Five hundred and eighty-seven chapters go to New York alone
More than 3 hours later, Hong Tao showed up at New York's LaGuardia Airport, including the 1 hour waiting for the plane. This was Hong Tao's first time at this airport. He had always landed at JFK before taking international flights.
Or Newark Liberty International Airport, which is generally a transit point for domestic flights in the United States, and at most some long-distance flights to Canada or the Caribbean.
The airport is located in the west of Long Island, in the Queens borough of New York City. To the west is Brooklyn, and across the East River is First Avenue in upper Manhattan. Although Hong Tao has never landed here, it is better than Kennedy and New York.
Wacker Airport is much closer to Manhattan. You can go out on Central Avenue and walk 5 kilometers north to Eileen's law firm.
Hong Tao has been to that law firm once. Although he can't distinguish the uniform high-rise buildings there, he has the address of the building. He only needs to ask the airport staff to know which car can get there.
To say that the services at New York airports are still very complete, not only JFK and Newark International Airports, but also the small airport in Gualadia has a service desk called Ground Transportation, which probably means transportation consultation.
There will be dedicated personnel at this information desk to provide guidance services to passengers at the airport in English. They will ask clearly about the destination of each passenger who comes for consultation, and then provide your name, passport number, the means of transportation you want to take, the cost, etc.
The situation is written on a small card, and the passengers are asked to take this small card to the waiting room to wait.
When the transportation suitable for you arrives at the station, they will call your name and passport number on the loudspeaker. At this time, you only need to take your luggage and go to the registration information desk. There will be a bus driver or airport attendant waiting there.
You. Take you directly onto the bus or taxi, and the driver will remind you to get off the bus after you arrive at your destination according to the record on the card. If you are pregnant or elderly, the driver will also help you carry your luggage into the hotel.
The main purpose of this is to prevent travelers who are unfamiliar with New York from being deceived by the illegal taxis outside the airport. New Yorkers call these illegal taxis "white-plate taxis," which probably means the same thing.
The place Hong Tao wants to go is at the intersection of 1st Ave Street and E116th Street. There is a building called Condel there. Irene's company is on the 11th floor of the building.
Speaking of the streets of New York, we often hear such expressions in many American police movies, such as the robber is at the intersection of such-and-such street and such-and-such street, a few blocks away, etc., but in European or domestic movies
It is rare to hear such descriptions on TV. There may be some reasons for the different way of speaking, but ultimately it comes from the street layout of New York.
The geographical location of New York is a bit like that of Shanghai in my country. They are both built on the estuaries of rivers. However, the terrain of New York is a bit more complicated than that of Shanghai, mainly because the estuary of the Hudson River is divided into several large and small islands. , among which the largest and most famous ones are Manhattan Island, Long Island and Staten Island, separated by the Hudson River, East River, East River and Hamley Canal. So New York City was built on The islands are above the river.
There are a total of 5 boroughs in New York City, and these 5 boroughs are also the 5 counties of New York State. They are Brooklyn (Kings County), Manhattan (New York County), Queens (Queens County), and Sta.
Teng District (Richmond County), Bronx District (Bronx County).
The administrative divisions of Americans are different from those of China. Their states are the first-level administrative units, which can probably be understood as our provinces. But do not think of states as provinces. Their governors are legally equal to the federal president. If
In his own state, the governor is higher than the federal president.
Below the state are county, city, and town. This county can be translated as county. It can also be called county, which all mean the same thing. The three forms of government of counties, cities, and towns are collectively called local governments. Sometimes they are under the jurisdiction of cities.
There are counties and counties, and sometimes there are cities and towns below the counties. There is no regular pattern.
The three levels of government, the federal government, states, counties, cities and towns, have no direct affiliation. Take what happened these days when white police officers beat black people to death. If the small town does not ask the state government for help, then the state government will.
They have no right to interfere in the affairs of the town, and the police in the town will not obey the governor's orders.
Now that the governor has received authorization from the town government, he can declare martial law in the town or the entire state, but Comrade Obama can only watch. He has no right to direct the governor on what to do. Of course, U.S. federal law
It also stipulates that some things can be directly intervened by the federal government, such as terrorist attacks like 911. At that time, the New York City government could not let the federal government intervene even if it did not want it.
Generally speaking, the United States is a bit like an industry association. Each state participates in this association as a subject, but the association cannot interfere with the specific operations of each subject. Everyone can only act in accordance with the pre-agreed charter. No one can
You can't force anyone.
The federal president is the spokesperson elected by each member of the association through voting. The federal government is established by the entire spokesperson. Members pay some dues in accordance with the agreed proportion to maintain the normal operation of the association, and this president leads
With the small team he has established, he is usually responsible for coordinating the conflicts of interest between various members, and between members and the outside world. When everyone's interests are consistent, the association will grow and develop. If there is an irreconcilable conflict between interests, everyone will hit it off.
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Having said so much nonsense, let’s get down to business. The topography of New York City is so responsible, but it is very easy to find a place here. This credit is due to its urban street layout. New York City does not have a ring road, so
There are no radial roads, all its roads are basically horizontal and vertical, like a Go board.
All east-west roads are called Street, abbreviated as St; north-south roads are called Avenue (this word is appropriated from French, which probably means a wide road), abbreviated as Ave. Of course, not all
The roads all run due east, due west, due south, due north, which are the general directions.
After using St and Ave to distinguish the east-west or north-south directions, New Yorkers also numbered these roads according to certain rules. St roads are numbered starting from the southernmost side, with higher numbers as they go north, while Ave roads start from the south.
Number 1 starts in the west and becomes larger as you go east.
In this way, the roads in the entire New York City area become a coordinate grid. As long as you name any two roads, people who know this pattern will quickly know where this location is in the city.
Make it easy to clarify your destination.
Judging from the street number, the address Hong Tao was going to should be on the lower right side of Manhattan Island, considered an uptown area, not far from the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. The service desk helped him choose the bus, the M60 bus, New York City
The public transportation system is
It's very complete. There is a bus in the city in about 15 minutes. The price is a bit expensive, Hong Tao thinks. The pass is 2 US dollars and is valid within 2 hours. It can be used by buses and subways. You can transfer freely in the subway, but you can only transfer on the bus.
For once, you don’t have to pay any more to change your car.
It should also be noted that there is no change on buses in New York, and they do not accept banknotes. You must change the change in advance. If it is your first time to come to New York, it is best to stay at the information desk at the airport for a while and ask more questions.
, although the staff there are not all enthusiastic, they will never mind if you talk too much. They will answer all your questions and write the answers on cards for you. You don’t need to know too much English, as long as you can point them out on the map.
You can go wherever you go.
20 minutes later, Hong Tao got off at the bus station closest to his destination, which was on First Avenue. According to the bus driver, walk west along First Avenue for about 200 meters and you will find the Condell Building.
The climate in New York is very similar to that in Beijing. It has four distinct seasons throughout the year. It is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. Spring and autumn are relatively comfortable. However, because New York is close to the sea, there is more rainfall than Beijing and there is no sandstorm. Hong Tao is coming
This time was at the end of September, just in time for autumn, so it was neither cold nor hot after getting off the car, so it was quite appropriate to wear his NB Argentinian calfskin clothing.
It was already close to 10 o'clock in the morning. Hong Tao missed lunch on the plane and was a little hungry now. There happened to be a food truck on the street, so Hong Tao walked over and wanted to get something to fill his stomach first. Food truck
There was an old white man standing behind, stuffing something into a half-pulled bun with his plastic-gloved hands.
"Hello, what kind of food is this?" Hong Tao walked over and tried his best to look nicer, because he hadn't decided whether to buy this kind of food or not, and was afraid of being scolded if he didn't buy it if he asked too many questions.
"Hello, young man, have you just come to New York? This is Bagle, haven't you tried it before? Come on, try my Bagle. Do you want salmon or cheese?" The old man knew that Hong Tao was a foreigner just by looking at him.
Not only was the man wearing strange clothes, he was also carrying a big suitcase.
"How much does one cost?" Hong Tao watched the old man pick up a piece of grilled salmon and stuff it into the bread, and his stomach growled unsatisfactorily. He planned to ask the price first before deciding whether to eat or not, so as not to be ripped off.
"The first one is free. Where are you from? Texas? Mexico?" The old man didn't say the price, but handed a prepared bagle to Hong Tao, motioning for him to try it, and then started chatting.
"I just came from Argentina, do I look like a Mexican?" Hong Tao wondered why the old man guessed that he came from Texas or Mexico. When he first bought this suit, Sturgeon said the same thing.
"You really don't look like an Argentinian, more like a Mexican. But your English is very good, and you don't have any accent there at all. You don't look like a Texan either. You know those cowboys can never change their accents in their lifetime." The old man said.
Pointing to Hong Tao's clothes and hair, he began to analyze where Hong Tao was from.
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