Walking The Real New York City

Last evening, I enjoyed a nice dinner with a friend from out of town. As I walked him back to where he was staying, we passed, in order of appearance - 

- a huge pile of garbage bags in front of a grocery store 

- blocks and blocks of scaffolding

- a homeless man sleeping in a doorway 

- a roach running across the sidewalk in front of us 

- a ranting lunatic (he walked past us in the opposite direction) 

- a same sex couple walking hand in hand (no negative implied, just something that he doesn’t see often at home) 

- a screaming siren 

- a middle-aged man riding a brightly-lit motorized scooter 

- a rat 

It’s always an honor to show out of town guests the real New York City.