Different New York

Midtown Manhattan

"The city will withstand -- as it always has -- but the city you left behind, you left for good. The city won't miss you because you were merely a spec in its being and when you go back (and you will since the city is always calling) you'll go back to a different New York. The city never stops and already, only a few months later, you know it's changed: that's its nature."
Laura Steiner, Huff Post

Idyllic Unattainability

Downtown Manhattan seen from Roosevelt Island

"New York is unapologetic and doesn't wait for anyone. It's a city that creates and a city that happens. New York doesn't need anything or anyone and perhaps that's exactly why you still crave it so much, because of its idyllic unattainability."
Laura Steiner, The Huff Post

The Company of the City

East River waterfront

"New York is having everything to chose from and never having enough time to do anything. It's being surrounded by people and feeling lonely. It's also finding out you don't need other people's company, you just need the city."
Laura Steiner, The Huffington Post

Something You Feel

Brooklyn Bridge

"New York is the place you'll try to explain to everyone back home to no avail. You'll find there aren't enough words in your vocabulary. New York is not something you see, it's something you feel."

Laura Steiner, The Huffington Post