I missed initially that you personally wrote this. Nicely done writing and story telling. I don’t think a travel magazine would be interested, though, because it’s “negative”. Very amusing, however.
I was 9 or 10 when visiting the Empire State Building and, on the same trip, the New York World’s Fair. The fair and its spectacular exhibits still stand out in my mind to this day. We might have visited the fair on three successive days while staying in Connecticut and then New Jersey (my much-older brother was at Yale).
Saw a bit of the city again in 1983 and that did it for me. No desire to return. If I did and could afford it, though, I would opt for a sightseeing ride in a Jet Ranger. Although it will never happen, I do kind of desire to visit the over-the-top skyscrapers in other parts of the world.
Older brother also took me to a Yankees game that trip. It was the Yankees, right?