The Bowery Boys: New York City History #326 Listener Stories: At Home in New York Part One
EPISODE 326 A special episode featuring the listeners of the Bowery Boys: New York City History podcast.
What makes New York feel like home -- whether you live here or not?
What is that indefinable connection that people make with the city? Why do so many people feel a city as large as New York speaks to them personally?
We asked our listeners to tell us about feeling “at home in New York," about that feeling of familiarity and nostalgia that one can feel here. Thanks to the presence of New York City in so many films, books and television shows, it's an emotion that can be felt even by those who live elsewhere.
Well the listeners delivered -- in a wonderful abundance of voicemails and emails. In this episode we hear from three groups of New York City lovers: the native New Yorkers, the commuters and the frequent visitors. (In part two, we'll hear the tales of the transplants, those who, in the words of E.B. White, "came to New York in quest of something.")