“To an outlander a stay in New York can be and often is a series of small embarrassments and discomforts and disappointments:
not understanding the waiter,
not being able to distinguish between a sucker joint
and a friendly saloon,
riding the wrong subway,
being slapped down by a bus driver for asking an innocent question,
enduring sleepless nights
when the street noises fill the bedroom.”
~ E.B. White, Here Is New York
