New York City. Ah, the greatest city in the world. So many sight seeing opportunities! So many, that a whopping 48 million visit the city yearly. What will you choose to see?

1. A nice big 'ol rat.

Ew ew ew rodent city! I actually saw my first rat a week ago, I guess that's pretty late in the timeline of a New Yorker, but it was so recent because I was being so cautious. I was hoping I could make it without seeing one, so I had taken precautions:

1. Don't look into the trash chute while emptying the trash and do it quickly.

2. Never look at my feet and the ground while walking in subway stations.

3. NEVER look at the subway tracks.

4. Don't look at the ground under the massive bags of trash on the street on trash day.

However, these will only buy you time until the nasty rat reveals itself from the shadows, scurrying around on the opposite subway platform.

2. The suspicious puddles of liquid on the sidewalks

It is water? Is it pee? Is it from a dog? Is it from a human?

3. The massive piles of trash on the city on trash day.

How does that much trash exist? How is it just sitting on the side of the street? Isn't there a better place for it? Oh my, that is A LOT of trash! It takes up so much space on the sidewalk, similar to a family.

4. Any subway station

Wow, now is doesn't feel as dirty because it's just routine, and how it is to me- but, wow, the subway is straight up NASTY. As New Yorkers, I feel like this is just a known fact that we side step as we pop on to our trains. But, this weekend when my friend's sister was visiting and we went to take the subway she said 'I'd rather walk, it's so dirty".

Such a simple sentence, clearly stating the obvious, but I was like 'wow you're right, it's disgusting.