Although I have lived in several cities in 3 different states, I have always lived in the Eastern Time Zone. So when the big ball dropped in Manhattan, it was New Year's for me too. We have never gone to Times Square to watch it in person, but my wife and I did go to Central Park for New Year's in 1980, I think. In the first few years after we were married, we lived on Long Island (NYC metro area) and for New Year's Eve we would always go over to a friend's house to celebrate with a bunch of our friends at her big annual bash. Later, when we lived in Albany, NY in the early '80s, we would go across the street and watch the fireworks show that would commence just after midnight at the Empire State Plaza. In the 25 years since we moved up to the mountains, we have welcomed in the New Year quietly at home while celebrating with the revelers on television in Times Square. My wife's sister and her husband and kids travel into the City from LI every year to celebrate in TS.
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