The podcast I did on the 20th was New York based, and I can understand my host's amazement at someone living on a minimum wage income. New York City has a high cost of living and higher unemployment rates than much of the country. I made a brief mention of more free things going on than people realize, so I thought I'd share some specific examples that I was able to pull up with a simple google search.
Most large cities have lists like this, but I thought I'd do a post specific for NYC:
From Lonely Planet:
40 free things to do in New York City Bloomingdale School of Music offers several
free concerts through the year.
From the "TimeOut New York" website:
Free things to do in NYC: Your guide to gratis entertainment From NYCGO.com:
Free in NYC Club Free Time's
free things to do in New York City I would suggest verifying these freebies independently since things can change after an article is posted, but there's a great variety of options here.