New York City is the perfect place to check off everything you have on your bucket list. It doesn’t matter what time of day it is, there is always a way to satisfy your most absurd needs in a matter of minutes. This includes food cravings, fashion needs, desire for adventure, and more. As New Yorkers, we are accustomed to this. But, when we leave New York and suffer through a three hour long drive to find a McDonald’s, we really regret taking these facilities for granted. As New Yorkers, we embody the American principle of diversity—we have a little bit of everything from around the world. In my neighborhood alone, there are three different mosques and then a church. There are three South Asian restaurants around the block, a Mexican restaurant
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No more than ten minutes away is a collection of stores including Lot-Less, Target, and Barnes & Noble. There are also countless places to eat from: the usual trio of McDonald’s, Subway, and Starbucks, which are all within a few blocks from each other, or the food carts (such as Rafiqi’s) that litter the streets. On the same blocks as the fast food restaurants, we have Suzettes Crepes, three different Chinese buffets, Macaron Cafe, and Kung Fu Tea. Despite trying new foods as often as possible in the past three years that I've been here, I have yet to experience all the food Tribeca has to offer. On top of the variety of food available, there is also so much to do around here. You can shop at Soho (where it isn’t a big deal to run into celebrities like Cole Sprouse) or a make a run to Zara in the middle of the afternoon to buy a new blouse for an interview after school. You can also walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, visit the Irish Hunger Memorial, or study at the Poet’s House. If that’s not enough, you can use one of the many trains to go explore other neighborhoods that have just as much to offer.
This variety that is prominent outside every doorstep in New York City is what keeps me on my toes. I have spent all seventeen years of my life here and I could spend another seventeen without getting bored. If I stayed in the city for the remainder of my life, I doubt this city would ever run out of new experiences to offer me. Here, I can experience a little bit of
No more than ten minutes away is a collection of stores including Lot-Less, Target, and Barnes & Noble. There are also countless places to eat from: the usual trio of McDonald’s, Subway, and Starbucks, which are all within a few blocks from each other, or the food carts (such as Rafiqi’s) that litter the streets. On the same blocks as the fast food restaurants, we have Suzettes Crepes, three different Chinese buffets, Macaron Cafe, and Kung Fu Tea. Despite trying new foods as often as possible in the past three years that I've been here, I have yet to experience all the food Tribeca has to offer. On top of the variety of food available, there is also so much to do around here. You can shop at Soho (where it isn’t a big deal to run into celebrities like Cole Sprouse) or a make a run to Zara in the middle of the afternoon to buy a new blouse for an interview after school. You can also walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, visit the Irish Hunger Memorial, or study at the Poet’s House. If that’s not enough, you can use one of the many trains to go explore other neighborhoods that have just as much to offer.
This variety that is prominent outside every doorstep in New York City is what keeps me on my toes. I have spent all seventeen years of my life here and I could spend another seventeen without getting bored. If I stayed in the city for the remainder of my life, I doubt this city would ever run out of new experiences to offer me. Here, I can experience a little bit of