When I arrived here I thought ‘wow, can’t they fit a tree in this place’ and felt like i was being swallowed up by a sea of buildings. the cab driver yelled at me for not giving a tip (which I thought I had, I hadn’t realised there was a toll on top of the meter charge), and the receptionist at the hotel was grumpy.

Then I saw central park and thought wow, how do they let a place like this exist in manhattan. I got to know some of the districts and places within them, and the place seemed to warm up in a few different ways (including literally, I had some beautiful sunny days in central park). i met some nicer people -even some nicer cab drivers.

I think it’s worth all the difficulties and chaos for the interesting places to explore – museums, parks, restaurants, clubs, theatres etc. etc.