A few observations about NYC

It was cold, the coldest place I have been to, the other morning it was -11 with wind chill, the puddles from the previous days rain were frozen (which provided a difficulty for Danica at times!), we bought a bottle of drink, left it in a bag that we had with us, and at the end of the day it was still cold enough to just drink.
It was just all round freaking cold.
Luckily the next few places are all a lot warmer - comparatively.

So;

• Their streets and pavements are awful. If Sydneysiders get a major pothole they complain and it gets fixed. Here it is like the dirt roads of back home sprayed black to simulate tar and then put to use.
• If New Yorkers came to Sydney and tried to walk around like they do here, they would most likely be in the hospital within half an hour of leaving their hotels. People here just walk out, and the drivers are surprisingly tolerant. Pedestrians seem to have a lot more right of way here then they do in Sydney.
• The indicator lights of cars are integrated into the stop/parking lights. So you don't have a separate indicator, your brake light just blinks, which makes things hard to gauge. Mind you, they actual use of indicators seems to be a voluntary thing with the drivers.
• New Yorkers are very polite, in fact I think it is most Americans. They always say 'excuse me', hold the doors/lifts and so on. This is one stereotype that the movies got wrong - the whole arrogant, "get outa my way" thing.

That's about all I can think of for now. Maybe more after another flight (oh yay).