They can only be found in New York: city passers-by, after whom you would definitely turn around

Representatives of all races, cultures and faiths can be found on the streets of New York. Each inhabitant of this multi-layered metropolis brings his own features to his portrait, influences his aura, becomes another bright glass in a kaleidoscope. Channel author "50 shades of New York" on Yandex.Zen She told about passers-by in New York, unusual for a Russian person, whom you would definitely turn after.

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Elderly hippies

While our grandmothers and grandfathers maintain the image of decorous Soviet citizens, their hippie weatherworms are walking along the New York streets - the very “flower children” that were annealed at Woodstock in 1969. Most of them stayed true to their ideals - they condemn the war, wear bright clothes, don't eat meat and play Janis Joplin songs on the jukebox of the corner bar. It turns out that in the city of stock brokers and white collars there is always a parallel universe for connoisseurs of freedom, music and love.

Men in heels

New York is a territory of true tolerance. It is not customary to condemn others for love in any of its manifestations. Here, representatives of sexual minorities freely express themselves, sometimes dress pretentious and extravagant. This does not surprise me, and it certainly does not shock me. But I was sincerely amazed when I first met a man here in high heels. While women all over the world, with a sigh of relief, exchange stilettos for sneakers, among the gentlemen of New York there are those who want to clap their heels. In general, the inhabitants of this city are always at their best - literally and figuratively.

Obese people weighing 200 kg

Yes, this is not a myth. Although sophisticated New Yorkers are fanatical about running in the morning and prefer plant-based milk, it was in this city that I first met incredibly obese people. I'm talking about those whose weight reaches a quarter of a ton. They usually move in wheelchairs because their body is not capable of supporting this weight. I will not hide, at first such meetings shocked me and certainly did not promote my appetite ...

Amish

Every Saturday in midtown Manhattan, there is a farm products fair popular with local restaurateurs and healthy lifestyle enthusiasts. Here you can also meet Amish from neighboring Pennsylvania. These are representatives of a separate Protestant community who have completely abandoned mobile communications, electricity and other benefits of civilization. It is amazing to see their lace caps, thick beards and blissful smiles in the midst of a swarming crowd, in the heart of a glass-concrete metropolis. By the way, I read that members of this community age very slowly and do not suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Scientists even found in their DNA some kind of miracle gene that is responsible for youth and longevity.

Multicultural couples

New York is an ethnography textbook revived. Here, in one metro car, you can meet more nationalities than in Red Square in a year. But I have always been particularly interested in multicultural families - a programmer from Delhi and a nurse from Ireland need to meet each other in a cafe on the Upper East Side and understand that she is the same half! I wonder when a Cameroonian wife prepares breakfast for her Japanese husband, does he miss Mom’s cooking? I always look at such couples with interest, for me they are proof that love erases any boundaries. And in such international families there are the most beautiful kids.