Book Review "New York"

This week, I read the book named "New York". I picked this book beause I like New York a lot. I visited Manhattan last winter and it was awsome. I was totally overwhelmed and just loved that place. I think I want to live there someday in the future.
This book's about NY's history, geography, transportatinon, famous spots, people, food and some more. They are all summarized with simple sentences in the book and I thought it's quick way to know about the city briefly.
What I was surprised the most was about its history. It said Manhattan was sold at only 24 dollars by the naitive inidians to Dutch 400 years ago. If I were alive at that time, I would have bought it for 30 dollars and Manhattan was all mine or my family's.
I think one of the biggest attraction of NY's (not only NY's but also America's), to me, is that unbelievably many different kinds of people live together. Thought it is very unusual for me because the most who lives in Japan is Japanese, it's nothing surprising there.