MOS: Tourists in Times Square (2)

Quotes from Tourists Returning to Times Square

Marius, 25. Germany

“Of course New York has its reputation as the capital of the world and everything so I mean, why wouldn’t you come? It’s a huge, diverse city, it’s nice to see.”

“I think people care even less here, but it’s not such a big difference actually, right now at least.” — On how people are handling Covid in New York compared to where he is from.

Jordan, 24. Houston, Texas

“Definitely the vaccine stuff is different because I’m not [vaccinated], so we have to only go to certain places. It sucks, kinda, because we can’t do as much.”

“Literally everything is just completely different, it’s fun to just get out and see the way people dress here and the different food. It’s just completely different here, like so much city and stuff to do.”

Emanuel Atupo, 32. Florida

“The crowd is smaller now compared to what it used to be, because you could barely walk when there was no covid, but now you can move freely.”

“I live in Florida so I mean New York is like the place to be, but, I don’t know, for the life of me I don’t see myself living in New York because it’s just too much for me.”

Steve, 23. New Jersey

“People look much more like they’re able to get out, so they look much more like they’re releasing a bunch of built up tension they had during covid. It looks somewhat like they got freed out of confinement.”

“It’s unbelievable, it was such a dark period, you know.” — Talking about the earlier days of the pandemic.

Daryll Ana, 23

“It’s a lot busier than I thought it would be, there’s a lot of people.”

“I appreciate it though, because it’s like everyone is doing the same thing you’re doing like getting vaccinated and making sure you’re doing your part or whatever. So it’s kind of nice having that security on top of going out.” — On the vaccine mandate in the city.