Daily Journey Commuting to school in New York City is a very exciting, entertaining and sometimes even strange journey. For the past four days I have been very observant of my surrounding as I walked through the streets of New York on my way to school. I get out of the subway at 68th street and Lexington Avenue, where Hunter College is located. This is an extremely busy subway station and college campus. I got out of the subway around 5pm each day, where there were numerous students standing around, walking around and some just sitting outside smoking a cigarette. I tried to count the amount to people I saw there the first day and I could not get the exact amount of people, I averaged about 54 individuals. Each day was very similar in that there were many people walking around the campus.

My house is located six blocks away from this...

I counted four mailboxes on my route and an average of three to four trees per block. On these blocks were a combination of businesses, and residential properties. I counted nine restaurants on my path home, and one deli. At the subway station at 68th and Lexington Avenue, there were three street vendors. I also counted 48 parking meters on the side of the street that I walked on during my walk home.
Some of the things that were surprising to me is that there were so many parking meters. I noticed there is a mix of businesses and residential facilities. On the lower floors are the businesses such as restaurants and offices; while on the upper floors are the apartments. There are defiantly more advertisements than tree, flyers posted on windows, and signs whereas there are very little trees. The…