I get offended because I find the articles and social media writing negatively about NYC are often specifically designed to fear-monger and denigrate the place, especially those produced by right-wing media. The current presidential administration is really explicit about this too.

You’re welcome.  Mwah!

Excellent points and well-stated.  I have lived in NYC for over 20 years and love it.  I also feel inclined to say “fuck you, NYC will be back” to those who are snottily wishing for its demise.  I’ve never really understood the vitriol that NYC inspires.  There are lots of places in the world that aren’t for me, but I…

Me too. It’s magical. I travel for work and pleasure, but every time I land at Newark or JFK and see the buildings I feel a sense of wonder and possibility.  

I was responding specifically this: “Let’s be honest, though - a decent chunk of the things that make NYC great are currently on hold and may not be back for years in even an optimistic view.” My question and the question of many commentators is what makes New York great? I would argue its the people and other than…

I have been living in NYC since 2006, first Manhattan started uptown, moved midtown, then East Village and finally Brooklyn the last 3 years. New York is not dead. Have restaurants and bars closed yes: but not all of them. Less than half have closed in my neighborhood. (We haven’t felt comfortable eating out, but…

He comes by his wealth honestly and he was part of NYC long before he became wealthy..what’s with the hostility?

In India, where it’s super arid even in the tundra, they do all sorts of controlled burns and they seem quite effective at preventing massive fires like we have. Most people don’t realize that your average forest trees have lifespans of only 50-200 years, and the undergrowth have much shorter lifespans, so forests do…

Still none of those cities are as walkable and amenable to car free living as NYC. I’ve lived in a small city that lacked public transportation and it was like having all the annoyances of living in a city with none of the convenience. I had to drive in bumper to bumper traffic to get everywhere.

Whether or not you like Seinfeld’s show and comedy is up to each individual’s taste, but he created a highly successful tv show and has every right to

A bad day in NY is still better than a great day in a lot of places.

Care to elaborate a little? I don't really have a pony in this race, being a Gen-Xer (albeit an optimistic one - I know), but I am interested to find out how we live in worse times now than in the middle ages, the feudal times, classical times, or "yore". To be clear, we are in deep shit and we're happily speeding our…

I feel that way about people who move to the suburbs.

I was born and raised in Manhattan, and I’m clearly biased but I do think that New York City is the greatest city in the world (despite the fact that I moved to the other side of the planet well over a decade ago when I thought that George W Bush getting re-elected was the worst thing that could happen to American…

“Rich man writes an article that I almost entirely agree with, but I’m still pissed about the article because it was written by a rich man.”

Some of us are actually from here.

Everyone I know who is leaving the city contributed to a degree to why it sucks. They floated to the city in their 20s with a penchant for brunch. They were fine with paying absurd rents, thus pricing out people who’d lived there for a long time and contributed to its rick history. They did not see nearly as much live…

Ok, sure....but seriously, what is the deal with airline food?

Whenever I get “the question”, I say: “I don’t want to bring life into this hellscape.” They laugh, but then realize I’m dead serious.

The bad LinkedIn essay excoriated New York for the wrong reasons, but people who’ve been pushed out of New York aren’t necessarily leaving because they’re bummed the comedy clubs are closed.