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Originally Posted by xzmattzx
There is something interesting about city neighborhoods that are islands. Maybe some of it is the obvious connection to water, whether it's accessible or inaccessible; every fringe of the neighborhood has some type of waterfront views. Maybe some of it is that the water is a barrier, which insulates the neighborhood. Maybe it's something else. In any case, there are quite a few island neighborhoods around the world.
Which are your favorites, and why?
Some examples:
~ Roosevelt Island in New York City, one of the only places in the borough of Manhattan that's not on the big island.
~ City Island in New York City, a section of the Bronx that has a New England feel.
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well actually of course, four of the five nyc boros are islands.
and its funny, but for nyc all the boros also have islands, or islandlets ... and non-island islands, like coney island.
but you forgot the most populated small island of nyc. i understand, because its rikers. its got an average of 10k jail guests and 1-2k staff population. similar population to roosevelt actually, but with any upticks and with visitors often more by the day. of course, rikers has much lower population these days with drops in crime and covid related releases and the like. it fell to below 4k prisoners in april, thankfully, the lowest since the 1940s. city island has 4-5k.
also of some interest, the nyc area is actually an archipelago, so while i guess the islands are islands the rivers are not really true rivers. well, the hudson is eventually, but not until you get way up north past the ocean water around albany. there have even been whale sightings up there.
the area also becomes a fjord as you head just up the hudson way. it sure looks like one.
way back when the dutch explorers and settlers were quick to describe it this way, but we don't really think of it all an archipelago and fjord very much today, do we?!