Alphabet City

I recently took a trip to Alphabet City to see a show one of my professors had suggested we attend. Who would've known that I would suddenly enter an entirely different world while still in the same city I go to school in.

The atmosphere and the crowds that migrate through Alphabet City are some that I have never seen before. So many young college kids and "hipsters" roam around the Astor Place Train Station looking for numerous things to do. I have never seen as many Sing Sing Karaoke Bars on the same street as I did in Alphabet City. Restaurants of every cuisine and culture line the avenues and cross streets. Music playing from the insides of bars, tattoo shops, clothing stores, and the like fills every corner of the city. Groups of kids, adults, families, and friends are outside on stoops of their homes or simply waiting outside of a restaurant to be seated talking about what they've been doing that day, where they've come from, who they met on the way, and so much more.

It's amazing to see all of these different people all come to one place where they seem to have found a pleasing environment. People from all different walks of life have something in common somewhere in the world, and this place seems to be one. I would love to just sit on a stoop and listen to everyone passing me by, or even to watch what goes on during a normal day in Alphabet City.

People always say you will never see the same person twice in New York City, and I do believe this statement is true. But that is the beauty of the city, in and of itself. It is the cultural melting pot for people to learn and to be inspired by all different types of races, religions, culture backgrounds, stories, morals, views, and so many other things. I believe coming to the city at this point in my life was one of the smartest moves I could have made. I love soaking in everything I can about things I've never known of, and the city is definitely the place to be to do this. I believe this is where I belong, and I could not be happier.