Any city dwellers having a hard time finding a place to enjoy a cigar?

[68TriShield]

Well you said you are coming to a point where you'll be done with the room mate thing and I don't blame you.
Now is the time to do your research on where you will go.Maybe it's time to think about taking a train into the city and living where you have more freedom to do what you want to do.

[ColdCuts]

Thanks to everyone for the thoughtful replies.

Originally Posted by 68TriShield

Well you said you are coming to a point where you'll be done with the room mate thing and I don't blame you.
Now is the time to do your research on where you will go.Maybe it's time to think about taking a train into the city and living where you have more freedom to do what you want to do.

You know, Dave, I really like this idea. I like it a whole lot. I only need to convince the girlfriend.

She says she's not quite ready to leave the city. But I think I could grease those wheels by taking the plunge and putting a ring on her finger. I've been thinking of proposing for awhile, and she's dropped hints. With a ring would come plans to start a family, and with that would come a serious case for leaving the city. Just think, a wife, kids, a house in the country. And I was just looking for someplace to enjoy a cigar! HA HA HA

Perhaps I should go ahead and get that done. She's a keeper... She's crazy as hell and mean as a snake sometimes, but she's a keeper.

Originally Posted by Les Nessman

Where in Brooklyn? How long have you been here?

I also live in Brooklyn, and you are right, it can be difficult to find a spot where you can stop and sit with a cigar where you can feel comfortable. But there are a lot of great neighborhoods in Brooklyn to explore, so sometimes I just grab a cigar, my flask and go for walk.

I'm currently in Greenpoint. I've been in NYC since 2000. I lived for many years in Astoria, Queens where I had a nice little back patio on which I enjoyed countless cigars. That nabe is much quieter, i.e. more cigar friendly than this one. Randy, your cigar, flask, walk strategy may be my best bet until I can implement 68TriShield's strategy.

Originally Posted by kelmac07

Move to the country brother.

Originally Posted by maninblack

Amen.

I'll second that amen.

[neoflex]

I used to live on Long Island and work in Manhattan and never really had a big problem as I always knew of shops I could hit when I was at work or I would just smoke in my office if I was really pressed for time and couldn't get out. Working in a shop that ran solvent printers sometimes had it's perks as the smell of inks was even tough for cigar smoke to take over. Lived on the Island so it wasn't an issue.
Now I live in NC but return back to NY for business pretty often. What I usually do to get a stick in without having to make a trip to a shop or lounge is I usually go for a walk while puffing on a cigar in the evening. I try to not be like the cigarette smokers that act like the world revolves around them and their smoke. I try to be aware of the people around me and make sure to exhale away from them if passing by and just try to avoid the crowds in general and stick to the not so common areas so there are less people to bother with my smoke. I have yet to have a person complain so I guess I should consider myself lucky. I have had people stop me to ask what I was smoking or if there was a shop nearby that they may not have known about.