Leibling describes New York City as a complicated place that has my things going on at once. He talks about different types of New Yorkers, just like we read in “Here Is New York”. Leibling however put them in two categories instead of three. The first type of New Yorker that Leibling talks about is a person so involve in one environment that they completely forget about the many others. The second type of New Yorker is the person who is aware of NY’s natural history but thinks little of them.
Leibling describes how New York has its own language.Leibling says that New York is a real city because even though it is an old place, New York City doesn’t stay in the past. New York City keeps on renewing itself.
The way New York is described in “Apology For Breathing” is fairly the same as it is today. One noticeable difference would have to be is the people. Leibling writes, “Native New Yorkers ae the best mannered people in America…New Yorkers are modest.” Well mannered and modest is not how New Yorkers are usually described.
The way Leibing describes New Yorkers was not objective. If he had lived in another city, would he still write the same thing?
