It's not for nothing that New Yorkers call themselves the 'center of the universe' in New York City. This is the economic center of the world. (Well, many people insist that Kyoto Wudaokou is the center of the universe, after all, Wudaokou Vocational and Technical College (Tsinghua) is not there?)

In fact, there are two concepts of New York, one refers to New York State, and the other refers to New York City.

New York City is topographically primarily a peninsula. Administratively, it is divided into five districts: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. Of these, only the Bronx is connected to the Stars and Stripes, and the rest are not connected to the Stars and Stripes.

However, the relationship between these districts is not as friendly as imagined, those who have watched "Captain America 3" should remember that there is a section in the airport battle, after Spider-Man and Team America fought, Spider-Man was trapped under the truck by Captain America, Team America asked where Spider-Man came from, Spider-Man replied 'Queens', and Team America replied: "I'm from Brooklyn." After saying that, he left in style. Chinese people don't know what this sentence means, but when it was in the country of stars and stripes, this stalk made the theater burst into laughter.

Because the relationship between the two districts is not good, they will complain about each other. The same plot is also in the first team of the United States, and the professor who injected the serum into the American team is from Queens, so the American team is very helpless. That's not the happiness of fellows seeing fellows. And it feels more like Real Madrid's feelings for Barcelona。。。。。。

And the gap between different urban areas in New York is not small, to take a simple example, the same two teams in New York, the New York Knicks in Manhattan, are the richest teams in the NBA, while the New Jersey Nets in Brooklyn are only half of the value of the Knicks, that is because he has a rich owner, before the change of owner, the value of the Nets is less than 1/5 of the Knicks。。。。。。 (The New Jersey Nets are not in New Jersey, but in Brooklyn, New York).

Many people think of Brooklyn and Queens, the first thing that comes to mind is the high crime rate and poor security, in fact, this is really a misunderstanding, these two places have poor security, but definitely not all, in the entire New York District, the worst security should be the Bronx. This is a black brother settlement area, with poor infrastructure and chaotic law and order. So even New Yorkers rarely come here. However, this district is the birthplace of black music, and hip-hop music and funky music are all transmitted from here。。。。。。

And as for Staten Island, well, New Yorkers don't think it's New York anymore, right? The tax rates are different, it's just a residential area where you buy a house and sleep。。。。。。

The destination of Xiao Peng and others is naturally Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan is home to the world's largest CBD and skyscrapers, while Downtown is the third largest CBD in the United States, after Chicago. Both total GDP and GDP per capita are the highest in the world.

But Xiao Peng's first impression of New York was。。。。。。 It sucks!

Huaxia is known as the 'infrastructure madness', and the first impression of Chinese people when they come to New York is almost always this idea.

Is this the richest place in the world in New York?

The road can only be described as dilapidated, almost all of the road markings are mottled and detached, and in many places, the pedestrian crossings are not painted with zebra crossings, but two parallel lines instead, which can save money? Almost all the roads are 'patched', potholed, and look like they haven't been repaired for at least a decade. And although there are many high-rise buildings here, the road is extremely narrow, and it is really a place where every inch of land is valuable。。。。。。

And what puzzled Xiao Peng was that the road was in tatters, and what surprised him even more was that there were a lot of beggars and rags on this street, and it was no exaggeration to say that he saw more beggars here along the way than he saw in China in a year. Men, women, young and old, all kinds of 。。。。。。

Pagio looked at Xiao Peng looking at the beggar on the side of the road, and explained: "This situation is very common, there are many people who are bankrupt, there are also drug and alcohol addicts, and there are also investment failures and huge debts. This kind of person may have been middle-class before, and may even have more money than me, and after going bankrupt, all the money except for the necessities of life will be used to pay off debts. That's why you can only live on the streets. We have many, many such people here, and the rules of society are not surprising. ”

Xiao Peng nodded and did not express an opinion. I really should let those who think that the Stars and Stripes Country is a paradise come to see it, and shout all day long that the Stars and Stripes Country doesn't cost money to go to school, don't need money for medical treatment, don't need money for housing, and still have a special way to eat and drink?

"Of course, we also know that it's not pretty, so New York City has enacted the phenomenon of policy politics. Now it's illegal to sleep in a park in Manhattan. will be taken to the police station. Many of our benches now also have a handle in the middle, so that there is no situation where the homeless person is lying on the whole deck chair. ”

Xiao Peng: "。。。。。。。 "Zhen Nyima's 'dish cooking'! Zhen Nyima's talk about 'human rights'!

Yang Meng pouted and said, "What does this mean? You have to follow those 'capable' people, where do they send their children, which is a good place! Look at those people in China, don't they send their children to the Stars and Stripes?"

Xiao Peng glanced at him: "People are so rich, they can't spend it in a few lifetimes, they come here to enjoy happiness, what do you do with those who don't have money?"

Yang Meng shrugged his shoulders and suddenly pointed out of the car: "Brother, what is written on the sign that buddy is holding?" Yang Meng is standard illiterate, and his spoken language is fine, but he knows the 26 English letters separately, and he doesn't know them when they are connected together.

Xiao Peng followed the direction of Yang Meng's finger and saw a very well-dressed man, wearing a suit, tie and leather shoes, holding a cardboard shell with the words: "HA-VESHED3ISHED6ORKFORFOOD." Xiao Peng also scratched his head.

Yang Meng asked curiously, "What is written on it?"

Xiao Peng said: "I have a Ph.D., completed three postdoctoral projects, published six papers, and want a job that can feed my stomach。。。。。。 ”

"HAT?" Yang Meng's eyes widened: ", these people are stupid? I don't know the truth of the dead and the living? Put down your body and go to Huaxia, you can earn more than he makes here, right?"

Xiao Peng shrugged: "What should I do if I don't have the money for the air ticket? I'm really going bankrupt, and if I have money, I have to pay off my debts! Even if they get food stamps and promise not to starve, but they don't have a place to live, what should they do if they freeze to death and die of illness? Brother, there is no paradise in the world." Let me ask you a simple thing: do you know Liberia, do you know Burundi, do you know Niger, do you know Eritrea?"

Yang Meng shook his head blankly. Xiao Peng smiled: "It is one of the poorest countries in the world, we will only see better than us, but not worse than us." It turns out that our China is poor, and countless countries are better than us, so many people think that the outside is paradise, and now China is the second largest economy in the world, second only to the Stars and Stripes, but there are still so many people who still think that the outside is heaven.

Yang Meng shrugged: "There are still a lot of people left outside, okay?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "90% of those who stay in foreign countries are women, this woman is water, she will quickly adapt to the new environment, in foreign countries, women are much easier to mix than men." ”

Pagio nodded and interjected, "Well, that's right, there are a lot of Chinese women on 42nd Street!"

Before Xiao Peng could speak, Musica, who was on the side, frowned, pinched his fingers on Pagio's waist, and said with a sneer: "How do you know?"

Pagio raised his hand and explained, "Hey, Miao, how can I know? I'm going there to see Broadway! I can blame someone who says hello as soon as I stop the car? Xiao, Yang, do you like Broadway? I'll take you to see the Broadway show, it's very exciting." ”

New York and Los Angeles are the two most prosperous cities in New York, Los Angeles has Hollywood, and New York has Broadway musicals. Although Broadway is far inferior to Hollywood in terms of audience size and box office revenue, Hollywood movies are mixed, and almost all Broadway plays are high-quality. Coming to New York without seeing a sub-Broadway revue is really not like that.

Just like many of our Chinese film and television actors were born as drama actors, there are also many Hollywood stars who were born on Broadway. For example, "Uncle Wolf" Hugh Jackman, such as Jake Gyllenhaal who starred in "Brokeback Mountain", such as "Dragon Mother" Emilia Clarke in "Game of Thrones", and so on.

And 42nd Street is one of the main streets in Manhattan. There are plenty of theaters on this street, especially near New York Times Square at the intersection with Broadway, and this intersection is directly known as the Theater District. Dozens of theaters are located here.

These include the United Nations Headquarters, the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Station, and the New York Port Authority Passenger Terminal. It is one of the busiest streets in Manhattan.

At the junction of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue is New York's famous red-light district, where all kinds of clubs are bustling at night.

Well, the Chinese Consulate General in New York is here.

The predecessor of the Huaxia Consulate General was the Sheraton Hotel, a 20-story building, which was purchased by the state for 6.9 million US dollars in 79 years, and now it is not sold!

"How long will it take me to go, I really can't stand this broken road!" Yang Meng complained.

Pagio looked at it, "Hold on for another ten minutes and you'll be there." ”

Yang Meng said indignantly: "Aren't all your civil servants fair and honest? Why don't you pay attention to municipal construction? I think what is the name of your original mayor? Only one dollar a year is charged. There is no such thing in our country. ”

"Poof. Pagio laughed, "It's true that Bloomberg was mayor for three terms and received a symbolic salary of only one dollar a year, but 。。。。。。 Why is it that no one has said that he was worth 4 billion yuan before he took office, and when he left office, he was worth 30 billion yuan? Now this president is also a businessman who has come to power, right? Not to mention how much more he is worth, as far as his daughter is concerned, in less than a year, his worth has increased fivefold. Yang, welcome to the Stars and Stripes. This is the real Stars and Stripes. ”

"Damn, this one is darker!"