I'm a New Yorker born & bred, but I don't think I'm a typical New Yorker. The term New Yorker itself  carries a stereotypical connotation because almost everyone all over the world seems to think they know and understand what people from New York look and sound like but having lived here my entire life I can tell them that they are most likely wrong. The reason I feel that way is because New York's population is made up of so many people with so many different ethnic and economic backgrounds it defies stereotype. Most big cities have their ethnic neighborhoods, like Chinatown or Little Italy for example. New York is no different in that sense but what sets New York apart from the other large cities I've visited is the borough of Manhattan. Where people that come from all over the world to work, vacation and live, intermingle with native New Yorkers to create one of the most diverse and interesting populations you will see anywhere in the world.

This gallery is dedicated to that diversity.