1. Joe Salvo talked about how diverse NYC is and how unique it is that we have all different kinds of people living here, and I felt like it was ironic that he was showing different neighborhoods that were essentially clusters of the same kinds of people, just like different countries in the world. I felt like it made NYC seem diverse overall, but still most people live surrounded by their own culture. The diversity is encountered throughout the city when one travels and yet some neighborhoods are dominated by a certain group. It all has a feeling of one still preferring to live with their own people since a lot of them end up going home to that.

2. I was surprised to see how many people actually leave NYC every year and go live somewhere else in the United States because I don’t think I’ve ever heard of someone I know doing that. I know a lot of immigrants and they mostly either stay here or go to their own countries. NYC is unique in being used to and accepting to immigrants but I’m not sure how one would feel living in a less diverse place where almost everyone is born in the US. I’m relatively a recent immigrant too and sometimes I wonder if it would be as comfortable living in a less diverse city as it is in NY. I have a feeling there would be people that would kind of “always remember” that I’m an immigrant, if you know what I mean. I feel like there would be people that would treat me differently, which is not really something that is too prominent in NYC.

3. Just want to comment on how even Joe Salvo admitted that the Census isn’t so reliable since many people who are here illegally don’t fill them out. Knowing that made me wonder how many people actually live in NYC. I wonder how the percentages of different groups living in NYC would change if every person was counted. Also, regardless of how I thought it is ironic that some people live in neighborhoods filled with others of their culture, I still realize how NYC is incredibly diverse and I appreciate that uniqueness. I even heard somewhere that there is at least one person from every country in the world living in NYC. This diversity is quite important in making a society more accepting and understanding of others, since people realize that not everyone in the world thinks the way they do or do things the way they do.