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Times Square Is Both Overwhelming and Underwhelming

Times Square, New York, is one place that every tourism guide recommends, but it might not be all that it's cracked up to be. In the middle of Manhattan, at a massive intersection, you'll be blasted by the massive, moving crowds, constant advertisements, and blaring noise as people constantly try to get your attention as they put on a show. The issue is that the very thing that attracts people here is the thing that turns them away: it's not that special.

Wikimedia Commons/Times Square April 2022 by Don Ramey Logan

Times Square is an experience because it's a crossroads of many busy lives, but the individual things to do there aren't exactly unique. The advertisements are all on TV, and the stores can be found anywhere else.