Walking in New York is so much different from walking in Korea. Thinking about it, it’s quite fascinating how the subject matter on the streets are the same but the way they act and coexist one another is so much different. One thing I’ve noticed that was clearly different from the countries I’ve been to is jaywalking. Of course, a lot of people tend to jaywalk all over the world. But the way streets of New York are built, the one way signs that allow you to look at one direction of the cars coming past is quite ideal I’d have to say. Walking from my dorm to the school buildings, I see so many different people and so many different situations. On good sunny warm days, I realize that people tend to stop in the middle of the streets to look at their phones to either figure something out or text someone. By this, I don’t just mean the weather influencing how people roam around the streets, I literally mean people standing facing the street light pole and texting. I’ve had so many cases where those kinds of people standing awkwardly in the street made me laugh. Here’s the best example I found which I had to stop and take a picture of.
