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“I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.”

Trying Ideas Character Cities New York Identity London Hotel Venice Soho

Author:Jean Nouvel

“While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.”

Thinking Feels I Can Home America My Own Cities New York Identity Labels Rejects New York City Constructs

Book:Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

Source: Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“in New York there's such diversity that there's no one central identity; everyone is marginal.”

New York Identity Diversity

Author:Vivian Gornick

“New York is a city where it's particularly hard to be poor, not only because everything costs twice as much as it does elsewhere but because over-the-top affluence is part of its identity.”

Doe Hard Poor Cities New York Identity Cost Elsewhere Affluence Over The Top

Author:Anna Quindlen

“New York is one of those places people tend to derive a sense of identity from - as if, were to you to remove them from the City, they'd turn limp and colorless.”

People Ifs Turns Cities New York Identity Remove Colorless

Author:Cate Marvin

“My ideal city is more like the city (New York and Paris come to mind, but it sort of applies to all) that existed up to and including the 1930s, when different classes lived all together in the same neighborhoods, and most businesses of any sort were mom-and-pop, and people and things had a local identity.”

People Mind Different Together Cities Class New York Identity Mom Ideals Including Pops Locals Paris Neighborhood 1930s

Author:Luc Sante

“I've never felt more American than I did when I moved to England. It becomes a real kind of part of your identity: "Oh, Ben. He's the American guy." I think when you say you're from New York you get a different reception then if you just say, "I'm American." So I'd always kind of make sure I was a New Yorker first.”

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Author:Ben Schnetzer

“I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada. But all my extended family is American, I've held an American passport and I've spent my whole adult life in between New York and LA. So I feel like an American... and I also feel like a Canadian! I wish more people were dual citizens and then I wouldn't feel like such a freak.”

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Author:Emily Haines

“There was [ in New York] - some of it was this perception of the Midwest that I realized in this multicultural city that - and I don't think it's as true as it was - but everyone was kind of like, what, are you Jewish? Are you Italian? What are you? You know, are you black? Are you da-da-da? Are you Puerto Rican? And so I ended up - my ethnic identity was Midwestern, was white bread. And so it informed a lot of my stand-up.”

Thinking Knows Kind Black White Cities New York Identity Perception I Realized Bread Italian Multicultural Midwest White Bread Ethnic Identity

Author:Jim Gaffigan