New York, the so-called ‘City of Skyscrapers’, one of the metropolitan wonders of the modern and ‘ancient’ world. Land full of cultural variety, in the sight of people from all over the world to make their dreams come true and succeed. The city that saw the first European settlements grow in the history of the country which has a population of more than 8 million people making it the most populated city in the United States of America.
Founded in 1624, New York is a city full of different people, with different thoughts and different objectives but with the same purpose - to succeed; a city full of opportunities for all but full of competition and challenges that must be overcome. More than 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. 4 in 10 households speak a language other than English making it a city full of cultural variety. An example of this may be that today, housing nearly 150,000 Chinese residents across a two square-mile plot of land, Manhattan’s Chinatown is home to the largest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere.
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A city full of visual wonders which are the main objective of 58.3 million tourists who visit the city annually, such as the Statue of Liberty, which was given to the country by France in 1886 in the centenary celebration of the American city. Another of the city's main attractions is the Brooklyn Bridge, which is the oldest bridge in the world even older than the famous bridge located in London UK.
“New York is the most ethnically diverse, religiously varied, commercially driven, famously congested, and, in the eyes of many, the most attractive urban centre in the country. No other city has contributed more images to the collective consciousness of Americans: Wall Street means finance, Broadway is synonymous with theatre, Fifth Avenue is automatically paired with shopping, Madison Avenue means the advertising industry, Greenwich Village connotes bohemian lifestyles, Seventh Avenue signifies fashion, Tammany Hall defines machine politics, and Harlem evokes images of the Jazz Age, African American aspirations, and slums”, - George Lankevich (2019, www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City).
Being a relatively 'old' city, New York has certain factors that differentiate it from other cities in the world, which makes it a city with a 'special' glamor. An interesting fact about New York and the pizzas is that the price of pizzas and single ride tickets for the subway has remained pretty much equal for more than 50 years! Economists call this the pizza principle. The New York Public Library has over 50 million books and other items and is the second largest library system in the nation after the Library of Congress. It is also the 3rd largest library in the world.
New York is a city that has been born to great legends and artists of the modern and ancient world what makes it a center of attention for all those who want to follow their dreams and meet their goals and objectives due to the large number of job opportunities and artistic that exist in this metropolitan city. Great artists and social characters were born in this city as: Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Prince Royce, Marc Anthony, Lana del Rey, Lindsay Lohan among many other stars.
As New York is an immense city, in terms of population as well as geographically, this influences for companies of great influence to invest and put all their attention in this metropolis and not forget the events of international stature, which make it a city in progress constant full of great adventures and experiences to discover.
New York is unfortunately a city that has witnessed the greatest tragedies of the modern world and is also a city with a strong town that has managed to overcome adversity at all costs. The city was the victim of several terrorist attacks that left thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars in infrastructure. The fall of the Twin Towers has been the biggest misfortune in its history, but the “new” Wall Trade Center was founded, which is a stock exchange trading center where the New York Stock Exchange operates, which is the most important of all the world. Since the events of September 11, 2001, the lives of New Yorkers and Americans in general had a drastic change in terms of security and trust.
However, New York is a city full of wonders and full of incredible people, a city in change and constant movement, that's why it is called the city that 'never sleeps'. With endless places to visit and endless things to learn (history, culture, infrastructure, etc.) make it one of the best cities to visit from around the orb. It only remains to enjoy its extraordinariness and its historical greatness that leaves us perplexed to be surrounded by American history and culture.
References
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- Kim, S. (2017). The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/new-york/articles/new-york-facts-amazing-things-you-did-not-know/
- Lankevich, G. (2019). Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City
- Waltner, A. (2019). Swedish nomad. https://www.swedishnomad.com/interesting-facts-about-new-york/
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