Thoughts about New York City

New York is one of the most exciting cities in the world. I like exploring the city, but I wouldn't like living here. It's definitely overcrowded and overpriced, but hard to make the argument that's it's overrated. It's highly rated because offers the best of many aspects of urban living.

 Things that I don’t like about the City 

• It has become overcrowded. There are too many people in the 5 boroughs. The gap between the rich and poor is really apparent when you go to the rough parts and the richer or nicer parts. There is also the discreet racism that lives within this city.

• It is too expensive. The cost of living sometimes does not match a person's salary. Housing and transportation are getting more expensive without any improvements.

The 5 boroughs are very diverse, but it seems to me that people remain guarded and generally do not cross lines to befriend others or even live in the same neighborhoods. But with all negative comments that I am writing there is good. There’s every kind of food your craving, from Chinese to donuts to just about anything else, you can find in a short distance walk. No need for an automobile, which saves NYers from the rising gas price.

There are certain areas of the city that I still haven't totally explored. I am really looking forward to going to Brooklyn and Manhattan. Never been to Coney Island and I would like to take a ride on one of the rides and see if I can brave it and eat a Nathan's hotdog at Coney Island. In Manhattan I would like to see some art work in the museums and street artist. I live in Queens and there are some locations that we are going to see during our trip that I haven’t seen in since I was young. I am going keep an open mind in this class looking forward to learning the history of the city because you can read books or watching videos you can only know so much but walking the streets of Manhattan experiencing it is priceless.