There is an ad slogan written on a pharmacy store, Duane Reade, which is the top convenience store in New York City. The slogan says that, "No other American city is so intensely American as New York."
No, I don't think so. As a matter of fact, I have the opposite thought. New York is not the most American city in the United States. Contrarily, New York can be the most non-American city in the United States. Why is that?
When you ask someone from New York that, "Hey, where are you from?" He or she is definitely going to answer you like, "Oh, I'm from New York," instead of, "Oh, I'm from the United States." Apparently, they see themselves as New Yorkers not Americans, even New York City or New York State governed by the Federal Law. It's probably that New York City is such a big city that it's most likely people will forget where the hell the president is. So, Stop saying that New York City is the capital of the United States! But if you say it's the capital of the world... well, I'm not going to deny that. It really is! Anyway, because New York can be the capital of the world, it naturally attracts people from every corner in the world. And the diversity turns to be the best feature of New York. So is New York that American? No, it's universal.
In the past, New York state was called the Empire State and this was exactly how the name of the Empire State Building came from. Though New York may not be the most biggest town in the world right now, it's still a city that has its own charm and fantasy. And I believe it will be.
Most of all, you can grab any kinds of food in Manhattan. Like, American, Mexican, Italian, German, French, Jewish, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Cuban, Turkish, and so on. In New York, there is just no such thing as too close.
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