Welcome to New York. It’s been waiting for you. And by “it,” I mean cockroaches, bedbugs, 6-train cars with broken air conditioners, and that guy dressed as an off-brand Tickle Me Elmo in Times Square leering at you. There’s a lot to be truly terrified of in this city.

Following the Chelsea bombing that occurred over the weekend, there was lots of talk online about how many New Yorkers weren’t fazed or scared by the incident and the potential groups or motives behind it. To which, Twitter user @BobbyBigWheel (known in the real world as Robert Wheel) started a running list of the things one actually has to fear in New York. Ranked number one: getting pushed onto the subway tracks. No. 8: finding out your neighbor has bedbugs. No. 1,563: ISIS.



5. Sidewalk grate collapse

6. Falling air conditioner

7. Friend in an improv troupe

8. Neighbor has bedbugs

9. Getting back from EWR — Bobby Big Wheel (@BobbyBigWheel) September 19, 2016

Sparking a trend, the original tweet has inspired others to chime in with their own lists of NYC fears. (Keep in mind most of these people also work in media, so they make up something of a skewed cross-section of the city’s residents. Still, it seems safe to say that nobody wants to be crushed by an air conditioner.)

1. falling onto subway tracks

2. crazed man shoves poop down shorts for no reason

3. summer blackout

4. toilet rat https://t.co/alN8p8PQvS — Erin ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ Ryan (@morninggloria) September 19, 2016

1. Pushed onto tracks

2. Bed bugs

3. Having to move on a week's notice

4. Rent going up in general

5. Your weed dealer getting popped https://t.co/1SQH3YDsy5 — ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) September 19, 2016

1. touched by flying cockroach

2. kicked in face by showtime

3. talking rat

4. improv everywhere is actually everywhere

5. being single https://t.co/nRgvWQiX1f — Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen) September 19, 2016

1. Stuck on subway with ex

2. Pigeon to face

3. Stepping on rat

4. Unannounced landlord visit

5. Musician neighbor https://t.co/kZMT7a5BZY — Lizzie O'Leary (@lizzieohreally) September 19, 2016

My NYC fears, ranked



1. Pushed onto subway tracks

2. Getting into subway car with no a/c

3. They cut my bagel in half and half again — Elizabeth West (@Limeylizzie) September 19, 2016

NYC Fears 1. Their deepest, most intimate fears being compiled in a list format that is then disseminated via social media to lots of...... — Elliott Turner (@Futfanatico) September 19, 2016

If you live here in New York, make your own list. It’s fun. All five of my fears involve my landlord realizing the many ways I’ve violated my lease and then making me pay for them. That and the Second Avenue subway actually opening up, making my apartment’s location suddenly convenient and subsequently causing my rent to spike. (Though I think I’d file that somewhere around No. 1,564 on my list. Right after ISIS.)