
New York Stories: The Five-Dollar Bill
Finding a five-dollar bill and keeping it for yourself isn't a crime. I'd pretty much just call it a lucky break. That fiver will get you a cheap meal in a pinch, a toothbrush and some toothpaste, a few rides on the subway, maybe even a hand-job if you're up for that sort of thing...I mean it's not a nothing. But when is a five-dollar bill worth more than its face value?
Spending your first thirty-minutes in New York is slightly hectic and not without confusion. It takes some courage (even with massive pre-planning) to choose to save the $50.00 taxi fare from Laguardia into the heart of the city and instead for $2.50 pick up the Q70 bus to the Jackson-Heights subway station. There's a chance you'll miss your stop, get lost, maybe not even catch the bus in the first place. And then...