Shaved heads in New York

[nuts]

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.

[Laser Man]

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.

[MikeM]

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.

[Bespoke]

I'm going to say that's Grant's Tomb, though I'm not positive that it isn't Columbus Circle!

[MikeM]

Grant's Tomb

-- cold

Columbus Circle

-- warmer

[Baldstu]

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

[tomgallagher]

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)

[mangosink12572]

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.

[MikeM]

Actually it's at Belvedere Castle, inside Central Park. Good guesses, though.

[isleepinthebuff]

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.

[tomgallagher]

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.

[Plano]

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.

[nuts]

As npsbg said the surprisingly big group with shaved heads was the suits in the financial and legal areas of the city.   

[Baldstu]

Surely the sly guys wearhats in winter New York ?

[imaginary]

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.