There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.

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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.

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I grew up in New York City, a town with different races, religions, and peoples. It breeds tolerance.

— Donald Trump

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I run New York City!

— Conor McGregor

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