Shaved heads in New York - page 1 -

• Shaved heads in New York by nuts on 07 Oct, 2013 14:17
• Just returned to Australia after spending (among other things) a week in New York.
  
  It was quite startling how many shaved heads I saw while exploring the city.  Young, old, executives, doormen at hotels, laborers - I estimated about 5-10% of men had shaved heads.  Interestingly the number of obvious tourists with new shiny scalps was staggering - they must have caught the bug.  At my hotel over half the bellmen were shaved.  Among the native American population the proportion was higher.
  
  I was waiting for a bus outside a barber's shop and saw two men enter with hair and leave shaved.
  
  I felt very much at home.
  
  
  
  
• #1 by Laser Man on 07 Oct, 2013 17:15
• Shaved heads are very common in New York - and in the Northeast Corridor (Washington DC to Boston) for that matter.  The look became popular with men in the finance industry a few years back, but it isn't confined to that group.
• #2 by MikeM on 08 Oct, 2013 04:18
• My avatar shows a shaved head in New York! (From a vacation 4 years ago.)
  
  Bragging rights to whoever knows where the picture was taken.
• #3 by Bespoke on 08 Oct, 2013 05:27
• I'm going to say that's Grant's Tomb, though I'm not positive that it isn't Columbus Circle!
• #4 by MikeM on 08 Oct, 2013 06:39
• Quote from: Bespoke on 08 Oct, 2013 05:27

  Grant's Tomb
  

  -- cold
  

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  Columbus Circle

  -- warmer
  
• #5 by Baldstu on 08 Oct, 2013 07:06
• Sounds good nuts both my partner and I are sly , both want to visit the big apple for the culture sounds like will be at home
• #6 by tomgallagher on 08 Oct, 2013 08:01
• Quote from: MikeM on 08 Oct, 2013 04:18

  My avatar shows a shaved head in New York! (From a vacation 4 years ago.)
  
  Bragging rights to whoever knows where the picture was taken.
  

  
  The Merchants Gate entrance to Central Park.(right off Columbus Circle)
• #7 by mangosink12572 on 08 Oct, 2013 08:42
• Tom:
  
  I think you are right.
  
  
  I lived at 10 W. 66th for years  - - -it looks like that corner    not sure of the stone bench.
• #8 by MikeM on 08 Oct, 2013 09:19
• Actually it's at Belvedere Castle, inside Central Park. Good guesses, though.
• #9 by isleepinthebuff on 08 Oct, 2013 11:23
• I loved New York, growing up bang in the middle of central London, a lot of my friends used to feel like being a tourist when they came here and how mind blowing London can be. I'd never really felt that till new York and I loved it. I hope to go back next year.
  
  I'd also love to visit Australia. A lot of my friends live there and given the chance I would love to live there.
• #10 by tomgallagher on 08 Oct, 2013 17:56
• Quote from: mangosink12572 on 08 Oct, 2013 08:42

  Tom:
  
  I think you are right.
  
  
  I lived at 10 W. 66th for years  - - -it looks like that corner    not sure of the stone bench.
  

  
  I just love CPW.
• #11 by Plano on 08 Oct, 2013 21:52
• It's true, plenty of us Sly guys here in NYC. I see it more and more every day and I love it!
  
  I agree, it is popular throughout most of the Northeast, however. Was up in Cape Cod a little while ago and I swear it was 50/50 sly land when I was there.
• #12 by nuts on 08 Oct, 2013 23:16
• As npsbg said the surprisingly big group with shaved heads was the suits in the financial and legal areas of the city.   
• #13 by Baldstu on 09 Oct, 2013 07:07
• Surely the sly guys wearhats in winter New York ?
• #14 by imaginary on 16 Nov, 2013 12:53
• Quote from: Baldchav on 08 Oct, 2013 07:06

  Sounds good nuts both my partner and I are sly , both want to visit the big apple for the culture sounds like will be at home
  

  
  Agreed. Although I live in one of the other four boroughs, I live in and like to go to Manhattan for the same reason.