Assignment 3 - max marksbury

I haven't been outside the United States ever, but luckily it's a country big and diverse enough that you get very unique experiences just travelling within the borders. I've already written about my vacation to NYC, but it's the best fit for this topic so I'm writing about it again at the risk being a broken record.
I'm getting older and starting to think about if I really want to stick around in the 859 or if I want to go somewhere else. Especially when the college years roll up. And when I went to NYC I felt a very strong connection to the area. It's a constantly impressive place, and just being there not doing anything in particular is quickly a fresh experience. Compare that to Lexington where the downtown is kind of neat and the rest is a sprawl. Everything is very dense and compact, but it's still a very big city. It's also quite diverse - you can point to a general section of just Manhattan and go there and you'll have a new experience. And you can get anywhere with a subway pass. Despite all of the jokes I've heard at the expense of the New York subway system, I didn't really have any negative experiences down there. We took the subway to Brighton Beach and I got sunburned, but behind the boardwalk was a very Russian suburb. All of the signs are in cyrillic first. Pretty neat.
I can't really speak such a high praise for anywhere else I've been. I went to New Orleans when I was like 5, so I wasn't really thinking about whether my future was there or not. And I don't really see myself southbound anyway. I've been to Myrtle Beach a few times and that's nice but no I don't want to live there. Especially in an academic pursuit.
So, my trip to NYC really made me think about what I want to do after high school and where I want to go.