago. . .

So that's why they call New York the city that never sleeps...
ba dum ching!!

i love that. where can i get one?

As someone who lived for many years in the remote, redneck-infested countryside, my highly generalized opinion (that I gather from very few sources) is that New Yorkers complain way too much, perhaps if only to point out that they live in New York and are really living. Yes, New York is crowded and yes, it takes a lot of adjustment, but there are so many boring-as-hell places to live in this country that are much cheaper and emptier and much more trying of a person's sanity (in the most sobering way possible).
That said, the last 3 entries definitely point out the ludicrousness of the list and defuse at least some of the obnoxiousness of the poster. Also, after hearing about how New York City is really great/trying about 10 times in the last day, my fuse is a little short - sorry. It's sort of like those people who keep saying "you won't understand what I'm going through because you don't have children," and they're totally annoying, right?
End rant.

I want one, where can I get it??

This is cute, I dig it. I personally love the ongoing urban symphony that is New York City. If one really wants peace and quiet I've heard rumors about a vast stretch of open space between New York and the Pacific Ocean.

it's like a lovely poem, especially ending with three things that should make it easier to sleep. i sense a spoken word rhythm.

#136 seems a cheat (Frustration...with what?)

#121 is a hallelujah - we have a pogo stick on my block that has been used regularly five summers running. i'm trying to sleep in, kid!

#150 is too true - we have a lot of film shoots on my block. i don't care about your permits. you can't set up your food truck in front of my window at 5am and convene your entire crew, cigarettes and chitchat and whatnot! i don't get up before 7am, so shut up and go smoke on the corner.

@brooklynblondie13,

can't tell if that's a compliment or a rip.

every city that I've been to or lived in is noisy.

I would have to add to that list something that woke me up:

Landlord changing out my entire front door in the middle of winter, early in the morning, without notice while I am sleeping directly below it. I'm not talking about changing the handle. I'm talking about removing the entire door and frame, in freezing weather.

It's obviously meant to poke fun. And we New Yorkers view complaining (along with jostling for subway seats, ignoring awful odors, and finding a decent rent stablized apartment) as an Olympic level sport. =>

are these available for purchase?

White noise saved my life.

I think it's therapeutic to make, but maybe not to own. I could think of few other great NY life lists:

Weird traits of my apartment (really, no closets?)
People I recognize but don't know (red haired lady on bus)
Things that only annoy New Yorkers (eye contact)
Things that don't annoy New Yorkers, but annoy everyone else in the country (private conversations in public spaces? or maybe constant complaining)

Maybe I'll make my own posters, I kinda like it.

I was kind of poking fun at chicago but with love.
: )

And I love this piece actually!!
I would also add upstairs neighbors who take up jumping rope.

Greg!!!

ha ha - this is awesome

I want one too - where can I get one???

evm@homerefiner.com

I love this!

What's keeping me awake in NYC right now is that I just found out my upstairs neighbors have bedbugs. Yuck!

My landlord decided to clean the canvas awning above my front door, which is immediatly next to the guest room window and right above the front living room window, at like 7am on Easter morning. WTF? I had guests staying with me, and I was sleeping on the couch, and none of us were planning on getting up at that hour, but who could sleep through the racket? And it took hours. Never understood why it became critical to clean the canvas at that particular time. Not as bad as frame up door replacement in the dead of winter, but still inconsiderate.

Garbage trucks were #1 when I lived in Union Square. They parked outside for hours slamming dumpsters. All I heard was KERCHUNKKERCHUNK at 4 am sometimes lasting for hours. Now its the taxi horns and LES party goers...

Thanks for all the interest. Here's a store!
greghathdesign.com/products/nycawake/

I love this!

I've lived with crazy roommates (who mostly, I loved), a nonstop dance party in the apartment above me (9am on a Tuesday? Really?), a firehouse across the street (and two more down the block!), 7am jackhammering DIRECTLY outside my window, a crying baby, and a bunch of other things.

I love that the last two things on the list and peace and quiet--now sometimes when it is quiet I can't sleep!