|New York City is perhaps the most widely known city around the
world. With residents from every country on earth with differing
cultures, it can be said that New York City is an urbanized
microcosm of the globe. | New York City is home to the United
Nations and is also one of the world's major venues for
international diplomacy. The city has been a dominant global
financial center ever since World War II. New York City was the
birthplace of many American cultural movements such as Hip-Hop
and abstract expressionism. Geographically, the city consists of
five boroughs; Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, and
the Bronx. Together, these boroughs comprise a population of
over eight million people. Towards the late 90's, and early
2000's the city's crime levels dropped dramatically, the city's
economy boomed, and New York's population reached an all-time
high in the 2000 census. New York City became known for many of
its famous landmarks such as the Empire State Building, the
Statue Of Liberty, Ellis Islan