I’ll always be biased when it comes to my favorite city (Chicago forever, duh) but I can always appreciate anywhere metropolitan.

In high school, my family took a trip east. We hit the Jersey Shore, Hershey, Gettysburg, and of course, New York City.

I don’t know how we only spent one day in Manhattan, but it was an amazing experience. We joined the commuters on the ferry from New Jersey. We went to the top of the Empire State Building. We meandered about Central Park. We saw Ground Zero. We hit up Times Square.

And I’m pretty sure we got lost at some point, too.

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