I was born and raised there. Things were nice in the 50s and early 60s. Started going downhill after that. I escaped in '74. Things got better under Giuliani, but that was short-lived.
If you have a visceral hatred for New York City, I understand, but I draw a distinction between the NYC of my youth and the NYC of today. I loved the old New York.
tell me about the great pizza you had. I just showed my 2 kids the opening scene in Sat Night Fever “two or three Tony”?
“two, two, give me two”
That scene almost makes me want to fly to NYC just for some pizza. And I lived in Chicago for almost 30 yrs and love deep dish but good thin is great too.