New Jersey

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           To see the last, fundamental level of the city, the street level, we had to lean out the window at a right angle and look straight down. There, like in reversed binoculars, we could see an intersection with little automobiles, pedestrians, newspapers thrown on the asphalt and even two rows of shining buttons, laid down in the place where people are allowed to cross the street.
           From the other window we could see the Hudson River, which divides the state of New York from the state of New Jersey. The houses up to the Hudson belong to the city of New York, while the houses on the other side of the river belong to New Jersey.

Chapter Three: What You Can See from a Hotel Window.