” City Limits” by Colson Whitehead is a summary about each individual’s “New York.” He claims that New York is the greatest place ever and it has ruined him for other cities and towns. According to Whitehead, everyone has their own version of New York. People begin to start building their own version of New York when we lay our eyes on the city. The building that was once the Pan Am Building is now Des Moines but in Whitehead’s version of New York ,it will always be Pan Am Building because it was there when he started building his own New York. Everyone’s New York is different because everyone came to New York at different times and every person has had different experiences with this ever changing city. Buildings that were once pizza shops & pharmacies are now completely different places. Because these buildings are coming and going so fast, many times we are not given a chance to say good bye. We don’t get warnings when these places suddenly disappear. No one tells us that this might be our last ride in a Checker cab before it stops running or that a restaurant we’ve always loved will suddenly go out of business. If there is a chance, Whiteman would love to go back and say his proper goodbyes. If his old apartments could talk, they’d say goodbye too. Everyday is a day that changes everyone’s New York and the day we realize that New York moves on without us is the day we become true New Yorkers.