<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3487" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602969644-200x150.jpg" alt="wp-1466602969644.jpg" width="200" height="150" /></a>I took a walk from 14th Street up to Union Square which is about 2 miles. It was a hot day but the tall buildings around the square give plenty of opportunities to sit in the shade and watch the world go by. There's a large Macy's on one side so I rode the escalators to the top just to enjoy the air conditioning and it was something Jane and I did on our last visit eight years ago.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466608507500.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3486" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/wp-1466602750777-e1466608068778-225x300.jpg" alt="wp-1466602750777.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a>Not much has changed but there seem to be more people talking than listening. Either they are on their mobile phones or they're mentally ill and just talking out loud, sometimes it's impossible to tell the difference. Considering this the greatest economy in the world the way mental illness, disability and vagrancy is treated is a disgrace. I'd rather be living in the fifth largest economy and have some social responsibility than live here.

The majority of tourists don't seem to notice the disparity between the likes of the high rise Twitter building and what's happening on the streets. Maybe it's just the same in all big cities - give me the countryside every time.