This is a walking city. So pick an area and go explore.
East Village, Chinatown, Brooklyn.
Diversity reigns. This is the only city in the world where you become truly part of it. In 3 months you can be a New Yorker.  You cannot become a Berliner, or a Parisian but you can be a New Yorker.

How's NYC? Depends on where you are from! I love it. I love walking everywhere, amazing ethnic food, Broadway, museums...it is indeed the center of tbe universe. Always happy to welcome a beautiful and talented young lady!

NYC is an amazing city. I've been here for a close to a decade now, I created Sitara Devi around the same time I moved to NYC. There is a steep learning curve when first moving to the city. You have to figure out how the Subways work and how to grab that solo taxi on a rainy night before anyone else does. You treat your home like a sanctuary for from the moment you walk onto the sidewalk its really a zoo you encounter. But nothing beats the fact that you can constantly reinvent yourself in this city.

ride the 1 train at 2am  
you will see the real nyc