Cisco on the Ground

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Leaving New York: part 3

Yes, my last day in NY has come.

You know, when you have more then one month ahead, you never think that the last day will arrive and you just enjoy your time, trying to make the best out of it. But suddenly that day arrives and you can't do anything else then wrap up your experience.

What I've learn:
  • NY is a city of opportunities: if you've a dream and a good plan to make it happen, just do it!
  • NY is a stressful city, always running even if you don't have any reason to run.
  • NY is enormous, I guess there are no borders :-)
  • In US know how to do politics and how to live it, in Italy we are ages behind.
  • In US there's a highest spirit of ownership toward the country: everyone here feels proud to be American and the system pushes you (and actually enables you) to do your best to contribute to the American dream.
  • Americans are very loud, too much loud. They never relax, I don't like it!
  • In NY there are a lot of different ethnic groups (Blacks, south Americans, Chinese, Italians , Jewish, Gays and so on): they live together in peace and that's amazing. the city is very safe and everyone can really live his own life without being in troubles and being judged.
  • Boston is simply amazing.
In the end: I think that this experience was the best choice for me in order to understand many different things either about my self and a bit more about the world around me. I understood that if you really want to know a city you can't be a tourist but a citizen and it makes all the difference.
Now that I'm moving back to Italy I'm taking with me many good memories of places and people, a lot of thoughts and reflection moments about my future and what I want to do. I really hope that I'll be able to make my dreams happen even if far from this land of opportunities.

Cheers and peace!

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