I still don't get it? What is the American Dream? Its
been seven months living in New York, the excitement is long gone and
reality is settling down in its Place. Though the city does not necessarily
strike me as the best place to spend the rest of my life in, it also does have
a lot of aspects that make it Unique. It has amazing ethnic diversity, I have
lost count of the number of languages I hear on a daily bases. The numbers of
inter racial couples; families and children are over whelming. They have achieved
the highest bar of accepting each other’s differences. Staring into the streets
of Manhattan gives me the same thrill I often have whenever I see the rainbow.
Its different colors, beauty and radiance at the end of a
rainfall. I often find myself taking walks in Union Square as i enjoy the
amazing representation of all of the worlds citizens.
New York may not be USA’s average city but in this case I decided
to use it, in my mini thesis in order to define the Dream, “ The American
Dream, can only be in New York”.
These are some of my observations
1. 24 Hour service from all sorts of Retail shops.
The highly competitive commercial city, has unbelievable retail
service hours. As early as 2am you still can go to a decent grocery shop and be
able to do your shopping without any hustles. Fashion/ clothing shops are open
till 1am.Plus you can still get food to be delivered at any time.
2. Public Transportation Efficiency
New York has one of the best public transportation systems. The
city has well over 8million people .For that number of people you would think
that transportation would be terrible, yet it seems to be the opposite.
Everything is set on a time schedule that is at least 95% efficient. With the
exception of instances when there are Hurricanes, storms or some sort of state
emergencies.
3.Entertainment
There are countless things that one could do to keep him occupied
during their spare time. Broadway, Movies, Musical Shows, Parades, Crazy
festivals, Hippies (just their presence is enough), museums and so much more.
4.Food
New York has the widest variety of food. African, European, Asian,
Latin American Restaurants.
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| City Cabs : Time Square
Every Dream has a Nightmare
Sadly, not all dreams are good there has to be a “Nightmare”, New
York has its nightmares too. Just like any other place in the world. These have
been the nightmares I have seen.
1.Food Wastage
It has taken me a long time to process the food consumption habits
in this part of the world .The huge restaurant portions and the remnant
portions that are thrown away. I often wonder whether it can be controlled or
not. Hence it has become even harder for me to eat in Restaurants however
prefer cooking and consuming what I can manage.
2.Noise
The Metropolitan city is arguably one of the noisiest places I
have ever been too. When I first started my term of service, it took me a while
to adjust to the noise .I had to adjust to the city‘s rhythm, a continuous
irritating soundtrack from millions of pedestrians conversing on their cell
phones or with each other simultaneously, with the complementary band of city
cabs, cars and loud sirens. That really takes a lot to get used to.
3.Weather
At times the weather is really unpredictable, despite the
predictions from the weather channels.
I guess this will give you a
rough Idea of the American dream. Through it all God still guides and protects
me. Thanks to Him.
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