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Originally Posted by CrazyBear

This will happen since we have already planned to do most of our traveling by foot and on subway. I heard the competition is going to be somewhere in Harlem. Can you please give us some survival tips so we can be a little street smart in New York? I do not want to look like a tourist, even though we Floridians make fun of you guys whenever you forget to wear sunscreen, and complain about the humidity when visiting Disney World.

Heck, you need look no further than you're own team for that.
1: Don't stare at skyscrapers for too long. That's a dead giveaway that your a tourist (plus its hard on the kneck).
2: Ignore anyone on a street corner speaking into a microphone with a speaker. Chances are they're trying to sell you some thing or ideology that you don't need.
3: Haggle with street vendors. If you see something for sale on a street side set up, never pay the asking price, but rather see how low you can get the vendor to lower it (this can be lots of fun, even if you don't actually buy anything).
Hope these tips help. Maybe someone who's actually from New York can be more specific, I'm just a Pink Team Floridian who has been to NYC more times than most southeners.

P.S. To all you NYC regional teams, New York is a great city, I love it every time I attend, and I look forward to seeing the local robotics talent.