i live in new york i dont think anyone would kick your ass they would just look at u weird and probably think u werent straight. there was this one guy that played guitar in his underwear in time square for years and i think he got a little bit of publicity from this but no ass kickings at least i dont think. people tend to think new yorkers have this attitude to them its weird most people are nice and then there always the ones that will be dicks, all depends on were u are visiting