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why i love nyc.
I’m in NYC this week, and the frosty mix of weather provided me with a reminder this morning about why I love this city so much. It can’t be stopped…only slowed. Despite little chunks of glass falling from the sky (ok…maybe it was sleet/hail) I saw the city soldier on. At first I loved how the streets were still packed despite harsh conditions with work goers. The city would still be humming! Then I saw that stores were still getting their standard deliveries of supplies! The city would continue running! Before noon the massive shoveling and salting started on sidewalks everywhere! The city fights back and tries to improve conditions! And then, gasp, I saw the ultimate sign of New York. Construction. A few blocks off of time square, new construction (looked like residential/retail) was going up and the workers kept right on going despite chunks of ice falling everywhere. Amazing. The city was still building for tomorrow while today sucked! I know this isn’t that big of a storm, but it just summed up all that I love about this place.
It reminded me of NYC right after 9/11. My college roommate and I came into the city to volunteer on 9/13. The streets were deserted. But as we neared one of the sites near the convention center– it was just absolutely jammed. New Yorkers were out in full force, from the young to the old, construction networks next to investment bankers, all out there trying to do whatever they could. NYC has heart. And it’s the heart of a champion. It always moves forward.
7 comments to why i love nyc.
— 02/14/07 at 9:21 pm
The news would really be if the city stopped. We did a few years back when there was a really bad blizzard, and THAT was actually remarkable and beautiful. I still have the picture of someone on cross-country skies going down a deserted Fifth Avenue.
Our architecture never looks as beautiful as when its under a new blanket of snow.
Are you in NYC for a Trump project, by any chance?
— 02/15/07 at 3:00 pm
which city does not have a heart? i mean, i lov your love for the place, but, c’mon. you can replace that nyc with any other city. for e.g: bombay, delhi, la, chicago
— 02/15/07 at 5:55 pm
Filmiholic– fair point! I think I remember that storm. And no, I’m not here to see the big guy : )
Yugan- I see your point. But all the cities you name are large cities with identities. Think of all the other cities in America that aren’t “first-tier” destinations. They show no where near the resiliency that major metro areas tend to. And yeah, you’re right, I’ve only really been wed to NYC and have never spent enough time anywhere else to fall in love with those cities.
— 02/18/07 at 7:25 pm
Hi Surya,
I am very proud of you, You are taking our complicated and lengthy last name to new levels
— 02/19/07 at 3:28 pm
Surya, keep up the good work.
— 02/19/07 at 3:45 pm
i seen u the show i think u got true drive that lack any suggestions
— 02/20/07 at 2:34 am
Complicated and lengthy last name, sure, but it also sounds kinda funny. To me anyways. Yalamanchili = Yelling/Yodeling Man Chili? Salamander Chili?
(No offense!) Anyway if I have the correct pronunciation in mind (”yah-lah-mahn-CHIL-ee”?), then the name rolls off the tongue quite nicely. I must say I’m also slightly fascinated with it. What does it mean?