Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Sun's Guide to New York: Replies to Questions Asked Every Day by the Guests and Citizens of the American Metropolis; Suggestions to Sightseers and Practical Information for Practical People
Like other great cities, New York is peopled from the four corners of the earth. Every known language is spoken in its streets; but its assimi lating power is great, and in-comers fast become Gothamised. They soon learn to love the city, and are unhappy away from it. Its clear air, unpol luted by smoke, its better than average climate, its excellent order, the brilliant lighting and safety of its streets, the energy of its people, their lack of bigotry, the conveniences of locomotion, the big stores, the resources of amusement, all tend to make New Yorkers fond of their city: Above all, there is a sympathy recognized less by its presence in New York than by its absence elsewhere after it has been experienced here, which attracts people to this city. The best, the brightest, the strongest minds of the country are drawn to New York, and in their presence and conversation is found a stimulus which leads to greater organization of efforts than are planned in other cities. Consequently the wealth of New York City is greater than the wealth of the entire State of Pennsylvania, where coal, iron and oil have made so many great fortunes. The aggregate wealth of the State of Illinois, including Chicago, is only one-fifth that of this city.
Astonishing as such calculations are, they do not nearly do justice to New York, for it is the center of a cluster of suburbs radiating twenty-five miles beyond its municipal boundaries, which should all be included when the resources of the city are computed.
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