The rest of us might put winning the Cold War, appointing two solid conserative justices, returning America to prosperity and away from 'malise', or even small things like the widespread adoption of right to carry laws (still not happening in NYC) well above helping liberal New Yorkers not suffer too much from the consequences of their own actions.
I don't read George Will too much anymore. He's become pretty wishy-washy. My comment had more to do with the author of the article, who writes fairly weel and who made valid points. If you lived where I live, a more conservative 2nd Ave. sounds good. We're sick of city people buying land up here and telling the rest of us how to live our lives.