America 24: Reflection

Some cities are fun and frantic, some downtempo and relaxed, and others just seem, frankly, boring. But it's too easy to just go to a place and take whatever experience you get. How many of those places would have been different on a different day, with different people, or in a different mood? You can't assume your experience is reflective of the place when, likely as not, it reflects your own mindset. If there's only one great American principle, it's surely this: you write your own story. Every person who has come to this country has, in their own small way, made it a reflection of themselves.