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Boroughs<br >There s a lot more to New York City than just Manhattan. In fact,<br >Manhattan is but one of the city s five boroughs, and not even the<br >largest at that. (Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island--<br >not Long Island--are the others.)<br > To visitors, in particular, Manhattan evokes hundreds of images.<br > But mention any of the "outer boroughs," as they re called, and<br > hardly a thing comes to mind. The outer boroughs are ciphers. One<br > might recall that Brooklyn is where people are said to talk funny, or<br > that the Bronx has a zoo, or that Staten Island is where a ferry goes<br > to, but beyond that, one probably knows little else about these other<br > boroughs.<br > It s not surprising. After all, Manhattan is where most of the tourist<br > attractions are; it is the center of finance, commerce, communica-<br > tions, shopping, and entertainment. In a word, Manhattan is glam-<br > our-page-one news. The outer boroughs are more mundane--<br > lucky to make page twenty. When someone makes a movie about<br > Manhattan, it s called Manhattan. A film about Brooklyn has to be<br > titled Saturday Night Fever to attract an audience.<br > But if Manhattan is the star of the drama that is New York, the out-<br > er boroughs are the all-important supporting cast. Manhattan may<br > provide the iobs, but Staten Islanders fill them. Manhattan stages the<br > plays, but residents of the Bronx buy the tickets. Manhattan publish~<br > es the newspapers, but Brooklyn prints and distributes them. Airlines<br > have corporate headquarters in Manhattan, but the airports them-<br ><br >
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New York City Street Smarts pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024