present perfect

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Dawood
I very much appreciate your answers.

[David L.]

The Past Simple indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past.

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That is one form of the Present Perfect:
"I have lived/I've lived in New York. I prefer where I'm living now."

[Dawood Usmani]

The Past Simple indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past.

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That is one form of the Present Perfect:
"I have/I've lived lived ( Did you intentionally repeat this word?) in New York. I prefer where I'm living now."

David, I'm amazed at what you are saying. Past Simple does not have any connection with the present. Does it? But in your version, there has been a continuous connection with the present if you add "ALWAYS" to your sentence. If not, at least it's the situation of Present Perfect. It's like saying "I have had the experience of living in New York".
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Dawood

[David L.]

If you add 'always', so "I have always lived in New York.", then yes, it brings it right up to NOW.

What I was referring to in my post was the essential difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect, with regard to 'period of time/beginning and end'.

Let's keep going on this: what do you see this difference as being?

PS I added the "/I've lived"...and got the insertion point wrong!