You either love it or you hate it - but the city doesn't care either way. It's too busy moving, spinning, churning, never stopping. The pace is frantic; the scale is immense. Humans are dwarfed by enormous skyscrapers etching that iconic skyline, while, far below, traffic-filled grids become a blur of tail lights + noise. People rushing from A to B. Time is money.
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Despite the constant buzz of business, the city has always been a hotbed for creative energy - a playground for artists, musicians + designers of all kinds. And in recent decades, the nucleus of that energy has shifted from Manhattan, seeping out into the city's previously lesser-known boroughs + districts.
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You either love it or you hate it - but the city doesn't care either way. It's too busy moving, spinning, churning, never stopping. The pace is frantic; the scale is immense. Humans are dwarfed by enormous skyscrapers etching that iconic skyline, while, far below, traffic-filled grids become a blur of tail lights + noise. People rushing from A to B. Time is money.
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Despite the constant buzz of business, the city has always been a hotbed for creative energy - a playground for artists, musicians + designers of all kinds. And in recent decades, the nucleus of that energy has shifted from Manhattan, seeping out into the city's previously lesser-known
boroughs + districts.
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F1FTY City Guide // NEW YORK CITY
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