Personal Narrative: Suburbia

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When my brother first set off for NYU, I had only heard of New York City through glimpses on the television. It was a glittering amalgamation of Broadway, ostentatious skyscrapers, and hotdog carts. Upon visiting however, I was immediately thrown off by its chaoticism. The buildings reached up into the sky, like trees competing for sparse sunlight, and seas of people rose and ebbed with the flow of traffic. It was brash and unrestrained, and I was shocked by such unflinching unfamiliarity. Suburbia had never prepared me for such an experience, yet I found myself entranced. The allure of NYU was in its alien nature, and tempting danger. I could see myself grow here, and grow beyond my current self. In addition to the pure potential that I

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