Around the turn of the last century or so, the majority of what is now the city of New York
was made up of islands that were heavily covered in vegetation
were dispersed along the coast of the northeastern United States.
These densely forested New York Islands are eventually transformed into the concrete jungle
that we know today as the city and the metropolis began to expand and take shape over time.
To this day, however, each island of the city maintains its own unique flavour
which is reflected in its neighbourhoods, immigrant groups, languages other than English spoken there
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