In a city that never sleeps there's never any shortage of things to do, especially during holidays. And the holiday New York City is probably best known for is New Years Eve. Beginning in 1972 the famous Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve broadcast from Times Square with its stroke-of-midnight countdown–balldrop has become the iconic model for urban New Year celebrations. But one thing that ABC doesn't broadcast, is the fact that Times Square is the last place actual New Yorkers want to be on New Year's Eve. Instead they go to the following events: