Why is New York City called the "Big Apple"?
I probably got your attention there.
When I was visiting a college buddy of mine to this “city that never sleep,” ironically, after living for almost a year, he posed me the same question. My initial reaction is almost similar to what Heather Cross posted at About.com when she answered the same question:
This commonly asked question got me wondering, why do we call New York City the Big Apple? While I've seen several apple trees in New York City, I don't particularly recall them as being in notable quantity -- there are certainly more pigeons than apples in New York City, but we don't call New York City the "Big Pigeon."
Exactly. I have seen many pigeons there too, but NYC was never been called a the “Big Pigeon.” Anyway, Heather gave an almost complete answer to that question. You might want to check out the brief post here.
Moving on, I was almost persuaded to work at ‘the big apple’ because of the thrill of earning greener bucks at the Wall Street like my buddy but I could not possibly survive in a city like that where you cannot practically drive your car going to work because of the traffic congestion. Picking me up from JFK alone, my friend has use Car Service NY. Besides, next Tokyo (where I happen to work for almost a year), cost of living at NYC is very expensive. A taste of the night life is unforgettable though.
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