Is New York City Overrated? Feat. Emma Benack

Ah...New York City. This City is so-well known and much written about. You could probably name (and sing) at least one song about New York City. For many people in Taiwan, NYC is the “dream city.” What makes NYC so special? Is NYC really like how it’s usually portrayed in music, movies, and TV shows? How much of it is stereotypical? What stories of NYC are usually missing? Join Sharon Lin and Emma Benack today as we talk about the hype many people have for New York City. Obviously, us two are no experts about this very diverse, big city, but we’ve both spent quite some time there. Join our chat!

There’s so much to learn about New York City, and any city honestly. We’d like to encourage you to know about how a place came to be. We’d also like to share the statement below, which is based on the content from The Department of History at New York University: New York City is located in ancestral Lenape homelands, and it recognizes the longstanding significance of these lands for Lenape nations past and present. New York City has the largest urban Native population in the United States. We believe that historical awareness of Indigenous exclusion and erasure is critically important.