Why a trip to New York will change your life?

On the surface, New York is a major city like London, Barcelona, Rome, or Berlin. Yet since I started this blog in 1999 and created the New York Facebook page, I can tell you that I’ve never seen a city that transforms visitors the way New York does. If you go to New York, here’s what might happen when you return home:

1/ You’ll miss New York constantly

• New York is so energizing and captivating that you’ll experience real withdrawal when you leave. It’s a feeling between unease and nostalgia that I’ve described as New York fever. The first symptoms appear as soon as you get home: you’ll think about New York constantly and feel an irresistible urge to go back.
• How do you cure New York fever? Members of the New York Forum will tell you it doesn’t go away—it gets worse. The best remedy is to keep it alive by reading travel stories and photos… until your next trip to New York! You can also relive New York through videos on our New York YouTube channel.

2/ You’ll revamp your wardrobe

• To show your love for New York, you’ll definitely bring home an “I Love New York” t-shirt or a New York Yankees baseball cap. Even if you’ve never worn city merchandise before, you’ll find yourself proudly wearing New York colors.
• I even know some New York Forum members, like Momo-NY in the photo below, who went so far as to get a New York tattoo—to have New York literally under their skin.

3/ You’ll change your eating habits

• In New York, you’ll discover all the classic American desserts: cheesecake, carrot cake, cupcakes. See our article on 6 bakeries to try in New York. When you get home, you’ll keep craving them to recapture that New York taste.
• You might even start making your own bagels or burgers at home. New York fever shows up on your plate too!

4/ You’ll perk up at every New York headline

• You’ll keep one eye and ear on New York, even months after your trip. Expect to jump whenever you hear New York mentioned on the radio or see a news story about it on TV—something you probably wouldn’t do for Barcelona, Berlin, or Venice.
• You’ll also find yourself watching a movie just because it’s set in New York. You’ll see!

5/ You’ll know that anything is possible

• During your time in New York, you’ll inevitably encounter the famous American Dream. The American Dream represents people who arrived in New York with nothing and succeeded in achieving their goals through determination and hard work.
• Back home, you’ll hold onto that positive energy. Once you’ve seen New York, you know that anything is possible. It’s a dose of optimism in a world that often needs it. That alone makes a trip to New York worth taking!