Budget New York Tour Packages, Best Tour Operator in New York , Local Tour Operator in New York , Local Travel Agent in New York, Travel Hed,If you've heard one thing about New York City you've heard about its unique energy, the buzz, crackle, and electricity that cuts through the air. Like every legend about this city, this energy exists, but not quite as ever-present as you might think. I can tell you the energy of New York City does feel different than every other city I've ever been. Granted, I haven't stepped foot in every metropolis around the world, but I have been around the block more than some, and New York City's energy is every bit as unique and as palpable as you've been told. But this unique energy doesn't exist everywhere in the city. To experience this magical Electric Magnetic Field you need to stick to Midtown Manhattan, from about 59th street (the southern tip of Central Park) down to about Union Square, 14th Street, North to South, and 7th Ave to Broadway, West to East. When people talk about New York City's signature energy they're talking about the emotional charge you'll find within this large block on the city's central island. When you leave this energetic locus you'll find yourself crossing through many distinct neighborhoods each with its own tone. The Upper East and Upper West sides feel different from each other. The East Village and the West Village contrast youthful exuberance on one end and laid back sensuality on the other, and in between the two you'll encounter the student-centric city blocks surrounding New York University's main campus. Soho feels different than South Ferry, and travelling up the island on Broadway you'll encounter a marketed shift as Columbia University gives way to Mexican West Harlem which gives way to the "Little Dominican Republic" of Washington Heights all within the span of a few dozen blocks. With that you've only covered a fraction of Manhattan alone. The city's other four Boroughs also experience their own dramatic shifts in tone, ethnic identity and energetic fingerprint. As soon as you leave the center of Manhattan you realize New York City doesn't feel like just one thing. Depending on where you choose to explore, New York City can feel like anything, and anywhere, you want. The Downside of Anything Unfortunately this means that even though New York City can be an incredible place filled with some of the best experiences the world has to offer, it's just as equally home to the worst of everything. Visitors to New York City often ignore this possibility, the potential for badness in badness' most boring expression. Visitors tend to assume that just because something's in New York City, it has to be great, unforgettable, life changing. This isn't true, and the disconnect between New York City's romanticism and reality was driven home to me when a Spanish friend of mine, fresh from Madrid, recoiled in absolute shock when she bit into a piece of pizza she found in Midtown and realized it was inedible. New York City, home to 10 million, spills over with mediocrity, with people who don't care, who aren't driven, who don't desire achievement in life's station. The city is filled with cooks who can't cook, store owners with no taste, and artists without inspiration. Living in New York City by no means insures that you are any better than anyone else, or offer anything better than one could find anywhere else.