Except for the midtown areas crowded with tourists and shoppers of all kinds, and especially during weekends, the residential areas are so quiet and pleasurable that one has the feeling of being in the country instead of the “city that never sleeps”.
Most avenues and streets now are lined by huge trees and walking along them when the traffic seems also non existent is a delightful experience.
Along the rivers that flank the island there are plenty of areas for walks, jogging, or rest, in addition, obviously to the mini parks in many key zones, and the immense Central Park that takes up most of mid Manhattan.
The highways that surround this island are always busy thoroughfares that incessantly take in and bring out of this metropolis most of his vehicular traffic, but many inland areas are small oases of peacefulness for the local inhabitants.
In addition to a variety of street carts that serve anything from breakfast treats to ice creams at some corners, greenmarkets also regularly pop up all over town in specific areas, such as school playgrounds, or empty parking lots, to offer their fresh products that, however, are not much cheaper, but definitely fresher than the one in supermarkets.
As I’ve already mentioned elsewhere, there is a continuous transformation that quietly goes on in many places with buildings’ renovations, beautification of streets, rerouting of traffic, and this happens even at a micro-level, as shown by the following creative disguise of garbage bins crowned by blooming plants!
Summer in NYC can really be an enjoyable experience not only for the tourists, but for the locals too!
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