Nice Night For Walk "NYC" Part 1

On this episode I'm visiting NYC (and Jersey City, NJ) Part 1.
Footage was taken 9/9/2025.

New York City
New York City (NYC), officially the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, with a 2020 census population of 8,804,190 across five boroughs. Founded in 1624 by the Dutch West India Company as New Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan, the settlement was purchased from the Lenape people. It was captured by the English in 1664 and renamed New York. The city served as the U.S. capital from 1785 to 1790. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 established it as a major commercial hub. Mass European immigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries, processed through Ellis Island (1892–1954), transformed its demographics. The Consolidation of 1898 merged Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. NYC became a center of finance (Wall Street), culture (Harlem Renaissance, Broadway), and innovation, erecting landmarks like the Empire State Building (1931). It hosted the United Nations headquarters from 1952. The 1970s fiscal crisis and high crime rates gave way to 1980s economic revival. The September 11, 2001, attacks destroyed the World Trade Center, killing 2,977. Today, NYC is a global metropolis for finance, media, arts, and technology, with over 800 languages spoken.
Jersey City
Jersey City is the second-most populous city in New Jersey, with a 2020 population of 292,449. European settlement began in the 1630s under Dutch control as part of Pavonia in New Netherland. Conflicts with the Lenape led to abandonment and resettlement. Under British rule after 1664, the area developed as farmland and ferry links to New York. During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Paulus Hook occurred in 1779. Incorporated as a city in 1820, Jersey City grew rapidly in the 19th century as a transportation node with the Morris Canal (1836) and railroad terminals. It attracted waves of Irish, German, Italian, and Polish immigrants, supporting industries like Colgate soapworks. The 1916 Black Tom explosion, a German act of sabotage, caused extensive damage. Post-World War II deindustrialization and suburbanization led to decline, but 1980s waterfront redevelopment attracted financial firms (e.g., Goldman Sachs). Connected to Manhattan via PATH trains, Jersey City is now a diverse extension of the New York metropolitan area, with significant Asian and Hispanic populations and a growing tech sector along the Hudson River Gold Coast.