New York, New York.

So after a three hour drive through a couple hundred miles of New York State countryside interspersed with short stops within quaint villages, townships, and boro's (whatever they are), we've arrived in Manhattan.

My thoughts about New York:

San Francisco is to New York - AS - a Prius is to a Humvee,...actually no, scratch that, an M1A1 Abrams Tank,...actually that's not quite right...more like the USS New Jersey.

San Francisco is to New York - AS - Patty cakes is to bare-knuckle Kumite pit fighting.

San Francisco is to New York - AS - the bully in the elementary school playground is to the gang of Nortenos in the San Quentin level 5 yard.

New York has seriously bitch-slapped this San Francisco native. It is BIG on an entirely new level. We've spent hours walking all over Mid-town and we've barely scratched the surface of just Manhattan let alone the 4 other Burroughs's.

As I've said, there are few cities I would consider moving to, IF I had to...New York, on the other-hand, after just ONE day, and if I had the same job with the same rate of pay, and an equivalent property in the upper east-side, I'd move here in a pinch.