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NEW YORK: Here beneath the towering skyscrapers of New York, I slowly breathe in the cold dry air anchored on this stool facing this unfamiliar jungle before me. Autumn now begins, where dry orange and yellow leaves lay contrasting on the gray concrete floor. Signs of change; a season so familiar that happens so naturally, so gradually, that many barely even notice. Millions walk over the dead leaves with no life but of color, seemingly unbothered, to their next train destination, their next museum, their next bar, their next job, their next relationship, and even their next hopes and dreams.
This city indeed has its distinct romantic charm and wonder to offer, as to why many souls fall in love with it — it's New York, of course. It makes you look high up to the sky to gaze on penthouses and hundred-story floors. Avenues are filled with numerous museums and galleries of the most prominent artists and eccentric artworks from Warhol to Rothko. Quaint bookshops with their own personality are found in hidden corners.
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