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Physically, New York is a coastal city. The city's closeness to the Atlantic Ocean and possession
of two airports makes it a power hose of shippin! and tradin!. "ith it's massi#e poplation, almost
any ser#ice is a#aila$le in New York %ity. &n addition to the wealth $ro!ht on $y this many people,
la$or skills in thin!s sch as architectre and manfactrin! to thin!s like desi!n and fashion are all at
yor fin!er tips.
There is almost no end to the nm$er of cltrally si!nificant places in New York %ity. Thin!s
like the 'mpire (tate )ildin! showcase America's $siness centric cltre, and places like the (tate
of *i$erty and 'llis &sland all s as a cltre to remem$er or immi!rant herita!e. The city has a
poplation of +st a$o#e ei!ht million people, di#erse people at that. "hites, ,ispanics, and African
Americans make p a ma+ority of the poplation, tho!h there is a si!nificant portion of Asians and
-other races. that help make p the other appro/imately 001. The main lan!a!e spoken is New York
is 'n!lish, tho!h one wold $e easily a$le to find speakers of +st a$ot any lan!a!e.