SPONSORED POST: Favorite Places In New York Sponsored By The New Kia Sportage -- The High Line

It’s pretty easy to disparage the High Line. In a lot of ways, it’s a tour de force of ostentatious dickheadery: it’s funded by the mega-rich to have a mega-rich-looking place close to their homes and offices. Nearby restaurants sell overpriced incarnations of street food. It’s constructed with the intent to be charming and loved (I’m looking at you, preserved railroad tracks with benches on them!) in the same way that Miley Cyrus songs are constructed so that you can’t help but enjoy them in spite of yourself. So it’s a testament to the park’s awesomeness that, in the face of all of these nuisances, it is indeed still insanely awesome.

Seriously, just go with your friends, hang out, sit on one of the oversized benches and play cards (I like Euchre!) or something. I’ve never had a bad time here! Maybe it’s the idea of faux nature, or how clean and new everything is, but for whatever reason, even though the primary view is Hoboken, it’s still gorgeous and relaxing. Is there anything better than sitting somewhere that overlooks the water? Has anyone ever had a bad time sitting somewhere that overlooks water? Okay, maybe some dock workers who got in trouble with the Mob, but other than that probably not.

Also, it’s huge! So while there might be a lot of people there, it almost never feels overcrowded in the way so much of this city can feel. In fact, they’re opening “Section 2” sometime next spring, so there’s going to be a whole new part of the High Line to enjoy. In fact, today is gorgeous. Fake sick and go there right now. You’ll thank me later.

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