Personal Narrative: A New York City

From the tourist attractions such as Time Square and the Statue of Liberty to the everyday life of its residents in luxury apartments and cultural restaurants, this city is one that never will be boring. Scotty describes the city as “like a gorgeous, easy thing to have, even for me” (99). While people get to see is the beauty of the city, but they don’t see is the other side of the coin.

I hope your Tuesday afternoon is going terrific. I am Miten Bhadania and I would like to formally introduce myself as your colleague working in the Tech department as Developer.

I have written many essays since I was in middle school yet most of my writing was not that important besides for a grade. Yet there is one piece of writing I wrote that change my life and felt that it had an important impact to The City of Chicago. My teacher during that time wanted the class to enter in a citywide competition, which is called “Do The Write Thing”. It is a way for students to voice their opinions on how to stop the violence in Chicago. I wanted to help reduce the violence in Chicago since many youths are being killed in the streets every single day. In my paper, I mainly focused on three body paragraphs. The first one was why the violence in the city was increasing. The second one was some type of violence that I have witness in my own personal life. The final paragraph

I witnessed my cousins boyfriend corpse lying on my neighbors lawn. It was a humid summer night around 3:30 when I peeked through my window and saw my devastated cousin sobbing uncontrollably on my decaying porch. Being from East chicago, Indiana has transformed me into the person I am today.

The city of Chicago has been displayed as a dangerous city in which all residents are affiliated with drugs, gangs, and misconduct of firearms. Whether someone fits into this stereotype or not, is normally based on their surroundings and their interactions with others. Growing up in Gage Park, named one of the worst neighborhoods, falling into this stereotype and becoming affiliated with drugs, guns, and gangs, would not be too hard for someone to do. However, I have lived in Gage Park my whole life and have not fallen into the status quo. I have had family members and friends fall into this realm of unpleasantness and watching them become another wrong kind of statistic is upsetting. I have been faced with the decision of continuing to have

Although I have very few experiences of New York, what captivates me the most to the Empire State is the memory of my parents challenges in the city. As young newly wedded immigrants without a degree, it was tough settling in the big apple. Nonetheless, my parents worked hard to achieve the American dream. However, their American dream ended in the U.S. after they received their education. They decided to work overseas, and it was a decision that affected my life greatly. I grew up in many urban areas like New York with plenty of diversity to offer, but living as a foreigner enhanced the experience.

New York City is the centerpoint of thousands of films and pieces of literature, a city whose charm can be felt through words or pictures. Lights, brighter than life itself, blend with a cacophony of car horns and shouts to create an addictive mix of chaos. The glamour and sparkle of New York City is dramaticized to be an all encompassing feeling of wonder that one keeps with them for the rest of their lives. In the spring of this past year, the band program I participated in was given the once in a lifetime chance to perform in New York. Being obsessed with the city since I was a child, I gladly leapt at the opportunity. However, actually navigating the fabled concrete jungle makes one realize that New York City is not the shining beacon of wonder and amazement that it is thought to be.

While considering spending a holiday or a weekend with the family in a beautiful city, New York City should be at the top of the list. A considerable number of people get puzzled by the tall buildings, well structured highways and the well light streets when they visit for the same time. When planning a tour to New York City, one might wonder how a human being could have possibly built such tall buildings. The virtue that New York City is one of the largest cities in the world makes a person think that it is a paradise. In most cases, it is highly likely that a person who has never been to New York City could easily get lost due to the size of the city. The expansiveness of the city has generated economic gains.

Heavy raindrops spilled from the gray clouds above and people were scattering in all directions. I remember tightly clenching my mother's wrist out of self-assurance as we continuously bumped into frustrated strangers. "Let's wait this storm out in the local library," she had told me in between shivers. At the craziness of the moment, I wasn't sure if her decision was due to home being five blocks away or my nonstop complaints. I wanted to ask what a library was, but I figured that my question would just add to my mother's stress and annoyance. We stopped before the doors of a typical building that displayed the following words in huge yellow print: "Welcome to the Brooklyn Public Library." I specifically recall breathing a sigh of relief

The year was 1910 , I just made it to the Golden Door in New York City . There were a tons of people , everywhere I turned I seen Italian , Greek , Slav , Russian , Jewish , East European , and even Armenian people . I then met a Jewish family that helped me get to The Office of the Superintendent of Immigration . Me and the family were approved and admitted after hours of waiting . Then I asked one of the officers where should I go now ? He told me I should head over to “ Ellis Island .” So me and the family followed the crowd of people to the New York Harbor , were we sat and waited for hours to get on the boat . When we abroad the boat , people were pushing and shoving to find a secure spot on the boat . Everything happened so fast that

It’s easy to get swept up in all of the beautiful things that New York City has to offer. The flashing lights and large billboards of Times Square, dizzying height of the Empire State Building, and majestic Statue of Liberty attract tourists from all over the world to Manhattan. However, what most visitors - and even New Yorkers - don’t know, is how many secrets the city holds. Behind every brick of old brownstones, beneath the roar of the trains, above the skyscrapers, beyond the skyline, there are hidden secrets detailing the history and culture of the city that never sleeps.

Living and working in the city of Chicago was an amazing experience that was influential in my personal growth and my choice to pursue this advanced degree. Chicago is one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Race and class divide most of the neighborhoods in the city but the one place where this boundary is broken is on the train. Here all of the classes collide because everyone uses it as their main form of transportation.

I have lived in New York for my entire life. I’m a proud Long Islander and, before yesterday, would confidently proclaim that I knew a lot about what New York had to offer. Not that traveling around the metropolitan areas of New York could ever be boring, but growing up here the wide-eyed excitement that is often held by outsiders is not really ever present. New Yorkers are used to the dirty streets, bright lights, hoards of people and rich diversity that the greatest place in the world has to offer. But after yesterday, I feel as if, for the first time in a long time, I felt the excitement of unfamiliarity and the overwhelmingness of being thrown somewhere completely foreign.

The feeling you get when you first enter the atmosphere of New York City is one that differs from every other place. The absolute chaos that is the city some how gives you a strange sense of serenity. The streets are never empty, the sidewalks never bare. Between the sirens going off in the distance, the myriad of conversations taking place in every direction, and the street performers playing their unique styles of music, there is never silent moment. The blazing street lights, the neon store signs, and the headlights of the cabs will make it so there is never a corner not lit. The subways shaking the sidewalks and the breeze coming off every corner makes the city feel like it’s alive. Yet when you combine all these factors, a strange kind

When you mention New York to anyone, they automatically think about Times Square. This beautiful place with skyscrapers, Central Park, and a unique transportation system. However, if you were to ask me what I think about New York; I believe the skyscrapers block the sun, Central park is just a regular park for dogs, and the subway trains rarely run consistently especially in the mornings. I have lived in New York for 18 years, and I have yet to understand what everyone likes about the “ Big Red Apple.”