before school started, i took just these three pictures of my entire trip throughout New York state. these are just some visuals of the stunning landscape along the road between specific locations in New York. Unfortunately, public buses like megabus do not stop for picture taking moments so i was only able to take that first picture on the bus ride from Manhattan to Syracuse. the next two pictures are of a ditch that was flourished and impressive in Latham near Albany, NY. i have always been interested in the difference between a suburban lifestyle versus an urban one, especially after living in Manhattan for twenty years. the lines used to be very defined in my eyes, because suburban meant grass and houses to me. however, past Manhattan is Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island and Queens which is part of New York City but they all have grass and houses as well. after visiting various parts of New York, i saw and began to truly appreciate the blended aspects of urban and suburban lifestyles. with public transportation in peaceful quaint neighborhoods of old style homes and growing combination of beautiful brownstones on the edges of Upper Manhattan, the separation starts to become very blurry. i like this change of molding the two lifestyles together. it leads to less debate on what is better to live in and which one has the more realistic lifestyle. i used to be very adamant on how cities were a billion times better than suburban areas just because i could do things within a few minutes walk away. also, the increase of people in the area can lead to ideas of more safety from walking around at nighttime. but then again, people would be in cars by then and just because people are around does not mean that they are always willing to help in danger. but these are just many little paths on the whole idea of urban versus suburban. personally, i used to think cities were a billion times better than places like Syracuse. and Syracuse is actually a city itself, which i totally did not believe for the entire first year at school. i would often fight with my roommate on this subject, but she made it interesting because she was from Chester, NY and had a completely different point of view on what was considered (sub)urban and what was not. i will let all of you decide on that subject - i will continue posting images of the most “urban” parts of Syracuse and maybe new thoughts will help turn your minds around! until then, i will also keep posting about London, Paris, San Francisco, Boston and the Caribbean. i truly apologize for being so out of tune with writing consistently; i may skip around a bit to cover various topics first before others so some posts on the Caribbean may come up before those of Boston, etc. thanks again for reading! :)
