>>3620I live in NYC which is America Lite, fat-wise. You see some monsters if you go to black or PR/Dominican neighborhoods, or some white ethnic 'hoods that are way out, almost in suburbia, but otherwise it's more like what I observed in the UK — plenty of fatties but few real giants.
In fact pre-Covid some of the biggest women I'd see here were tourists from other parts of the US, in places basically only tourists visit like Times Square. That's where I've seen families that are something out of WG fic, where the mom and dad are 400-500 with 300+ lb kids, I'm not exagerrating. NYC is really a walking city and subways require a lot of stair climbing so I don't know how they do it. A lot of ubers and taxis, I guess.
Some of my AT biggest/most extraordinary sightings here in the rotting Big Apple:
1) In Rockefeller Center, another area that's all tourists unless you work there, I saw two couples, all four of them on scooters. They were white, obviously tourists, older but not *old*, 50s-60s. 3/4 were enormous and the 4th one just really fat. I honestly can't remember details about all of them except they were classic Red State American middle aged, middle class blobs. I do remember one woman had more ass hanging off her seat than was on it — on each side. Think BC Sadie-sized. I followed them for a bit, looking for cameras because I couldn't believe it wasn't a prank.
The Rock Center complex was built in the 30s and a lot of the storefronts along the side streets have doors that are kind of narrow and involve a step. Anyway the scooter gang all stopped at this one place, which was — I swear I shit you not — a chocolate store. But there was no way you were piloting a scooter in there, so one guy got up (with great difficulty), waddled inside and then reported back to the others. The big-assed one I was talking about decided it was worth it and dragged herself off her wheels and checked it out. Then I had to go because I was getting creepy. Or rather, I already was creepy but I didn't want to freak them out.
2) This one happened 25+ years ago and stuck with me, probably because there were fewer mega-sized people around in general so she was a real unicorn. It was in the subway, where stairs, narrowish turnstiles, and crowding that often necessitates standing for long periods of time generally keep out the real big 'uns. Anyway I go into the station and heading toward the turnstiles are 3 black women, two thickish ones, kinda tall, and a third who's a little shorter and absolutely huge.
Total African fertility goddess: Shaved head, thin face and neck but *massive* boobs, each 2x the size of her head, in this stretchy halter thing like a sling, and they hung down to her waist and swung from side to side along with upper arms like only fat black women seem to have, like giant brown pillows that hung way down over her elbows, all of it wobbling around like crazy as she moved. But her upper body wasn't even the main event... Her hips and ass were just outrageous — hips 2x3x as wide as her shoulders and one of those asses that's so big she actually leaned forward as she walked. Big belly but not huge, chunky but normalish calves and ankles. She wore a skirt that was loose but kind of clung to her so you could see her shape fairly well.
Of course I thought, No way is she getting those hips through that turnstile, and indeed there's an emergency door that's wider, that I've seen bigger people use. But she just pushed herself through it! Like those videos where a 30 lb octupus squeezes through a keyhole or something.
Anyway the benches on the platforms have armrests every 18" so people don't lay down on them, wider than a coach airplane seat but not wide. Her friends sat down but she obviously knew it wasn't gonna happen so she leaned against the wall to wait, which spread her ass even wider, and the rest of her was like 2' from the wall because her booty was so deep.
We get on the train and she sort of falls into a seat — too much time on her feet and she's obviously exhausted. In general she moved around with that hurried fat person thing, like it was a race against time before her legs gave out. Anyway she's sitting on a bench for 2-3 people but she fills it with her hip fat pouring out the armrest (which is open metal tubing). She's leaning forward because the bench is only deep enough for 2/3 of her ass. She has her palms planted on her knees, elbows up to steady herself, with those gigantic boobs fully in her lap, and splashing around with the motion of the train. In fact her whole body is kind of flowing side to side as we move.
At this point I'm gawking and she notices but I guess she's used to it. I try to be cool but I'm smitten. I was headed up to 42nd Street to transfer and I'm hoping the ladies are too but alas, they're not. But I figure, Fuck it, what do I have to do? It's an express train so 3 stops later we're at 125th Street — Harlem — and in those days there were very few white people (like me) hanging out up there, especially after dark.
Anyway it's their stop and they get out so I follow. I've just gotta see this megalodon climb those stairs! I hang back trying to be discreet and thankfully they don't seem to notice me. The two average-sized women go up the stairs fairly quick and then wait at the top. The big one has to go step by step, really hauling herself up with the railing and stopping halfway up to rest. At this point I was really stalking so I went to another stairway and headed back downtown.
Like I said, this one is burned in the memory banks. I've been blessed to be with several big gals, including a 375 lb, extremely squishy version, but I've still never seen one quite that... womanly.
3) Another one from a while back: I was visiting a relative in the hospital way the fuck out in Queens, where I took the subway to the last stop and then had to take a bus the rest of the way. Family duty satisfied, I was waiting for the bus on the way home and I look up the street and see this woman coming towards me in a power chair.
She was white, older but again, not old-old, 50s, fairly fat upper body (double chin, big boobs and belly, etc) but absolute monsterish legs. They were extended straight out in front of her, hers some sort of special chair for people with manatees for legs, that was extra-wide as well. Her thighs were maybe 2.5' wide each, calves 2/3 that, the kind that almost eat the feet below them. Basically like she had two futons rolled up in front of her. She was wearing a kind of muu-muu thing that stopped at her knees and her calves were naked, pale and extremely bloated-looking, like pale pink water balloons.
It's impossible to guess the weight of someone that big but I'd say she was on par with the biggest My 600 Lb Life subjects. I gawked as she rolled up and she smiled, like, Yeah, I know — pretty crazy, right??? I smiled back and was happy to see she was waiting for the bus too. I was reading a book and mostly minded my business til the bus showed.
So when a person in a wheelchair wants to get on a NYC bus it's a whole thing where the driver has to get up, flip up a whole row of seats (and telling anyone in them they have to stand), and then they operate a lift that's slow as hell and requires the wheelchair person know how to back up onto it. One thing I've observed is that if a bus is really crowded and it's not rush hour (when all the busses are crowded), the person in the chair will let it go and take the next one so they don't inconvenience too many people. ...All that to say, I'm hoping I'll get to ride with this Wonder of Nature for a bit and watch those beluga whale legs bounce around. But just my luck, the bus arrives and it's pretty crowded. I reluctantly got on and she waved the driver on. I gave her one last glance and she smiled and I swear it was like, Not today dude.
4) Another powerchair wonder: I was shopping at Whole Foods in Tribeca in Manhattan, a high end supermarket in a very rich neighborhood. I don't live there but I work nearby and it's way better than the markets near me (and not much more expensive). By NYC standards it's also a huge market, takes up a whole block, has very wide aisles, and is all on one level. I never thought of it as a "SSBBW friendly" market, as the local women are generally stick insects. But I suppose it is, because it's definitely where I've seen the most truly huge white women in the city. Not many mind you, like 1 every month, but still. Like I said, you just don't see big-big women in white neighborhoods.
Anyway I'd finished my shopping, was on the way out, and saw a van unloading someone from the side, what turned out to be an absolute planet of a woman. She had huge-everything, including giant doll legs in shiny fat lady tights, but the showstopper was a midriff that pushed out past her knees and spread up and over the armrests at the sides. And mind you this was one of those extra-wide chairs to begin with. Like a gigantic lava floe of fat stretching a size 20x t-shirt to its limits. She had to kind of reach *over* that belly mass to get the joystick and operate the chair.
Obviously someone who needed help to do everything — everything — and indeed she had a helper with her, a thin hipsterish woman. She and the helper were sort of joking and laughing as the van operator unhooked her once the lift was down.
The kicker was that she was fairly young, I'd say no more than 35. Her face was very round and reddish but she was otherwise healthyish looking — except she had an oxygen tank on the back of her chair and tubes in her nose... wow. Kinda butch looking unfortunately too but the spectacle of it was enough to get me.
I had bags in each hand, there was absolutely no reason to head back into the market but damn was I tempted.
That's it for now... I'm sure I'll think of more. Great thread.
