To be a New Yorker!

New York is a cosmopolitan city, it nevers sleep, you have 24 hour and 7 days on the week different activities for any kind of person; also this international city receive thousands of tourists per hour.
However, for any tourist this city is the best on the world; but if you are thinking in live there, you need to know the real situation and how the most people live there.

Firstly, the typical New Yorker is busy, stressed and independent person. He has a long working day and after work, the majority of the cases he needs to do some activities at home.

Secondly, New York is over crowded, there is a lot of pollution and the public transit of this city every day carries about 10 million of people from the five boroughs; for those situations the New Yorkers become in stressed people. Every day, they have to put up this situation and try to attach here.

Moreover, the New Yorkers are self- sufficient, every person has to do everything by his self, it is because every person is focusing on his goal and how increase his money, for that situation no body has time for pay attention in another person. Rarely, New Yorkers say some expressions like this: good morning, how are you?and have a beautiful day.

Despite of this situation, you still can find New Yorkers that the eye contact and one smile are back, also have time for sharing a pair of minutes with someone and seeing a New York in different way like a tourist.

Finally, you are the only person that decide to be a traditional New Yorker or to see this amazing city in another way.

Humans in NYC…

TV and movies have gave me the image of the average New Yorker. Working at day, cigarrette and coffee break, beer with your friends at the evening… The people here are used to the glamour, the hurried crowd, the blinding lights, the huge bildings… It’s easy to get lost in a city like this, not only because it’s a really big city, but it’s also a scary city… So, new yorkers must know how to deal with all these situations, to face their fear to survive in this jungle. The average new yorker should be aware of everything that happens around him or her. Here, you have to know how to behave: laws are very strict, you have to obey them if you don’t want ti be fined ir, even worst, end up in jail…

So, a common new yorker is like in movies, but what movies don’t tell us, is that there are many local rules of behavior that you must know When you live here… All this things you can only learn by living in New York.

World may not be the same without New York city…the city that never sleep!! Center of everything. It has got a very long history which offer them more powerful. Lot of things to say about this capital of the planet. In my view, the picture of thing that come up in my mind when i am thinking about New York is “different feature of people”. I don’t know how many populations in Big Apple is but it seems to be “Wok of cultures”. People has been moving from home country around the world and has tried to settle here make a lot of change. Not only they just stay but also they live their life by create their tiny communities. When you walk in any area, there are always more than 3 kinds of the restaurants on the same street i.g., thai, chinese, maxican etc., standing not too far from each other. Or when you are in public transportation, you will be able to meet asian, european, south american, african. More than that with asian for example, there are thai,  chinese, vietnamese, indian etc. This strongly mark this place as the world’s largest multi-cultural city.

 

 

What is the common denominator?

What is a typical human of New York City – that’s a very good and at the same time difficult question. 8,2 millions of people live in here – and these people are logically as different as sweet and sour are.

Also if the people of NYC absolutely don’t have altogether the same origin and culture: They have indeed little similarities. For example being almost always stressed, upsetting when the subway is delayed or crossing against the red light. To complete the list of similarities comes another point: All people of NYC loves their city very much – they are the lucky ones, who can live the “living-in-the-big-apple-dream” of thousands of people.

Now I switch to the varieties of the population. Some are extremely rich, others are desperately poor. There are a lot of stunning fat people, some outstanding skinny ones, some very famous people and there are unemployed people. They have different religions, different skin colors and different cultures. This list is by no means complete. But it shows the most important differences.

After my analysis I have to say, that there’s no common denominator. In my opinion the typical human of New York doesn’t exist. The only thing, which I can subscribe, is, that the people of NYC are stressed, but adore their city all the time…

Similarities

A typical human of New York is always running in a hurry,  like being late. Also,  they are always in a line, waiting for the subway or waiting to be served at a restaurant,  for example.

Some going to work, other strolling with their families.  Even the New Yorkers seems to like turistic places.  The most interesting in my opinion is that,  a typical New Yorker has a musical soul, are passionate about art and culture, respect the visitors and are solicitous.

They do not mind helping foreigns indicating places that only they know, and believe me,  it is always an amazing experience.

There are always a lot of them in cafes and bakeries. They like enjoying good food reading a book, the newspaper or just chating with friends.

In fact, a typical human of New York is similar to a typical human of São Paulo, Brazil, for this reason I chose spend my vacation here.

Busy busy busy!

 

New Yorkers are one of the busiest people in the world. They walk fast, work hard every day. Their strong point is to have their own goal and dream, and they try to realize them.

On the other hand, their weak point is too busy to see surrounding them. When I ask direction to somewhere, they don’t tell it in a polite way. Because they always focus on their job, they don’t care about strangers.

 However, I feel many good things comparing with my country while I stay in NY. I can do whatever I want, I can have dream even it’s big here. Nobody criticize me and everybody around me cheers me up.

In addition, New Yorkers respect others’ character and life style. Whatever pelple do, others regard it as their personality. It means they have huge responsibilities against their behaviors. If people think they are lack of common sense, people point them out clearly.

My images of New Yorkers are independent and strong.

What Gives You Peace in NYC?

New York City is a place overbrimming with frenetic energy. Sometimes it’s tough to find an activity that you can do to reconnect with yourself. I have found the most peace in taking bike rides. When I lived in West Harlem, I would take the bike path along the Hudson River, all the way down until I hit One World Trade Center. The morning rides were the best, because at 6 am, hardly anybody was on the path, and I could ride as fast as I wanted. Anyway, in my exhaustion, I was able to feel an inner calmness difficult to find in the day-to-day city living.

What about you? What do you do to find your peace in the city that never sleeps?