My wife’s Niece when there back in the early 1980s. She absolutely HATED IT! Her husband, for years, tried to get her to go back as the city had then been cleaned up, finally she relented and went. She fell in love with NY!
Years later, her daughter moved to NYC so she got to spend lots of time with her daughter there, and learn the city, what makes it tick!
Last year she took ME to NYC for a week. This old country boy from the High Plains, Rockies, and Ozarks, absolutely fell in love with NYC! If given a choice between Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or NYC I would take NYC in a heartbeat.
I saw an old movie about an African King (Eddie Murphy) in NYC. The first thing I noticed in the movie was the subways were covered with graffiti. The subways I rode (N)(Q) were extremely clean.
NYC is a great city. I was in last week and, mistakenly, took a friend to look at the Christmas tree. That was a real mistake because I can’t stand intense crowding. The crowd was almost exclusively American - people probably from all over the country. How different they feel about NYC than most freepers. Makes me sad.
The subways are clean in NYC? Get outta here! I don’t believe it!