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“You are not You, You are a New Yorker”

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My new York.

Moniruz Zaman

Arch 3522

New York City, for me, is a place where everyone is responsible for everything. Ranging from social issues, to even how the city looks is an automatic and subconscious concern for everyone living here. Any issue that rises at any time, you can find thousands of other people standing up for the same cause. There was a time where issues such as recycling, sustainability, homosexuality, etc. were not spoken about, but when a few people stood up for it, thousands joined the movement. Everyone in New York City is somehow interconnected and somehow has an impact on each other. Nobody is alone here. My idea of an interconnected New York City did not exist a few years ago, during high school, when I thought that New York City was just a place for opportunities for everyone. I figured that everyone should just stay within their own circle of friends and just get whatever they wanted to do over with. Have a few friends, get a degree, get a job, have a small family, and that is all a person needs to do in new York city. But in reality, everyone is responsible for each other. If one person robs, steals, murders, does a good deed, recycles, protests for good, vote for mayors, it affects every other New Yorker. If one person does not raise a child properly, then he is, statistically, assisting his child in becoming a criminal, which in fact affects everyone on the city. It was actually when my mind matured and went through epiphanies of sorts, when I began looking at everything throughout my day in a totally different perspective. When an elderly person comes into the train and I am sitting down, if I do not give up my seat, I am unintentionally representing every other young adult to be a greedy and ignorant. In New York City, nothing is about an individual anymore; everyone becomes part of a general group. So the next time you do something, remember that you are not representing yourself, but also New York City, your orientation, your ethnicity, your age group, and everything else in between.

New York: City of Dreams

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Born here, raised elsewhere, I know so little about New York until me came back for junior high school. New York City is known for city never sleeps, a place where all dreams come true.

 

Living here for over ten year, I have been moving place to place, my first impression to New York City was poor rated. My uncle picked me up from JFK and our first trip was to stop by Chinatown for welcome dinner, I fall sleep on the way there due to jet lag. I couldn’t believe it was part of Manhattan, I wanted to go back to Shanghai.

 

Elmhurst, Queens. Where I first residence with my family, Near 74st Train Station. I was excited to jump on subway of NYC to experience it. I was disappointed again, it was not as cool as it seem from the movie. (Before renovation) my mother worked hard in helping expending family business in Brooklyn, so my first visit to Brooklyn is where all the warehouse was located. We moved to Bayside about two year later. It was a very quiet and beautiful neighborhood, with a possible commute distance to New York City. This was the turning point when I fall in love with this city. I started to view two city in comparison. If shanghai is a young teen age girl. Then New York is the wised lady, both attractive yet one with amazing history retained from times. Shanghai will not have as many little quiet villages as New York City.

 

We moved further away from city as my mother wanted me to be isolated from night life this amazing city have to offer. I learn to explore public transportation system of New York. Took LIRR from Great Neck directly to Penn Station every weekend. I enjoy interact with peoples. We were all different in cultures and backgrounds. We all share the same love to this amazing city.  I would go Chinatown and little Italy for food, soho and 5th avenue for shopping. Enjoy a relaxed weekend in central park. Public lectures in uptown. What I love the most about New York is the Public Library System; from queens to long island, no matter where I moved to, library is always around for the community.

 

Studying Architecture allow me to understand New York’s history better, appreciate more. Yet, do I really know about New York. New York have more then what we imaging to offer, I would devote myself to pursue my dreams here and be a proud New Yorker.