"Pro Tip" – n. to distill important knowledge about a subject and share it with those new to said subject. (Urban Dictionary)
Here are two dozen pro tips about making it in the city. We hope.
Some pro tips are truly helpful:
NYC pro tip: If your phone is dying, hop into the 24-hour Best Buy by Union Square and pop it into a demo iPhone dock
— Seth Porges (@sethporges) April 30, 2013
#NYC pro tip: don't take 9th downtown. Take 7th. Yes, through Times Square. Yes, trust me.
— Jake Beckman (@jakebeckman) September 10, 2012
NYC Pro-Tip (I just learned): On really hot days, don't take a taxi that has its windows open. It means their AC doesn't work.
— Rob Bailey (@RMB) July 17, 2013
NYC pro tip: Talk to your cab driver. Ask lots of questions. I have learned a lot about the world this way.
— Matthew Rechs (@mrechs) October 24, 2011
NYC Pro Tip: you'll be able to get out of the subway at your stop. Really. Stay cool.
— Edward Marczak (@marczak) March 6, 2014
#NYC pro-tip: If someone says, "apparently that's Beyonce's favorite restaurant," it's not. Run away.
— Sarah Maloy (@smaloy) August 14, 2013
NYC Pro Tip: If subway trains be a honkin' they won't be a stoppin'
— Richard Blakeley (@blakeley) November 6, 2012
Pro tip, girls in NYC don't want to know you're unemployed, even if you call it "funemployed."
— Nathaniel K Thompson (@highgatenate) February 11, 2015
Some pro tips speak to us on a spiritual level:
NYC PRO TIP: don't smile
— Dan Wilbur (@DanWilbur) September 2, 2013
NYC pro tip: walk faster.
— Drew Elovitz (@DrewBlahBlah) June 16, 2014
NYC Pro Tip: Arrive at the grocery store ten minutes before close to turn a boring chore into your own private version of Supermarket Sweep.
— Kevin Gammariello (@Kevingams) June 20, 2012
NYC Pro Tip: when a stranger on the subway says "I want to show you something," it's time to move into another car. Quickly.
— Mark Joyella (@standupkid) April 19, 2012
NYC Pro tip: If you live in a dense Brooklyn neighborhood, throwing a house party complete with a PA system is a good way to make enemies.
— Lauren Bradley (@BibliosaurusRex) September 1, 2011
NYC pro tip: Everything here below two feet has been urinated on, probably by a dog.
— Joel Marsh Garland (@joelmgarland) September 18, 2014
NYC pro tip: for a good laugh, pay attention to how much peoples' heads bobble around when the express train goes really fast
— Chris Conroy (@dyfl) January 17, 2015
NYC pro-tip: try not to think about what you see when you clean the air filter on your air conditioner
— Andy R. Yaco-Mink (@yacomink) July 3, 2014
@BauceSauce NYC pro tip: phone booths are actually urinals
— Schoolboy Qupid (@bdetrick) April 26, 2014
NYC pro tip. Hungry on your walk home? Stop in all the artisinal grocery stores and sample olives. #fancyfreesnacks
— miriam nielsen (倪玉玲) (@zentouro) February 5, 2015
NYC Pro Tip: Spice up your commute by giving fellow riders fun nicknames like Snuffles Magee and Stinky. And then say it to my face, PUNK
— Emily 'Slam' Duncan (@emduncaroo) February 4, 2015
And some pro tips are just Next-Level New Yorking:
NYC Pro Tip: - If you always want to get a seat during rush hour, bring a cactus on the subway. http://tumblr.com/xigm7zs1n
— Lee Rubenstein (@LeeRubenstein) October 18, 2010
NYC Pro Tip: To survive the blizzard order about ten lunch specials from the Chinese place today. Save money. No cleanup.
— Don Rohr (@DonRohr) January 26, 2015
nyc winter pro-tip : keep the sweatpants on the radiator. after shower, put them on. no underwear. pic.twitter.com/yUDRctmdGs
— the kid (@EddieBagadonuts) November 19, 2014