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I come from a small town in North Georgia right beside the Tennessee state line. This is a place where hunting is a normal daily activity, camo is the regular fashion, and sweet tea is a must. However, even though I have lived in this all of my life (with the exception of the several years I lived in Nashville, which, mind you, isn't any different; it's just bigger), I still have always been drawn to the city life. Growing up, I have always seen pictures and longed so much to be a part of a large city such as New York City. And after years and years of dreaming, I finally had the privilege to go see it. Let me just start by saying, its is SO much different than I would have ever guessed. Here are just a few things I observed while visiting the Big Apple.

1. If you ask for tea, it is hot and NOT in a cute, little mason jar.

2. If you walk at what would be considered in every other city, a NORMAL pace down the sidewalk, you are very much in the way.

3. I'm not entirely sure how people who make an average middle class income survive because literally everything is like $3-4 more than down here.

4. They honk to communicate. (I was scared and confused at first.)

5. They drive like maniacs, and even if you are walking on a crosswalk, they will continue to drive until YOU move out of the way.

6. They have different attire. Here we like to dress down and wear cute cowgirl boots with dresses. No. They either wear jogging attire and run in -12 degree weather or they are dressed head to toe in the latest designer fur coats with heels and rolling a suit case behind them.

7. IT SNOWS. They actually have a winter, whereas here, we have some sort of weird thing where one day we wake up shivering and by the end of the day we're all standing in front of a fan, wearing shorts and a tank top.

8. IT IS SO BIG. It took me 18 years and still going to figure out downtown Chattanooga, and these people walk the streets like it's nothing.

9. It is beautiful.

It is absolutely amazing to get to experience different ways of life, see sights so many people have seen, and to walk streets some of the greats have walked. It is a beautiful city and everything I ever thought it to be and more. I would absolutely love to live there one day; after I get a college degree and a big coat.

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