Do NYC Taxis have child restraint seats? -

I am travelling to NYC in March and don t want to lug my car seat for my 11 month old. I only need a taxi to and from the airport. Do any taxi cabs in NYC have child seats??

I am sorry to say, no they do not. My kids are older now, but when they were infants, this was a CONSTANT topic of conversation among my friends! You could call a car service (this is a kind of taxi in NYC that you do not hail but has to be called by phone to pick you up.) You could call them and ask if they have a car seat, some do. But I warn you, not all car services have them and those that do, often use outdated seats and do not install them correctly. I truly do not know what to tell you. While your child might be safer on the subway, you might have a problem getting your luggage and an infant all the way into Manhattan on the subway. There used to be a private bus service to and from the airports that let you off right near Grand Central Station, but I don t know if that exists anymore. Honestly, you just hit one of those things NYC parents get upset about! I found often took my kids on the subway, either in a sling or a backpack carrier. Perhaps you want to buy one of those backpacks that converts into a stroller for the trip?

No, they do not, however, the black car services do have child seats, although its going to cost you a bit more.Good luck

No taxi s in NYC do not have seats for them. I think you have to bring your own.

No they do not. You will have to supply your own. I know those car seats are so heavy.

How do you talk like a Michigan person? -

they say myaatch intead of match for example. how? im trying out for a part in a play where the character is from Yipsilanti.

Most people here talk pretty much standard English as you would hear on TV. In the U P (U P = upper peninsula) you may hear an accent though. I lived in Vermont for a couple years as a kid, the only things brought to my attention were some of the words I used. In MI (and mid-west) we call carbonated drinks pop while other areas call it soda . Here it s a couch rarely a sofa . We play catch while in Vermont they play toss but maybe most use catch anyway. A word heard often and borrowed from the Canadians is aeh pronounced a . Can be used alone like hey or hi or after a word as a needless add-on like freggin aeh . Your example of the word match would not normally be found in southern MI. Here are links:http://www.michigannative.com/ma_home.sh��http://www.michigannative.com/ma_wordsph��But looking at these and other sites, they bring in a lot of U P into it and I would never hear most living in SE MI. BTW, I am an EMU grad, commonly called E-Mu (Eastern MI University) and located in Yipsilanti, commonly called Yipsi or Yipitucky . So in MI not much accent but more word choice differentiates us.

People in Southern Michigan do not have accents. If you venture into northern Michigan, that s a different story. I would go to clickondetroit.com and watch some videos; most Michiganders sound like them. Hope this helps you out!

I am from Michigan here is a link that will show you how we pronounce our words http://www.michigannative.com/ma_pronunc��

I didn t know people from Michigan spoke a different English.

Look up detroit news stations and watch them online. See how they talk.

Wondering about towns around Orlando and which are the safest and cheaper as well? -

We use to live in Florida and are maybe moving back to the Orlando area. Wondering what towns around Orlando are the safest and cheapest(by cheap I mean renting a 1 bedroom for $700 or less)? Or even what parts of Orlando itself are the safest and also not so safe areas(areas you would never live in yourself)? Commuting times don t matter that much to us so that s not an issue with location. We are a 30 year couple so maybe not a town that is mostly retired people, I realize it s Florida but also know there are a lot of towns that are mostly retired people. Kind of wondering about Kissimmee as well. Thanks for any help you may have!

Going to paste a previous answer of mine about Kissimmee. Touristy, incredible traffic on the main drag, big immigrant influence, lots of hit-and-runs (like Orlando), poor legal system, and bad commute to downtown Orlando where better jobs are. Osceola County, where Kissimmee is, has a very high unemployment rate. Osceola County continues to have Central Florida��s highest jobless rate at 12.8 percent been there, done that, still regretting it. I don t know what years you lived in Orlando, but crime there got dramatically worse after 2004.. to the point that it has taken Jacksonville s crown as a crime center, though Miami still rules. Orlando is rated #6 in most Dangerous Cities by Forbes based on violent crime statistics.There is high unemployment in Florida and in the Orange County area (both 11.2%).. higher than the national average.I moved 6 months ago to S Fla after 5 years in the Orlando area. Admittedly there s lots of retirees around my area, but I m near some of the finest beach and resort areas in the country and I feel a lot safer around retirees than thugs.. especially when the economy is likely to get worse. My bank branch in the Orlando area is closing in January and I had to go back to get the contents from my safety deposit box which I meant to do sometime anyways. Even here I see the Suntrust banks vanishing from the Walmarts.

Stay away from Parramore and Pine HillsClermont, Ocoee and Winter Garden are nice areas with reasonable living costs. All of them are considered safer parts of town and are much quieter then the areas around UCF. I ve never lived in Kissimmee so I m not familiar with what it s like there.

Say No to Pine Hills...We lived in Ocoee..loved it and really miss it. Winter Garden Clermont are nice too.