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Contrasting Views on New York City

by Carel Kleynhans
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Last night I came across the TED video that I have embedded bellow "Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City".

Watching it made me think back to the 5 days our SAWIP 2012 team spent in the Big Apple - and also the very different reactions that our team members had to the city.

Depending on where you go, New York can present very different experiences. Whether it be the Upper West side, Mid Town, China Town, SoHo, Little Senegal in Harlem or Central Park - no two neighborhoods of Manhattan are alike, and then there are the other 4 boroughs. And them, as I have commented on before, our team is rather diverse in itself. These different sides to the city, and our very different team, inevitably produced post NYC opinions ranging from "greatest place on earth" to "hell-hole".

Without being too philosophical about this - I feel that New York City, to an extent, reminds me of just how different peoples perceptions of the same thing can be. For yet another, completely different, view on NYC have a look at this video:

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Carel Kleynhans

Carel Kleynhans is a student of economics with aspirations of finding ways to address the massive urban- developmental issues facing Africa and the world. Outside of his studies, Carel wrote/produced a TV show at age 17, co-organized South Africa’s largest music tour for several consecutive years, founded South Africa’s foremost Afrikaans-culture blog, and co-curated SA’s largest TEDx conference. He also founded a multi-university organization for critical thought, attended South Africa’s Brightest Young Minds Conference, travelled to 19 countries and represented South Africa as a student liaison in China in 2011.
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sally Saturday, 28 July 2012 · Edit Reply

I enjoyed watching, listening and engaging with the video. The interlocking, interdependence, over time and space was fascinating to see in this visual way.
Things have certainly changed!

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