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A city of bright lights, always throbbing with life and humming with activity, the Big Apple is the ultimate city for any tourist, or basically, anyone. This bright, fun city is filled with excitement and is definitely very hard to beat.
New York ~ the type of city for any late-night shopper or any night club party-goer. Full of energy and overloaded with noise, this famous city of skyscrapers is probably one of the most active cities on the planet.
Known as the city that never sleeps, New York is famous for being bright and loud. Every morning, you would wake up to the sounds of early morning traffic noise, a cup of coffee and maybe a slice of hash brown for breakfast. As you board the train, there will be people pushing through the crowd, yelling at others trying to get through. If you drive your car to work, you will be stuck in traffic jams that seem like it will never end. There’ s nothing bad about that ~ New York is known for being a REALLY busy place. However, that doesn’ t deter tourists coming in from all over the world. New York’ s too special for that.
In addition to all the fun and bright lights, New York is also known for its bizarre yet unique fashion sense. Everywhere you go, you see people who like to show bright colours, odd shoes, hats and accessories. And if all else fails, New Yorkers will bring out the big brands like Ralph Lauren or jewelry from Tiffany and Co. Overall, people in New York like to show from head to toe.
Burgers of Burger Joint, Hotdogs and pretzels ~ basically sums up the New York

Throbbing with life and humming with activity …

cuisine. Adding to that, fancy costly restaurants that serve delicious food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. These range from omelette and bacon for breakfast at the local café, or New York’ s famous steak and salad. Simple cuisine, yet delicious.
Time Out New York lists us 50 reasons why New York is the best city in the world. Most of them are believable. Some are unquestionable. Like, how New York has the most iconic skyline in the world. That is a fact. New York has the most beautiful views at night, with the famous skyscrapers and the Empire State Building pointing towards the sky. New York also has the best musicals in the history of theatre. This singing-and-dancing interpretation of plays have become so popular New York is known for it. Many of the most innovative, memorable musicals of our time came to maturity of the Annie The Musical and Wicked. All this comes from New York. Sure, London has musicals too, but they are not as spectacular( and as cheap) as New York’ s broadway.
Now, what makes New York special? Of course everything this article just said … how the Big Apple is such a fun, unique and delicious place, but is there something that stands out that make it the world’ s best city? Yes ~ its so much cheaper! Compared to London, Paris and Italy, New York has more things- at a cheaper price too! So it’ s for any shopper who doesn’ t want to spend an overload and yet see everything and anything. Now this would sure leave London thinking.
So I’ ll leave the final question up to you ~ London vs. New York, what’ s your pick? J�
By ~ Caitlyn Lozano 7I As a part of FM 3