To me NYE is a stock standard night out, with hard to get taxis, annoyingly claustrophobic crowds, rip off prices for everything and people drinking with the intention to burden other people as much as physically possible,
Pretty much everything in life that I don't like.
House parties are the way to go, or in the loungeroom at home with a scotch and an ironic 45 on the decks you spun 10 years ago back when you were mainstream and uncool.