New York gets more interesting when you are chasing something.  It’s possible to chase someone, looking for an elusive love that keeps slipping out of your grasp, but it’s better that the someone remain nameless, because people often get away, or they can be caught and you might end up finding yourself married to the mysterious entity.  Worse things happen here, and worse things can befall a person than falling in love.  But it seems as though the city is really just built for the chase, and part of the challenge here is to know what you’re looking for.

Lots of young artists come here every year, checking into a cool hotel to have a look at the city while deciding whether or not to move here.  It’s a good idea to make several trips first, because it can be difficult to gauge with just a couple visits.  The city can behave rather flirtatiously with anyone that’s considering getting close, and there are moments when it feels like this is the place where everything is possible and everything can happen.  But just like a relationship that seems so nice on the dance floor, it becomes a very different thing when it’s in the kitchen and there are dishes to be done.

Part of the allure of the city is that it does have an ability to be flexible in providing the answers to dreams for so many different kinds of dreams.  But it also rewards those who have an idea of what they are looking for, and the ones who wander are often the first to be lost.  Unlike other places, where there is some degree of aimlessness that’s appropriate and encouraged, New York embraces the sharp wits who are looking in one direction, and with great focus.  These are the ones who push the rest of the human race into changing their way of thinking about things, so that other worlds are possible.

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