"I want to be a part of it--
New York, New York"
Frank Sinatra, that song

New York City; the cultural capital of the West. Mecca of Millions, who come here for the Brass Ring in their chosen field, and reinvent themselves into the top achievers the society, becoming one of its wonders. Or get chewed up and spat out, disillusioned with life. The verdict is still out on most of us. New York City. Its heaven. Its hell. I didn't have to save up for a bus ticket, or screw up my courage to the sticking point. I was born here...

"New York, New York
Its a wonderful town
The Bronx is up
And the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground
New York, New York
Its a wonderful town!"
--Leonard Bernstein, On The Town

New Yorkers are actually nice people. Its just that you can't take the time to say hello to everyone as you walk down the steet, like Crocodile Dundee, or you'll...