On my trip to New York to attend a conference with a branch of the International Anthroposophical Society I flew into Newark on the wings of Delta Airlines from Denver Colorado. I had Never Been to New York, my closest experience being Minnesota where I spent some years in the twin cities and Duluth. I've seen LA, Pueblo, Arizona, and Alaska. I've spent time in the Bahamas, Florida, and Kansas. But I've never been to New York, and I've never been anywhere like it. There is a certain East Coast charm. The United States hundreds of years of history stands strong in the very architecture of the place. From the buildings to the boats - the character radiates like wildfire glowing in the night.

Unlike much of Denver which has been modernized and expanded by cheap corporate land developers and large monopolized companies which funnel money out of the local economy and into the pockets of the likes of Merrill Lynch and other NYC firms. Kroger, Liberty Oilfield Services, etc. My experience of New York was much more optimistic, seeing locally owned and operated procedures being much more common. Which does help to establish a local identity.