The first welcoming words I heard was from the cabbie at LaGuardia:
“So, what brings you to this cesspool?”
Nearly forty years later and I remember it like it was yesterday.
I am retired now, but back when I was a productive member of society I travelled to NYC a few times on business. I tried to be in and out, and if that meant catching a late night flight back home, that was okay with me.
Sounds like something Alex Reiger from TAXI would say.