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纽约是一个可以聊好久的城市

它有很多别称，NYC，Big Apple，因为当年大量移民涌入纽约，在世界范围内，它就像一块大苹果，大家都想吃。也可以称它为The City Never Sleeps（不夜城），或者世界之都 The Capital of the World.

通常我们说纽约的时候，我们指的是纽约市（New York City）。之所以要强调一下，是因为美国还有个纽约州，州政府在奥而巴尼Albany而不是纽约。纽约州是美国经济最发达的州，金融，工业，文化中心，最大的城市是纽约市NYC。纽约市民又叫New Yorker，当纽约客说纽约的时候，都指的是纽约市，好像世界上根本就没有纽约州这么个地方。纽约市世界三大金融中心之一，其他两座城市是英国伦敦和中国香港。

有很多大家耳熟能详的电影情节都发生在纽约：《捉鬼敢死队》，《华尔街之狼》，《教父》系列，《金刚》，《泰坦尼克号》，《海上钢琴师》（两艘船都是开往纽约港）,《闻香识女人》，《中国合伙人》，（有些剧情发生在纽约证券交易所），《世贸大楼》（911事件）还有多数美国超级英雄故事发生在纽约比如《超人》《蜘蛛侠》《钢铁侠》等（那《铁胆火车侠》呢？哈哈）。纽约是全美国house音乐跟舞蹈最流行发展最好的地方（遗憾的是我最喜欢house音乐西海岸的洛杉矶并没有流行起来）。

纽约市分成5个区，分别是曼哈顿（金融区，最著名的区相比多数人都听过这个名字），皇后区（很多学校的所在地），布鲁克林（很多人印象里面黑手党聚集的地方），斯塔腾岛，以及布朗克思（红番区的原型），其中以皇后区面积最大，曼哈顿人口密度最高。

刚到纽约，你会发现纽约街头车水马龙，纽约客行色匆匆，生活节奏非常快。步行千万要注意，一定要走人行道，等候交通灯。即使在路边等候过马路，也要注意左右，不要挡了那些赶时间的纽约客。纽约出租车颜色是黄色，一提到出租车，很多人脑海里浮现的黄色车体还有黑白相间的马赛克花纹可能就是来自于电影里的纽约出租车吧。

说到纽约人口，官方数据是2015年的800多万，很多人很不信，因为800万只相当于一个中国二线发达城市的人口，比如杭州，南京。其实这个人口数是要根据统计的区域来看的。纽约市纯市区面积是789平方千米，800万人口，而北京2300万人是分布于16410平方公里区域里，这样看来，纽约人口密度确实比北京要大哦。

一般来说，美国城市建设都有个特点，看街景，土地空旷，看轮廓，一马平川，只有在市中心CBD的那一块区域高楼大厦才比较密集。当然了就算是洛杉矶这种西海岸大都会，市中心高楼密度也没有中国二线发达城市那么高，但是纽约的城市轮廓绝对是的史诗级别的巨无霸。有兴趣的朋友可以上网，在百度搜索“纽约航拍全景”一探究竟，与之匹敌的中国城市只有上海。

纽约市中心的中央公园从地图上看是个规整的长方形范围，到曼哈顿金融区仅需要过个马路，但是面积却比北京颐和园大17%。

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纽约市概况
The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, or by its initials NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. New York City is located at the southern tip of the State of New York, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. If you ever lived in the city before you probably have some ideas about its fast pace which is the exact definition of the term New York minute.

纽约市区区划，流行音乐，以及人口
NYC is situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, the city consists of five boroughs, that means administrative sections, and each of them is a separate county of New York State. The five boroughs are– Brooklyn, that’s right, if you are familiar with black American culture and music and movies and stuff, that’s the place, Manhattan, the place where all the money flows in, and the place where the name wolf of wall street is whispered , Bronx, the birthplace of street dancing and hip hop culture, (if you ain’t got clue you better check out that first episode me and Emily recorded in SmethilyFM yo,)Queens, and Staten Island. There are millions of people living in the city, in 2015 the estimated population is 8.5 million, which makes it the most densely populated major city in the United States, and also the most linguistically diverse city in the world because believe it or not though, more than 500 languages are spoken in New York.


Where to begin exploring New York? 到了纽约从哪玩？
A newbie like you, which means people who have never been to New York needs a plan in Manhattan, and it often helps to call in an expert like me Professor Smeeth to tour across the city with you, from Wall Street to Central Park to the New York Harbor. If you are interested in going to the city sometime in the future, here are some of my recommended tours that helps you get to know the Big Apple better.

Wall Street Tour 华尔街之行
For a first visit to New York, why don’t you begin your exploration where the city itself began. New York City traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post, now it becomes one out of three financial centers in the world. So there’s this place that you don’t want to miss on a trip to NYC - the Wall Street: New York City's most important economic sector, securities industry, and the headquarter for the U.S.financial industry .The Financial District is the oldest neighborhood in Manhattan—. Where did the name come form? Wall Street was once a literal wall at the northern edge of New Amsterdam that separated settlers from Native Americans. So you just take a 90-minute walking tour along wall street, explore the history of the Financial District, from the American Revolution all the way through to the modern-day stock market crashes.

Circle Line Landmark Cruise 地标观光环线
When first visiting New York, it might be hard to even picture Manhattan as an island. Get the full perspective by boarding the Circle Line for a cruise around the southern tip of Manhattan that will include views of iconic landmarks like One World Trade Center ,well, this tower is constructed after the attack on Sep 11th, 2001, the other tower is gone. It also cruises from the Statue of Liberty to the Brooklyn Bridge. This tour will take you about 90 minutes and it may cost you some money, from what I’m seeing here, it’s one awesome experience. BTW The cruise departs from Pier 83 on the west side of Manhattan in the Hudson River and sails south and takes a spin.

Gray Line Night Tour 格雷夜间观光线
You’ve probably seen pictures of nights in NYC online, all the glaring neon lights on the sidewalks of Broadway, how about see it with your own eyes? Subways are efficient ways of maneuvering through Manhattan—but there are no views. So when the night falls, take your transportation back to street level by climbing aboard the Gray Line Night Tour, it’s a two- to three-hour bus tour that shows the electric nature of the city after dark. Bring the back ground music from my talk shows, you’ll blend in just fine.

Statue of Liberty Tour 自由女神像观光线
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The copper statue, designed by a French sculptor, dedicated on October 28, 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a female figure wearing a robe representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tablet evoking the law. Now if you see very carefully on the cover, you ‘ll see inscription: July 4, 1776. That’s right, that’s the date of the American Declaration of Independence. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.

Central Park Tour 中央公园观光线
No visit to New York would be complete without exploring Central Park. It is an urban park in the middle-upper Manhattan, within New York City. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States as well as one of the most filmed locations in the world, with 40 million visitors in 2013. The Park was established in 1857 on 778 acres of city-owned land, but now it is 1.2 times as big as the Summer Palace in Beijing. Imagine how many attractions would be inside the park. You don’t want to miss some of the famous attractions such as the Arsenal, Blockhouse, Burnett Memorial Fountain and Fort Clinton. This is not some national park out in the wild, this is the the biggest park in NY, and only a few minutes walking from the skyscrapers in Manhattan, Just like XuanWu Lake in Nanjing, China.

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