Among the speed events that there are today, there is also that on board of an office chair. The only obligation is to wear a helmet and for the rest is allowed every kind of trick to gain in speed. The first world championship was held in Olten, in Switzerland.
2.5 million people live in Brooklyn and it's the most populated of the city's five boroughs. Brooklyn's got a vibrant cultural life and a relaxed lifestyle. This borough was founded by Dutch with the name of 'Breuckelen' but gradually it was transformated in 'Brooklyn''. At the beginning this borough was an indipendent city until when the residents decided to become part of New York. Brooklyn is suited to families because here there is more tranquility than Manhattan. The district is the place of different artists and Williamsburg and Greenpoint, for example, are cultural and artistic centres. In an interview, Jonathan Howell, who lives in Brooklyn but works in Manhattan, says that Brooklyn's apartments are bigger than Manhattan's apartments and they cost less. Jonathan says that the nervous energy of Manhattan (that there isn't in Brooklyn) is mistake for positive energy.
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