When compiling a guide to New York, the team of authors faced a number of serious questions. How to penetrate the soul of a city characterized by extraordinary many faces? How to express the energy and soulfulness, chaos and charm of New York without resorting to dull clichés? Automotive magnate Henry Ford once remarked, "New York is a different country. Quite possibly, he should have had his own government. Everyone here thinks and acts in their own way."