On a daily basis I pass through 3 boroughs of New York City which are Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. There is always something new everyday that is offered in the streets that I walk. For example, a simple smile is always offered by the friendly stranger or a new fact is learned about the city I live in. Cadogan and I can relate on a certain level, I as a New Yorker for my whole life have began viewing this city the way an outsider/tourist would view it. As Cadogan and others describe, New York City is the city of opportunities, opportunities of gaining knowledge of other cultures and customs. Spending a majority of my time in the Upper East Side (my friend’s neighborhood), similar to Cadogan, one begins to acknowledge the trends and differences between neighborhoods such as my friend’s and mine which is Woodside. It’s goes from a community of midrise buildings which make you feel small on a human scale to a 3 story community with less traffic. This transition from large to small scale is common in the streets of our city and I feel that a lot of people don’t know that. It’s the reason why I choose to differentiate the routes on the days I travel.