New York contains a lot more than New York City. We always urge people to explore a little outside the city when possible, but there’s no denying that the metropolis itself deserves to be on your bucket list. In particular, those who want to know what the American Dream is, what it means to come to new land and follow your aspirations, can really learn a lot from the city.
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What the American Dream is might depend on your perspective. There’s no denying that. But to many it means the ability to start fresh in a new land, to find opportunity and fortune away from harder times in harder places.
It’s worth seeing what those people would have seen as they arrived by taking a boat tour around Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. You can even visit the crown and get a sight of the city’s skyline like nowhere else.
More than a business
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New York is a fashion capital of the world and to many, it represents everything that the metropolitan life and look can be. However, Macy’s in NYC is much more than just a business. It’s an institution in its own right and the beginnings of a retail empire that reaches far and wide and still has a name that’s respected and admired to today.
Even if a Big Apple shopping trip might be a little too pricey for your budget, it’s still well worth exploring the aisles and seeing one of the city’s most beloved businesses up close.
A tale as old as time
Aside from Macy’s and shopping, the theater is truly how New York likes to tell a story. Actors, writers, and directors come from far and wide to play on the best and best-known stages in the world in Broadway.
There’s a good reason that so many of the city’s most beloved plays, like A Bronx Tale, feature the themes of achievement, of aspiration, of heritage, and of finding your way in the city. The theater is one of the best places to see what New York is all about, so you can’t skip a trip to Broadway (or even off-Broadway) during your visit.
Get with the people
Lastly, New York is such a hodgepodge of peoples, traditions, and different ambitions, that it’s almost hard to imagine New York as a whole. Different areas have their own identities, but that’s not to say that there isn’t a shared spirit of “New Yorkishness” to be found.
One of the best places to find that is Central Park. Easily one of the prettiest places in the city, it’s also a communal hub where events are always happening from concerts to pop-up art shows to trade fairs.
In Summary
New York represents a great deal not just to the US, but to the world as a whole. It’s what has connected countless generations of new Americans to the country that they built their dreams on and you can see it in every building’s face and every monument the city has to offer.
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