Rush said before he moved out of NYC:
Everybody tries to justify living in New York and putting up with the gridlock, the overcrowding, the derelicts approaching you on the streets, the constant crime, the ridiculously high prices on everything including apartments and they’ll try to tell you they like the culture and the museums and the concerts. It’s a lie. They are enduring living here for the money and the power. That’s all.
Yep, people talk about the opera, the theater, the ballet, world class museums, and Thai restaurants. Those are supposed to be key attractions of NYC.
Back then, the museums, theatres, opera, concerts of ALL kinds, shopping for anything and everything couldn't be beat, most of the restaurants were outstanding and VERY diversified, the historical sites wonderful/even awe inspiring, beautiful parks and zoos, skating in Rockefeller Center, golf courses, and most areas were NOT dangerous.
Sure, it wasn't for everyone's taste or pocketbook, but Rush could afford the best of the best and NEVER took advantage of what was there.
NOW? Now is quite a different story and though it is not only my "hometown", has many places/things connected to/with generations of my family, many old happy memories for me, I would go there if I was paid to, nor if someone put a gun to my head.
Imoved there 50 years ago.......it was a DIRTY cockroach infested city back then....I moved back to Cincy 4 days later!