A tale of two cities, five boroughs and some large apples

Anyone who has not yet visited New York already knows two things; that it is a "Big Apple" and that it was so good they named it twice. After my last visit to New York I think that I may have found the common theme to both these observations - Brooklyn, the vast, varied and comparatively greener borough of the city. While Manhattan is the core of the apple, Brooklyn, once a city in its own right, is the greener coating on the outside and offers a tangible reason for New York being titled more than once.

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