"Spanky Yankee"

Is New York City a good place to live? Ask all the college students I met in Storrs, Connecticut that want to move to New York City once they graduate.  Or we could ask all the teens of Bridgeport, Connecticut who emulate all the trends of New York City teens or praise someone who migrates from NYC to their city.  New York City is ultimately the place everyone wants to be, except for New Yorkers themselves for some odd reason. 

  

New York City provides top notch services that can not be found in many other cities; for example, transportation.  In an article from USnews.com, it was stated that the Big Apple (New York City) is number one in total number of passenger trips.  It also stated that New York City was responsible for 40% of the whole nation’s transit trips.  New York City provides parents with a huge array of public schools to choose from for their kids at any level of grade school.  Along with well over 200 public schools, private schools, charter schools and a handful of specialized high schools.  New York City is also the home of NYU, and an Ivy-League school Columbia University.  A knowledge seeker will love to live in NYC and raise their kids in the city.  Speaking from experience, when I stayed in Connecticut, I realized it was about 3 public high schools per city.  I see that as a limit.  Limit is not a word NYC is familiar with.

Not only education and transportation, New York City also homes a lot of art and history.  You could visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Natural History, or even take a walk around the South Bronx which is rich in hip-hop culture and history; since New York City did father Hip-Hop.  New York City fathered a Jay-Z to a Donald Trump.  In how many cities can you wake up and take a 15 minute walk to a store to get anything you need?  Beats a 15 minute drive to Wal-Mart where everyone else in the town is at.  

Anyone from an aspiring CEO to an aspiring rap artist to an aspiring film producer comes to New York City for that one of a kind exposure or opportunity.  I could sit here and list all the good things about New York City but this sums it all up:

“…Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of

Theres nothing you can’t do now that you’re in New York”

-Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”

Works Cited

Kurtzleben, Danielle. "The 10 Best Cities for Public Transportation." US News. U.S.News & World Report, 21 Jan. 2011. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.