Didn’t used to be. Ever been there? No? I didn’t’t think so.
I've spent many-a-day in Manhattan. Working at the World Financial Center, looking out the window at the Twin Towers (and later looking out a shattered window down onto the rubble.). Dodging Bocce Balls in the hallways of the Waldorf. I've jumped between cars late at night on the Long Island Railway. I've ridden in NYC taxis with drivers who used their horns the way that bats use their radar (those guys were masterful!).
No, NYC has not always been for losers. But it is today, and will be tomorrow. As a long-time Floridian I always worried that the dam of humanity in NYC would burst and come flooding into Florida. That has certainly proven to be the case.