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New York is one of the top cities to visit in the world, and is also an important part of travelling around the world.
Nomadic Matt has provided a pretty good travel guide for New York.
The primary things to do in New York include: Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island and Wall Street (1 day), City Hall, Rockefeller Center and Times Square (1 day), the American Museum of Natural History (1 day), the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Guggenheim Museum (1 day).
According to Wikipedia, "New York, often called New York City (NYC) to distinguish it from the State of New York, is the most populous city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of New York State, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. New York City is a global cultural, financial, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports. New York is the most photographed city in the world. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy, an established safe haven for global investors, and is sometimes described as the capital of the world."
Here we quote the best way to travel in New York provided by Nomadic Matt, a New York Times best-selling author of How to Travel the World on $50 a Day and Ten Years a Nomad, as well as the founder of his website.
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