I have some weird questions. Do people in the various boroughs of NYC,

[Runningdawg]

5. THIS 100%

Our building, the 2 next door and the 3 across the street were tighter than the 400 person small town I grew up in. It helped that we had working girls in our building and their madame sat on the stoop all day. NOTHING got past her. NOTHING. If someone needed something, she put out the word and they usually got it. Could be as simple as someone to pick up their meds at the pharmacy or a little cash for an emergency. I remember once it took her maybe 2-3 hours to raise all the funds needed for an old womans cat to have surgery. Didn't know the woman, didn't know the cat, but she organized the whole block to pitch in.
NEVER believe it when they tell you NYers aren't friendly, those were the best neighbors I have ever had!!