Colson Whitehead claims New York City to be the best city and it makes every other hometown ,city, town,country look drab and tiny. In this article Colson’s talks about his passion towards New York City. He also describes how he views New York city. As well as his thoughts about and towards New York city. He talks about how people been here for a while get hit with flash blacks while walking down their block how that used to be and this used to be. He also says how New York has a bunch of history behind it Someone people see building this way while other call it this and other call it the way it is. He also speaks about how New York is also the place for opportunities.