New York Someone from New York? Tell me in 10 words about the city:)

25_12_2010 Well...I am a student of Novosibirsk state academy of architecture and fine arts, design faculty. Unfortunately, in my school, I studied deutsch during 7 year. I never know rules of english grammatic. In english conversation in the internet I often see reduction, like " u like","pls" or "srly". I think the person who studies english, must to write whole words. I am right?