"Here Is New York"

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first the New York
of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for
granted and accepts it's size it's turbulence as natural and inevitable.
Second, there is the New York of the commuter-the city that is
devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is
the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came
to New York in quest of something... COMMUTERS give the city it's
tidal restlessness, NATIVES give it solidity and continuity, but the
SETTLERS give it passion.
-E.B. White