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It's not until you visit that you appreciate the place. New York is one of those places I've only seen on TV and in films. I'd foolishly tarred Americans from this city with the same brush, loud arrogant and rude. It is only now that I found this isn't so.
Though New York city is dusty and has a air of business, it also has a soul that gets to you, even if you merely pass it's streets. The famous things are all there, lined up in front of you; manhole covers which ooze a deadly looking steam and look about ready to fly in the air, yellow cabs that never seem to stop, no matter how big the bus or truck in front is, Hershy bar wrappers lining the streets and of course, the buildings.
The buildings in the city range from huge to giant, but they present an interesting mix of old and new. Gothic looking ledges stand next to smooth, neat tinted glass, the Empire State Building is dwarfed by the other, more modern architecture, but somehow keeps its own magnificence. Further downtown there are streets that all look the same, Chelsea is completely different to Broadway and Queens has a whole other life of it's own (which ranges from luxurious to 'I wouldn't go there at night if I fancied keeping my skin').
White Plains, by contrast, is pretty much all prime real-estate. There are, of course, penalties for this and many of the immigrants cannot afford to live unless they house share with a couple of other families, while even the businessmen and women find it hard to afford anything more than a three bedroom house.
Staying in White Plains is an experience too. It's amazing when you walk from the main shopping malls and past Macys to the back streets, the language changes dramatically from English to Spanish and even the shops display their signs in latin languages. There are a fair share of Spanish speaking people, but also many Asians who have made a living in the city, both at the top and the bottom end of the market. It's great to see this mix, but a pity that a place so prosperous cannot sort out the problems with unemployment and overcrowding by immigrants.
I'll miss the feel and the look of New York. The subways, the large wooden buildings and even those yellow school busses and hydrants that make me feel I'm in Sesame Street, but it will also be nice to get back home and see my wife, who has no doubt been busy re-organising the house so I cannot find anything!
Though New York city is dusty and has a air of business, it also has a soul that gets to you, even if you merely pass it's streets. The famous things are all there, lined up in front of you; manhole covers which ooze a deadly looking steam and look about ready to fly in the air, yellow cabs that never seem to stop, no matter how big the bus or truck in front is, Hershy bar wrappers lining the streets and of course, the buildings.
The buildings in the city range from huge to giant, but they present an interesting mix of old and new. Gothic looking ledges stand next to smooth, neat tinted glass, the Empire State Building is dwarfed by the other, more modern architecture, but somehow keeps its own magnificence. Further downtown there are streets that all look the same, Chelsea is completely different to Broadway and Queens has a whole other life of it's own (which ranges from luxurious to 'I wouldn't go there at night if I fancied keeping my skin').
White Plains, by contrast, is pretty much all prime real-estate. There are, of course, penalties for this and many of the immigrants cannot afford to live unless they house share with a couple of other families, while even the businessmen and women find it hard to afford anything more than a three bedroom house.
Staying in White Plains is an experience too. It's amazing when you walk from the main shopping malls and past Macys to the back streets, the language changes dramatically from English to Spanish and even the shops display their signs in latin languages. There are a fair share of Spanish speaking people, but also many Asians who have made a living in the city, both at the top and the bottom end of the market. It's great to see this mix, but a pity that a place so prosperous cannot sort out the problems with unemployment and overcrowding by immigrants.
I'll miss the feel and the look of New York. The subways, the large wooden buildings and even those yellow school busses and hydrants that make me feel I'm in Sesame Street, but it will also be nice to get back home and see my wife, who has no doubt been busy re-organising the house so I cannot find anything!
Stryke wrote:
> Did you see Ground Zero? I want to see it and the beams of light
> before it gets rebuilt. It's just something I feel I should do
Beams of light for the WTC were only temporary, but they have an observation deck which now overlooks the area where the WTC was before. There is another light that stretches way up into the air on the other side of manhattan though.
> Did you see Ground Zero? I want to see it and the beams of light
> before it gets rebuilt. It's just something I feel I should do
Beams of light for the WTC were only temporary, but they have an observation deck which now overlooks the area where the WTC was before. There is another light that stretches way up into the air on the other side of manhattan though.
When I went to New York, I watched the Knicks play the Lakers!
It was great!
It was great!
I've been to New York before. Awesome place. Times Square rules.
Did you see Ground Zero? I want to see it and the beams of light before it gets rebuilt. It's just something I feel I should do.
I'd like to visit New York. There are a few places around the world I'd like to see. Egypt, Asia (Japan, Thailand and Hong Kong mainly), Australia, South America. I'm planning to visit them one-by-one as soon as I get a job as soon as I finish Uni as soon as I get a car as soon as I have some money :)
It's not until you visit that you appreciate the place. New York is one of those places I've only seen on TV and in films. I'd foolishly tarred Americans from this city with the same brush, loud arrogant and rude. It is only now that I found this isn't so.
Though New York city is dusty and has a air of business, it also has a soul that gets to you, even if you merely pass it's streets. The famous things are all there, lined up in front of you; manhole covers which ooze a deadly looking steam and look about ready to fly in the air, yellow cabs that never seem to stop, no matter how big the bus or truck in front is, Hershy bar wrappers lining the streets and of course, the buildings.
The buildings in the city range from huge to giant, but they present an interesting mix of old and new. Gothic looking ledges stand next to smooth, neat tinted glass, the Empire State Building is dwarfed by the other, more modern architecture, but somehow keeps its own magnificence. Further downtown there are streets that all look the same, Chelsea is completely different to Broadway and Queens has a whole other life of it's own (which ranges from luxurious to 'I wouldn't go there at night if I fancied keeping my skin').
White Plains, by contrast, is pretty much all prime real-estate. There are, of course, penalties for this and many of the immigrants cannot afford to live unless they house share with a couple of other families, while even the businessmen and women find it hard to afford anything more than a three bedroom house.
Staying in White Plains is an experience too. It's amazing when you walk from the main shopping malls and past Macys to the back streets, the language changes dramatically from English to Spanish and even the shops display their signs in latin languages. There are a fair share of Spanish speaking people, but also many Asians who have made a living in the city, both at the top and the bottom end of the market. It's great to see this mix, but a pity that a place so prosperous cannot sort out the problems with unemployment and overcrowding by immigrants.
I'll miss the feel and the look of New York. The subways, the large wooden buildings and even those yellow school busses and hydrants that make me feel I'm in Sesame Street, but it will also be nice to get back home and see my wife, who has no doubt been busy re-organising the house so I cannot find anything!
Though New York city is dusty and has a air of business, it also has a soul that gets to you, even if you merely pass it's streets. The famous things are all there, lined up in front of you; manhole covers which ooze a deadly looking steam and look about ready to fly in the air, yellow cabs that never seem to stop, no matter how big the bus or truck in front is, Hershy bar wrappers lining the streets and of course, the buildings.
The buildings in the city range from huge to giant, but they present an interesting mix of old and new. Gothic looking ledges stand next to smooth, neat tinted glass, the Empire State Building is dwarfed by the other, more modern architecture, but somehow keeps its own magnificence. Further downtown there are streets that all look the same, Chelsea is completely different to Broadway and Queens has a whole other life of it's own (which ranges from luxurious to 'I wouldn't go there at night if I fancied keeping my skin').
White Plains, by contrast, is pretty much all prime real-estate. There are, of course, penalties for this and many of the immigrants cannot afford to live unless they house share with a couple of other families, while even the businessmen and women find it hard to afford anything more than a three bedroom house.
Staying in White Plains is an experience too. It's amazing when you walk from the main shopping malls and past Macys to the back streets, the language changes dramatically from English to Spanish and even the shops display their signs in latin languages. There are a fair share of Spanish speaking people, but also many Asians who have made a living in the city, both at the top and the bottom end of the market. It's great to see this mix, but a pity that a place so prosperous cannot sort out the problems with unemployment and overcrowding by immigrants.
I'll miss the feel and the look of New York. The subways, the large wooden buildings and even those yellow school busses and hydrants that make me feel I'm in Sesame Street, but it will also be nice to get back home and see my wife, who has no doubt been busy re-organising the house so I cannot find anything!