In the city that never sleeps those buying a property can get close up to people who hardly ever stop running.

Every November one of the most prestigious road races in the world – the New York Marathon – takes place.

Held in November, the race route is deliberately designed to include all five boroughs of the Big Apple, with Manhattan seeing the climax as the race ends in Central Park.

Those buying New York property can enjoy watching world class racers and thousands of fun runners in action, or even join in themselves.

In addition to the race, New York offers a huge variety of attractions and things to do, from Broadway Musicals to major sporting events at Madison Square Gardens.

An additional feature of the city and its surrounding state is its low crime rate, with a new FBI report hailing New York the safest large state in the country and the fourth safest overall.

The state has seen 17 successive annual declines in criminal behaviour, the study found, mainly caused by a reduction in crime in the city itself.

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