Regarding my research on the West Village area, I was hoping to find the answer to this question: How does West Village convo compare to East Village? For one week, and one hour a day, I alternated between the two areas, alternating between places like Washington square park, meatpacking district, and St. Mark’s place and Stuyvesant street. From being in the two areas, and from research, I was able to start picking out similarities between the two. Both East Village and West Village more or less expensive areas with downtown creative types, and the meatpacking district is similar to East Village in nightlife. However, there is a large number of differences between the two also. The architecture is different; West Village has more brownstones in comparison to the tenements in East Village. Although both are expensive to live in, West Village is more expensive, with more affluent people due to being older and gentrified for a longer period of time. East Village is thriving with twenty and thirty-somethings, which makes for a much better night life, with more bars and clubs. A lot of the people in the East Village are recent college graduates, and the area is much more diverse and gritty. With East Village being gentrified for a shorter period of time, I noticed that there was a lot more pan handling and aggressive homeless people, especially in the St. Marks area. West Village has more fourth-somethings or older, with a quieter and more refined atmosphere. While in West Village, I felt quite calm; there was definitely quieter and more formal feel there, except for places with lots of people such as washington and union square. After leaving, I felt a bit tired and relieved, because it seemed a bit too sophisticated. While in East Village, I felt a surge of youthful energy that wash’t apparent before. There was definitely a more eclectic feel. When leaving, I felt nostalgic and regretted having to go. Overall, I think that I appreciate the energy and the diversity of East Village more than the calm feel of West Village.