| Around 8 million people call the Big Apple | | | | The city itself is composed of five different |
| home these days, but are you considering | | | | boroughs, including the Bronx, Brooklyn, |
| taking a trip there any time soon? If not, | | | | Queens, Manhattan, and Staten Island, some of |
| you might want to consider it. New York City | | | | the most well known neighborhoods in the |
| is one of the most vibrant cities in the | | | | world. |
| United States and is a center of global | | | | |
| commerce. If there was ever a city that | | | | The food culture of New York City is also |
| never sleeps, New York City is definitely it. | | | | vast and has been heavily influenced by |
| With 8 million people, I guess it's to be | | | | immigrants coming over from across the pond |
| expected that someone is always going to be | | | | over the past 200 years. Several foods have |
| out and about. | | | | been made famous by the city, including New |
| | | | York-style pizza, and street vendors are not |
| Since about the 1790's, it's been the largest | | | | limited to hot dogs and pretzels anymore. If |
| city in the country and has been called an | | | | you can eat it, you'll probably find a street |
| alpha world city, along with other global | | | | vendor selling it somewhere in New York. |
| giants such as Tokyo, London, Paris, and | | | | |
| others. So it should be, since it's one of | | | | The television industry is also a major |
| the largest centers of media, | | | | employer within the city, since the whole |
| education,entertainment, fashion, and | | | | industry initially developed there. Taking a |
| politics on the planet. It is also the seat | | | | tour of the many broadcast networks that |
| of the United Nations. | | | | exist in the United States, such as ABC, NBC, |
| | | | CBS, and FOX is possible in most cases. |
| New York City has some of the landmarks that | | | | |
| are known of all around the world, such as | | | | Not interested in any of that? Try catching |
| the Empire State Building, the Statue of | | | | a football or a baseball game at one of the |
| Liberty, Wall Street, Ellis Island, Grand | | | | nearby stadiums, such as Yankee Stadium and |
| Central Station, and the New York Stock | | | | the Giants Stadium. If sports isn't exactly |
| Exchange. The most visited park in the | | | | your cup of tea, there are also many museums |
| United States is also in New York, which is | | | | and entertainment hubs throughout the city |
| Manhattan's Central Park, whose construction | | | | that you can go to. Who knows, a play on |
| began in the middle of the 1800's. | | | | Broadway just might be what you're looking |
| | | | for. |