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USA - Posting from Brooklyn

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I should not be surprised by the USA,  I have been coming here for three decades but I am always struck by its vastness.  Normally when I write these entries,  it is in retrospect having given myself time to contemplate what it is I wish to convey.  This however is being written as I journey. Nevertheless there is a retrospective element to it as part one if the adventure has been undertaken.  This early part to me to the fascinating city of New York.  What can I add to the many words of writers more gifted than myself? Very little poetically but I will offer a small insight into my personal journey. There will be more to come in subsequent entries but I begin in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is not Manhattan as anybody from the island will tell you but Brooklyn is fighting back in a good way. I was staying in an apartment near Fort Greene.  It was apparent to me that this area had been smartened up over the years.  Look in the window of any Estat...