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March 14th 2007 by B C vs The World
We booked this flight to New York last year in November as there was a really cheap flight deal. Now, you all know that I've never been keen on visiting America, pretty much cos I figured I'd get into a fight 5 mins into the country. But everyone said that I'd love New York and this city really did transform both our opinions.
From the time we got there it was like visiting a movie set. We landed in Newark in the state of New Jersey which is just across the river (on the west side) from Manhattan (the main borough of New York, which divides 2 rivers) and caught the train to Manhattan going past absolutely MASSIVE yards and yards of industry and what looked like power stations.
NY is made up of 5 boroughs: Manhattan Island (it's not really an island, but a peninsula, but they call it an island) which is the main city area with all the famous attractions. To the north is Harlem (Jazz central) and above that is the Bronx (old Jenny from the block, South side Bronx). Across the river on the east side is Long Island (not sure if it's actually
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NYPD
I thought these were funny until I saw the cops on scooters! To be fair, they're still carrying guns.....
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