To my surprise, it hasn t been that bad so far. When someone asks where I am from I say New York, and the person immediately assumes that I am from New York City. Nanuet is about thirty minutes north of New York City, but no one has heard of it. Most of their assumptions are correct about the inner city but to their surprise not all of New York City is bad. In fact there are some very nice parts of the city, which include Broadway and Central Park.
Many people assume that New York City only consists of crime, hookers and tons of crazy people.
RENT explains life through the eyes of several types of people such as gays, lesbians, homeless, drug addicts, AIDS patients and other New Yorkers. The musical talks about the struggles in life and how people face it. As we know, no one is perfect but just because I live in New York does not mean I face all the hardships that most city people do. I come from upstate New York and even in my small town we face these issues just like other people in the United States. My community and other communities in my county have a high percentage of needy people.