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ize that you put more and more of yourself in the American
category, and you view the Asian as a slight spin, like Irish,
newyorican, German. You know that while you could pass in
the old country, for a little while, you grew up with a few too
many cheeseburgers and cokes, a taste for grits, and a soft
spot for Country Pop that you keep deep in the closet, deeper,
probably, than the affection you have for really bad action
movies like The Expendables. You know you're too loud, abrasive,
and obnoxious to be anything but American, too proud,
and maybe even a too little knee-jerk patriotic. You can talk
shit about America, because it's yours. Those people in other
countries can't.
And you know that no matter how others see you, it doesn't
really matter. Your blood might have come from overseas, but
your heart started beating here.
http://www.quora.com/l/boq-marq-hwang
new york city
Why is NYC so great?
Matt Schiavenza, Live it and love it
Where to start? As someone who grew up elsewhere and has
lived and traveled on three continents, I can attest that new
York is indeed a wonderfully special place. Here's why:
• New York is the quintessential urban experience in our
contemporary world. A century ago, it was London. A century
from now, it could well be Shanghai or Mumbai, Sao
Paolo or Lagos. But new York, for our time and place, is
the world's capital. While this may seem a spurious reason
to vouch for a city's greatness, new York's role as the
"center of the world" is something you can almost feel. The
political, financial, and cultural institutions based in this
city attract talented and ambitious people from all over
the world. (And would attract even more if the US had a
sensible immigration policy, but I digress . . . ) In no other
place I can think of, save London, can you find people at
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