New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they have to go, and it's been that way since the first skyscraper.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's hard to leave New York: this is where my friends are, my parents are. It is so vital. The whole world seems to look to New York.
When you grow up in the city, New York is so big that you can kind of stay in your own little corner of the city and think that that's it because you don't need anything. You don't have to venture out; you don't have to touch the boroughs. You can kind of stay in your neighborhood, and there's everything there.
New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.
New York is a much more bourgeois city, more of a tourist attraction than a muscular metropolis. It's lost moxie and a rough energy, while gaining grace and friendliness. I love both versions of the city, but I wish the prosperous Manhattan would become a little easier for young people to afford.
There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.
Everyone's expectation of New York is so big, and then you go, 'Oh, it really is like no other place on Earth!'
I never thought about living in New York. I just thought it was great.
Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.
The best thing about New York is everything is available. Whatever you want, New York has got it!
New York, in itself, has this frenzied, chaotic feeling to it. It's such a big city, and it's always moving, and there are so many people.
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