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NYC was the first State that we lived, we were sponsored by a Chinese Christian Church, and here I am still a Buddhist. I grew up in Brooklyn and Queens, but spent most of my weekends, and went to school in Manhattan, so the city will always hold a special place in my heart. You might wonder as to why I’m not living there right now.

Where I live is not entirely up to me, if it is, then I’d be living in CA right now (might not be able to afford to live there, but that’s another story,) that was the plan after I finished with schooling, but here I am living in the Southeastern part of the United States. Where I live is influenced by my parents, I moved here because of them, they can’t speak English well, and this is where they want to live, and since my mom passed, I still have my dad to consider, and it’s easier for me to convince myself that I’m happier here, than to convince my dad that we need to move elsewhere, the way I see it is that CA is not going anywhere, I can visit the city anytime I want, but my parents will not be here with me forever, take my mom for instance, she passed away January 2007. This might not be the American way of looking at things, but who said that I’m very Americanized, and this is definitely an Asian way of viewing things, but if nothing else, it’s my way of viewing it.

As I’ve mentioned in my earlier post, I still have three sisters living in Queens, and one in Upstate NY, so it still feels like home to me. I do have to say that the city is very attractive to young people, there is so much to do, places to see. My nephew moved to NYC after he graduated from high school, he is currently in school, and also working, and very happy here. He has friends that want to move to NYC, but I think it’s harder to adjust to the city if you don’t have any family, one thing is that housing is very expensive, a small studio is about $1,000/monthly (not in Manhattan), hard to find a roommate since it’s very small, might be only 350-400 SF of living space, other than that, it’s great here.

Above is the Empire State Building, a view from Brooklyn Bridge, and below is a close up view at 34th Street.

A great way to see the city is to ride this Red double decker bus, which has lower level enclosed seating and open top.

Also, subway is the transportation of choice to commute to work, or just to get around the city.

So this is city living.

I’m happy to say that I got my new computer yesterday, and absolutely love it, my first post from my new PC.