Newcomers Adjust, Eventually, to New York (NYTimes)

I find some truth in this article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/nyregion/27arrival.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Look Who's in Town

Two Sundays ago, I came to me that my brother's rent in Aber for the next five weeks of doing nothing would cost more than a return flight to New York. So I bought him a ticket to fly in on this past Sunday.

Ramen

I used not to like noodle in soup until I came to New York and tried the ramen in the Ramen bars around Manhattan.



This one picture above is from Minca Ramen Factory in the East Village.

I'd rank the following two as the best Ramen places in the city.

1. Ramen Setagaya
2. Minca