"What's different about New York City is it tends to bring people together and so we can't ignore each others' dreams and values and it creates a much more inclusive consciousness,"
AKA "mass hysteria"
Put too many rats in the same cage and they will eat each other.
I was born and raised here in NY, and I love it. But I'm not even remotely as parochial as these people are. In fact, I met someone like those in this article today, and told her off. I said I was sick and tired of liberals assuming that everyone within earshot agrees with them. She mumbled something about "freedom of speech" and then shut up.