My Trip to New York: Arrival.
Getting into the city, I noticed similarities between New York and other cities I’ve visited. Its skyline reminded me of Miami, and in the heart of the city, buildings surrounded us from all around. T he streets were busy with visitors and locals alike. It was exciting to look around at the novelty and yet familiarity of it all. Hundreds of year-old statues floating on-top of poles in the middle of the street, buildings that have seen so much world changing history and of course every major brand store right there within a walk’s space. There was also disorder scattered around from thousands of busy lives and many guarded faces, like I saw in the cities of India. Walking the streets at first, was not much different from those other cities I felt. There was construction blending into daily life, heavy traffic and an orchestra of street sounds, which was overwhelming at first but then reassuring of the life happening all around me. It was when I interacted with New York’s people, how...