People say, "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere." The quote refers to life in New York City and how being successful in the city means you can succeed anywhere. Summer arrived and it was the opportune time to discover why the statement defines New York City. My family decided a trip to New York City would provide a new perspective given that it is different from where I live. I was up for the challenge, a new place to learn new things. It was an opportune moment to discover the city and discover why it is a challenge to live in the city.
In just the immediate summer before my joining high school, my family and I embarked on a trip to a completely new world. Having come from a small town, I must confess that I had not been exposed to elements of such a large and diligent city as New York City. In fact, I won't be shy saying that my trip there was similar to discovering a new way of life that I only used to hear stories of. In the morning of the flight, I checked the availability of my entire essentials to make sure that I had not left anything behind. Soon went arrived at the airport, and despite having flips in my stomach, I persevered it all even as the runway zoomed by and houses started becoming smaller and smaller. I really yearned to be in one of the most magnificent cities of the United States. .
Everyone seemed to be in a hurry to catch up with one thing or the other. In fact, I could tell a few minutes after landing that New York was not like Texas, Houston or any other city in US. It was until we reached our hotel at Times Square that I realized that not only the motorists were in a hurry. People on the street were walking at fast pace, an indication that they were rushing to get somewhere. The transportation system of this city was also far different from what I had ever come across. In my hometown, bikes and small cars were perfectly used for getting around the town.
It was New York City, New York. ... I got to school and my teacher and friends that were going to the trip were waiting for me. ... When we got to the airport we waited in there for like 30 minutes and flew to New York City, New York. ... It was our last day in New York City. ... New York City was one of the most amazing place I visited as a child....
The New York City Blackout of 1977 was a huge electricity blackout that had a huge economic, political and social effect on most of the city between July 13- July 14 1977. ... The New York City Blackout of 1977 was extremely memorable than any other blackouts we have had in the great city of New York only because it happened during a severe financial crisis which of course made things a lot worse in parts of the city that were already struggling, which was predominantly African American Neighborhoods. ... Con Edison was and is still supplying power the city of New York City and they tried ther...
On November 21, 2002 I arrived in New York City accompanied by my mother, godmother, and two cousins Anne and Brian. ... As I soon realized, New York City was populated by very kind and polite people, on very clean and well kept streets. During our stay in the city we traveled to the famed sites that one would usually expect to see in New York. On the last day of our trip, however, we visited a newly historic site, Ground Zero. ... What I took from my trip to New York City was more than I had ever expected: never take what you are given so freely for granted and cherish the time you a...
I was finally in the wonderful city of Las Vegas, which is located in the middle of the desert in Nevada, after a long five-hour flight. ... The bus was well air-conditioned, so the twenty-five minute trip was pleasant. ... My family and I were walking to the famous New York, New York. Once inside, the place was decorated like the streets of New York. ... I kept trying to open my eyes and enjoy the ride, but with every turn my eyes burned more and more. ...
New York City, New York, also called the Big Apple, has enough diversity within it to fulfill the world. ... On average, I visit New York City at least three times a year and I leave more and more cultured every time. ... New York City is also the home of MTV and BET, another interest of mine as an adolescent, thus making the city huge on pop and hip hop culture. ... Miami, New York City, Washington, D.C., and most places in between have been major influences on who I am today. ... For instance, Miami brings out my beach bum, Latino, fun side; New York City brings out my urban, posh, Broad...
Throughout the Spirit of America trip, I visited many different places and some destinations became very meaningful to me. ... The events of the Holocaust broke my heart to the point that it can never be fixed, not just mine, but every single Jew in the world, and although it is impossible to truly display the horrific and inhumane lives the jewish prisoners were force to live, the Holocaust Memorial Museum gave me one of, if not the closest to real life scenarios I could ever experience. ... Throughout the many destinations such as New York City and Washington DC many new things about the ri...
A dream she has had since visiting New York City as a small child. ... So I took a trip to New York City to see Teresa, as well as to see what life in the big city really was like. ... I went to New York City in the wrong state of mind. ... This was not how she imagined it to be when I arrived in New York City. ... I began to reflect on the time I had spent in New York City and my relationship with Teresa. ...
One year later, in 1774, I graduated and entered king's college in New York City. ... As the war of independence began, I took a trip to Boston, which solidified my loyalties with the colonists. I made a sensational speech attacking British policies, at a mass meeting in New York City. ... The proficiency and bravery that I displayed around New York City impressed General Washington. ... Then, after the British army evacuated New York City. ...
It was a regular day in New York. ... To get to the city it's a long trip, the Northern State to the Meadowbrook to the Southern State to The Belt and then take it all the way in (the guys knew the way). ... As a young child growing up in New York life was as good as it gets. Living in New York is its own unique world always growing and expanding. ... On September 11, 2001 no human being in the New York State area was sleeping. ...