Every reason that BUILT NYC into the center of the universe is long gone.
Big, safe deep water port? Not needed.
Open land abounding the easy access from the sea. Not so much.
Erie Canal bringing the bounty of the great Middle of America to the East Coast seaport? Not needed.
Wall Street? Not needed.
Manufacturing? Not so much anymore.
Military take off point for war in Europe? Not needed.
UN? What a laugh.
Give me three reasons why NYC should be anything more than an old world, rotting husk of it’s former self.
It’s been a Zombie for many years. Maybe DeBlowHard and Koomo will finally kill it.
Just curious, why is a big, safe deep water port no longer needed? Airplanes still can't replace all the cargo ships so ships are still very important.
Though if New Jersey wasn't run by the same type of Jack Wagons, the ships could unload there instead.
Because New York is the center of the financial universe.
The bedrock capital exchange and store.
I can't, but worse, even the people that depend on NY City, can't either.
I read that when the wealthy people started fleeing the city, that they took $334 Billion in wealth.
That is a load of shekels to try and make up.
Really wealthy people can live anywhere and they do not want to be hassled by street creatures in their domain.
They have homes in Monte Carlo, Bali, anywhere they want, and they only lived in NY because it was stylish and chic to do so.
When NY became an open sewer and an open, puss filled sore, many saw no reason to stay.
With no Broadway shows, and no chic restaurants to show off your new diamonds, why stay?
In many countries, that are police states, street livers are confined to the poor sections and will be "disappeared" from the wealthy places.