The Big Apple!

New York City, the city that practically never sleeps, the big apple. Now I seem to have stumbled upon the reason to why it is called the Big Apple. In the 1900's the Jazz scene in NY was huge. And people were attracted to the money involved here. And they used to also refer to the money as 'sugar'. So NY got 'Da Sugar'. And the apple has the highest concentration of sugar amongst fruits. So there you have it folks! After drawing a few links here and there, this is the birth of the term "The Big Apple'.


Now first thing you realize when you are in New York is the massiveness of everything, huge scale of buildings...
And next would be the people there. A bustling crowd is what greets you here with every body running around with fancy formals and sweaty ties. They all have enough on their own hands to care to look up and see the sights.

Another thing that would come to mind is the amazing inter connectivity in the City. Every place is connected by the strands of Subways, Taxi networks, buses and metros. Subways are right within your reach almost always under the roads of streets. The sounds of trains whistling through the tracks can even be heard above. Sum up all these modes of transport and what you get is a perfect three-dimensional transport network for everyone and anyone.

NY is the financial hub of the world. But, clearly the recession has not taken as much of a toll on the city. Life is as always the way it is.Times square is always lit up. Metros are always on time. The grand central station is as majestic as ever. But the National Debt clock is always ticking. The Debt of the country has gone skywards and the old school place value system isn't working for me. I'm gonna take a wild guess and estimate it amongst the 100 trillion dollar range. And plus before this they had run out of digit space so they had to insert another digit.


The sights of New York are staggering.Take the Empire State Building for example Now the tallest building in New York ( I guess everyone knows why), it presents an absolutely unprecedented view of the New York skyline and surely have you wondering how on earth they build these things. Thankfully the city is blessed with solid bedrock. But I don't think bedrock would be a key issue for the New Yorkers.

Terrorism would though. NY had been badly wounded by the 9/11 and the only mark I see today would be the intense security. They have learnt their lesson and beefed up the security big time. Now those are good signs.

There are so many people donning those I <3 NY shirts on the streets and so I wonder, how can anyone NOT love New York??

Signing off...for now! Sudharshan