When getting of the train in Astoria Queens, the ambient or
worldly sounds are noticeably different and quieter than Manhattan. It feels as
if you have gone to a different place, with the sound of wind, a highway nearby
and less noise in general.
The smell of barbequing Halal meat is so strong; it feels as
if you can smell it. Salesmen are very loud and repetitive on selling their
wares, from the person promoting a new Dental office, to a man in an Indian
food cart selling Momos. Cars move slowly by, with the occasional fire engine
or police car screaming threw.
Languages from around the world are spoken,
sometimes when walking by certain bars and restaurants they are even playing
the game broadcast in Spanish. People are playing different music from pop and hip-hop
to a Mexican love ballad from their cars or even speakers attached to their
pockets. The things you can hear as well though is silences especially down some of the
residential blocks, silence and wind
