I was actually quite excited to go to the Joe Salvo talk, perhaps that was because of the excitement exuding from the friend that I went with, but nevertheless I was not against going. There were a couple of things that I found to be interesting about his talk, despite or perhaps because of the fact that I was sitting in front of a group of girls who were only interested in making not only rude, but also borderline racist remarks throughout the entire event. Firstly, I found it very interesting that all five boroughs were included in the top ten cities in the US with the highest populations. I also found it very interesting that Brooklyn and Queens ranked higher than Manhattan. Coming from the suburbs, from an immigrant family, I always thought of Manhattan as the “real” New York City. I don’t even know what that means now that I live in Manhattan and have explored a little more of the different boroughs. However, I do think that a lot of people have the same mentality when it comes to NYC and the boroughs, so it was interesting to see that Brooklyn and Queens actually have more life – at least by numbers living. The second thing that I found interesting was actually being able to see how diverse this city is. Everyone knows that New York City, that the United States itself, is “the Melting Pot” of the World, but to see the numbers on a map – it was quite profound. Overall, Joe Salvo’s talk may not have been the most riveting but it was definitely full of interesting points and connects very well to this course.