Friday, February 28, 2014

You Can't Beat New York City.

New York City, when people hear the name a lot of things come to a person’s mind. Some people can have a good view on New York City and for others they have a different view on it. New York City is the best place to live. Even though the rent is high, there is still a lot of ways to make money. There are huge amounts of opportunities in the City from business opportunities to education. New York City is a place where you will never get tired. There is always something to do here, from going to the plays on Broadway to going swimming and going on rides on Coney Island.
            New York City is the best place for a big reason. It is a very safe to live in. According to the website city-data for New York City the average crime rate for 2012 was 256.1. This average included murder, rape, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, and auto thefts per 100,000 people. The Unites States average of crime rate was 298.7 (Crime Rate in New York). This means New York City is doing very well of keeping crime down. Another reason as to why New York City is the best place to live in is because since 2000 crime has been going down significantly. In the year 2000 the average crime rate for that year was 419.7 per 100,000 people. That is a major decline in crime.
            You simply cannot beat New York City. This city is full of life and full of many people that come from different backgrounds that bring in their culture and make New York City a very diverse place. New York City also has the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA for short, and they make commuting very simple and sometimes fast way to get from point A to point B. The MTA can take you to many different places like Times Square to Orchard Beach. You do not a care to travel and that is a good thing because you save money. New York City is the best place to live in and it will only get better
Work Cited:

“Crime rate in New York, New York (NY): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map.”  City-data.com, Advameg, INC. N.d. Web, 28, Feb 2014

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