Still? I always thought that if we were going to give the world an enema they would stick the tube in NYC.
New York is the finest, best, most amazing, most fantastic, most fabulous.....
Just ask any New Yorker, he’ll tell you.
Then he’ll tell you to go f*** yourself.
Gotta love it.
I’ve been to all the cities mentioned in the first paragraph and although they’re all most certainly important...and fascinating...NYC is still the tops.By a wide margin.
Under Anthony Weiner - no chance.
Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai...if you visit these places you can feel the buzz and excitement of modernity and economic growth.
New York, on the other hand is starting to feel European, like a big museum more interested in protecting its treasures than embracing change. It's still the best big city in America, though.
My own metro area - Phoenix - is all too typical of the rest of America circa 2013: a giant suburb suffering from a middle class depression and weak professional sports teams. :)