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Being a New Yorker is kind of like Fight Club. You don’t even have to talk about the sometimes-brutal nature of the best city in the world to a fellow subway straphanger, or sailor-mouth lady tossing back shots at the bar. Because we wear a certain look like a certified badge: “Oh, this shit again.” And, FYI, there’s no tapping out unless you plan on heading upstate for an extended vacay. 

As a fairly recent newcomer to NYC, artist Nathan Pyle observed the New Yorkers code and created a funny, informative series of GIFs, “NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette,” that describe the bizarre, albeit charming, bubble that is NYC living. We must confess, we too have gone "upstream" to get a cab.