Why Anatoly Nirshberg Made Me Want to Visit the Big Apple

The Big Apple, Home of The New York Yankee’s and the home of great American pizza. New York City homes a large host of people from almost every ethnical background you could possibly think of, and it’s probably for this reason they have the most amazing selection of food to choose from on just about every corner. Aside from great pizza and fresh bagels you can get in the early morning hours, there is just so much more you can do there, or that will have you wanting to at least travel if not live there by the end of this article. It was during some casual reading that I came across and article from Mr. Anatoly Nirshberg that really had a visual painted in my head and had me yearning to visit this vast city of activity.

You see, it’s only there that you can learn so much without even really having to speak to anyone or attend an educational institute. As we know people from other parts of the country came to New York around the time of The Great Depression in attempts to start a new life, as this was a place where they were told anything was possible and your dreams will come true. That’s still partially true today even with inflation of prices and the higher cost of living and surviving. It’s during any given day that someone can enter NYC and as you follow the long streets through the massive amount of blocks that you’ll come across restaurants, pubs, dine-in’s, and mom and pop restaurants of every kind and ethnicity that you can think of. While on one street you may encounter authentic Italian pizza, on the other may be Gyro’s or bagels from the Jewish community.

The food isn’t the only thing having a great effect on the visitors who venture to the Big Apple. In fact, many of the citizens of this great city have even taken steps forward in efforts to make the city look less down trodden for the years and still have that same welcoming and inviting feeling to it. Some city buildings and walls were littered with graffiti and thanks to local habitants of the city, they have painted beautiful murals that cover up the grotesque vandalism that many buildings used to have on them. Volunteers have even started growing local vegetable gardens and started recycling campaigns to help give back to the community and those who are lesser fortunate.

Through the years NYC has been given kind of a bad reputation for violence and for crime and corruption. What hasn’t been focused on is the great things the city offers, or the ways in which it can give back to those who live there. There is just so much to do for anyone who visits including the Bronx Zoo and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are still local farms that allow children and schools to visit with family and friends in which they can pick pumpkins during the fall months.