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I did a day at Brighton Beach, which is by Coney Island and ate Ukrainian food for lunch. The day was fascinating, I purposefully positioned myself inside this group of people who were down here to create a positive change in the neighborhood without destroying its wonderful qualities. I acted like I was a part of the group and nobody seemed to notice that I wasn’t. For those of you who know me, my action does not surprise you, but for those of you getting to know me, know I pretend to belong to groups of people all the time.

I learned, as a was walking around the neighborhood with this positive group, that senior citizens compose the majority of the population in Brighton Beach and this group is trying to bring in new residents and with them, new expensive homes, which current locals would not be able to afford. This positive group do not want to force the local residents out of the neighborhood, or demolish the amazing Eastern European/Russian culture, which as I look around is very cool. But, this community does need a younger, wealthier population that will support the local economy, according to this positive group I’ve infiltrated. There have recently been built some luxury condos along the boardwalk that range from $75,000 all the way to $2.5 million and there is a waiting list for more to be built.

I started to get bored, so I quietly dropped out of the group and headed back to the beach. I was done pretending and now wanted to experience more of the New York culture, food wise. So far, I’ve had, Afgahan, Indian, Mexican, Lebanese, Ukrainian, but tonight I will be having Ethiopian cuisine. Right now though, I’m tired once again and I have a few errands to run, like shipping off the electronics I purchased at Times Square back to my Mother country, Russia. Then I’ll catch a quick nap back at the New York hotel suites where I’m staying and then back out to enjoy Ethiopian and maybe find another touristy group to infiltrate.