New York City

When I stepped off the airplane I had the feeling: "Welcome home!" Even though I had been only twice for three weeks to Arvada, CO, I felt not only comfortable in the United States but I also thought that this is my real home. New York City is, however, a lot different than Denver. The city that never sleeps seems to overwhelm anyone from the countryside but in a positive way. Once settled in the reasonably priced Youth Hostel in the Upper West Side, we were ready to explore the Big Apple. I think we must have walked for many miles as we passed through Chinatown, Little Italy, and nearly every other part of Manhattan.
New York is a city like no other city. It is so big that you can't even imagine how big it really is. You can find anything here among the bustle of millions of people even though it seems that you become only an insignificant nothing. Everyone in New York is always moving fast from one location to another, and New Yorkers when they move somewhere else will still maintain their oriented running that they have learned in this metropolis. Another thing that I noticed was that people in New York are much less friendly than in Denver, Colorado, or as I later learned, in Charleston, South Carolina. New York is also a very expensive place to live. Going to the movies, for example, cost almost $10 ($9.50) when we were there. Nevertheless it is a very cool place to live, at least for some time, because here you would never know more than a handful of people. Plus today it seems very safe due to the large police presence.
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