Topic Question: Do New Yorkers have their own unique way of living? What are things unique to New Yorkers?
Interview Questions and Paula’s Responses:
1. Are you a New Yorker? What experiences have you encountered specific to your time living here? “Not a native New Yorker, crazy people in the subway, going to Central Park, and getting yelled at.”
2. what comes to mind about the people, culture, and daily lifestyle when you think of NYC? “Busy people, goal-and-aim (goal-oriented), doing something, rushing to do something.”
3. Have you been somewhere that has reminded you of the city? “No. New York is like 50 things at the same time. Been to London and has been reminded of the skyscrapers in the city.”
Audio: Was not able to upload, but here is a brief description.
For my audio recording, I went into Central Park and recorded people talking around me, which were my fellow Macaulay cohort mates. In the background, you can hear horses strutting by, cyclists, joggers, and even people playing music.
Hypothesis: New Yorkers are a unique group of people. They have their own way of living, hustle culture, and daily habits.
Results: My hypothesis was correct and supported by my research interview with Paula. New Yorkers indeed have unique daily habits to them, there are interactions and different experiences they have come across that have desensitized them, and made them think certain habits are normal. Therefore, they just ignore the irrelevant things they see each day. A way I could improve the accuracy and validity of my research would be to expand the types and the number of people I am interviewing. Only interviewing one person limits my research results to only one perspective, which can give me incorrect or outdated data.
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