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More impressions:

Manhattan definitely has that Paris feel. The buildings and architecture are of a different scale for sure, but it feels eerily similar. The pedestrian activity isn’t quite as intense though… I say this while in Midtown during rush hour. Same thing with the train stations… not comparable to London’s at all in terms of amount of people and frenetic pace.

The diversity is matched only by London (sorry Toronto).

I’m sorry to keep on bringing this up, but NYers (you can tell who’s local, whether native or transplant) simply don’t dress well, and no effort is made to look nice. Lots of people in exercise gear and casual wear that looks like it was thrown together at the last minute. Is it a warm weather thing? I’ve seen better sartorial game in LA.

Highly individualistic and “you do you.” Everyone sort of does their own thing and are less likely to get caught up in odd-sightings or people-watching.

Surprisingly not as many homeless and mentally ill.