I'm not sure what you mean. Being born here, having family and friends and still staying in NYC, or having hope that the dems will wise up? If it's the latter, the same could be said for many of the pubbies too.
The West has been whistling past the graveyard of the Middle East and Islam since 1492. If they didn't have relatively cheap oil, the area would be avoided like the plague. IMHO, the clash of civilizations has been inevitable. Modernity has just hastened it.
'Reason' is a word foreign to liberals.
It's only cheap if you exclude the costs of military and political engagement with the barbarians over there.