In the essay “City Limits”, written by Colson Whitehead, New York is described and presented in a different way than we’re accustomed to. He explains that everyone has their own New York and it all starts with your first experience there and what you visually take in. In his opinion, being in New York makes living any other place inferior. No matter what changes and is gone, it’s still alive through what you saw New York as when it was significant to you. People’s stories entice you to make the first move to come here but once you’re here, everything’s irrelevant because you only know for sure what your own experiences are. You need to remember and cherish what you see because when it isn’t there anymore, you don’t want to forget what you learned and did in those places.