New series coming soon: New York City, I love you

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Ok, call me cliché, but New York City has got to be one of the best cities in the world. Am I just another one of those literary English/Journalism majors that has a romanticized view of NYC? Perhaps, but I'm proud to be one. NYC is the heart of journalism in the United States, and some of the best writers stepped on these streets.

I love everything about the city:

the bookstores,

the dreadful, yet pleasing sound of the screeching subway,

the food,

the street art,

the strange smells,

the obnoxious honking of impatient drivers that act like the sound of their horn is the magic word to make the red light turn green,

how each borough and each neighborhood has its own subculture,

the unpredictability of what subway passengers you'll be sitting by on every stop,

how I have the opportunity to take a peek at what books those lucky locals of the city are reading whether they're passengers on the subway or walking passed me as they cross the street rushing to get to who knows where,

the way that the street pavement shines when it rains at night,

even the rats...

Because I love this place so much, I will be creating an article series called "New York City, I love you," which will be about, in case it wasn't obvious enough, NYC.

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