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The City
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New York City may be small in size, but it’s huge in character and energy. With 8 million residents packed into just 830 square kilometers, it’s the most densely populated city in North America. From its earliest days, New York has been a city of immigrants, and today about one-third of its residents are foreign-born. Roughly 138 languages are spoken here, and new cultural and culinary enclaves continue to emerge, making the city a living mosaic of global traditions.
While the city pulses with the energy of its newest residents, echoes of old New York remain. Opera still resonates from Lincoln Center, Wall Street hums with the tension of the markets, and stately apartments around Central Park recall the grandeur of the city’s Gilded Age. These contrasts are part of what gives New York its unique rhythm.
The city is surprisingly walkable, and exploring on foot is often the best way to take it all in. Manhattan’s grid of numbered streets and avenues makes navigation easy, while the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island each offer their own distinct character. Nightlife thrives nearly every night of the week, and a young, vibrant energy flows through the city’s universities, bars, and music venues. From the historic landmarks to the newest cultural hotspots, New York is a city that never stops surprising.
While the city pulses with the energy of its newest residents, echoes of old New York remain. Opera still resonates from Lincoln Center, Wall Street hums with the tension of the markets, and stately apartments around Central Park recall the grandeur of the city’s Gilded Age. These contrasts are part of what gives New York its unique rhythm.
The city is surprisingly walkable, and exploring on foot is often the best way to take it all in. Manhattan’s grid of numbered streets and avenues makes navigation easy, while the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island each offer their own distinct character. Nightlife thrives nearly every night of the week, and a young, vibrant energy flows through the city’s universities, bars, and music venues. From the historic landmarks to the newest cultural hotspots, New York is a city that never stops surprising.