The journey up the coast continues through Delaware to suburban New Jersey, and onwards into the heart of Manhattan.

Delaware is famous as a corporate tax haven, but its shores are also home to excellent wines. Peggy Raley started small, and still needed to lobby the state government to legalize wine-growing in the state. Today, her winery is well-known all along the east coast.

New York City's presence can already be felt in New Jersey, whose beaches, such as Atlantic City, are favored weekend destinations for the city's residents. On the Barnegat Peninsula, near Toms River, Lindsay Harrington scours for creepy-crawlies, in the name of science – for the insect zoo at which she works.

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The Statue of Liberty then points the way into the heart of the Big Apple. Though for many New Yorkers, Manhattan's true hallmark is the watertank; every skyscraper has at least one. Clive Bushay works on maintaining them – a dangerous job, high above the city. Austin Horse also has a profession that requires alertness – as a bicycle courier, for whom 100 kilometers in New York's constant chaotic traffic is just a normal day. And Austin has a reputation to maintain, as the fastest and best bicycle courier in the city.

It gets more serene again on Long Island. Oysters are farmed here. The upper-class vacation area of the Hamptons lies at the tip of the island; Angela Boyer-Stump assists people in buying luxury real estate properties.

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Original title: The city and the sea (The US East Coast)
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