New Yorkers give more practical advice than Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift, recent New York transplant, was also recently named the official Global Welcome Ambassador by the city's tourism organization.

It's a smart move by New York, but Swift's experience of the city doesn't ring particularly true for many longtime New Yorkers. If you listen very closely, you can hear a collective eye roll when in one video, she calls bodegas "our friends."

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Help from more seasoned New Yorkers is on the way, though. On globalambassador.nyc, three new ambassadors offer tips and advice, beginning with a real New York City welcome: Read more...

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