So that's your attitude. You come here and post a NY Post article about NYC but do not want to debate anybody.
I think you were surprised that somebody who actually works in the city on a daily basis would respond and challenge some of the assertions being made.
It just seems to me a bit odd that you claim to have lived and worked here for a quarter century yet you do not want to engage in any discussion about it unless that somebody has "lived there a couple years." Wouldn't you want to enlighten the rest of us with your rich experience of NYC living?
What section of Manhattan did you live in?
Hell’s Kitchen.