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I’m not a city person, I rarely go, and I tend to not like it for the most part… however, if you’ve never been to manhatten, you ought to go. It’s one of the major centers of civilization. Highly multi-cultural, lively, entertaining, full of everything…

on the down side, it’s got a funky smell, which sticks to you… it’s not the best air to breath, even when your on the shore line, and of course where there’s many people there’s many germs… so better take one of those Airborne pills.

Definitely visit China Town, eat at Hop Kee, get some Bubble Tea. Go see a broadway musical (Phantom of the Opera is wonderful). Check out Central Park, Art Museums (particularly the Met and MoMa), and the science museums, and mini-galleries, and Greenwich Village. :}

And remember, if you’re gonna be a tourist, move off to the side to take photos or stop to look at something. :P Particularly if it’s during the rush hour. :}

I don’t know what else is there.

I’ve never seen so many bridges in one place. It’s crazy! All of them lift for large boats crossing the river. If you can figure out which way the boats are traveling you can try to get to a bridge that’s not being lifted so you can cross. Fortunately I wasn’t driving, but otherwise I hear driving in the city really easy to figure out… basically the whole city is on a nicely layedout grid.

There’s a large homeless community there, most of which are some form of junkie, you will run into them frequently. Overall, everyeone seemed to be generally nice and helpful.

I visited a wonderful 4-story bookstore and some thrift stores (that were more expensive than thrifty). {shrug}