Is it worth it to live in New York?

Upon landing at JFK on a flight from SFO the young woman next to me was speaking of her plans once she got into the city, I smiled and informed her that she was in the city now.

Outsiders identify Manhattan as New York City, but we have The Bronx, Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn. The New York Metropolitan area has over 50 million people living within twenty five miles of the city. Four million people a day travel into the city to work and then travel back to New Jersey, Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island.

The energy and creativity that build this great city hasn't diminished, emigrants continue to arrive daily, every kind of music and entertainment can be found seven day a week three hundred and sixty five days a year. More and more Business transactions happen here as we buy, sell, trade, write, record and reinvent our city every day.

That's not charming provincialism, that's true stupidity. Just because it's a friend of yours and she is educated doesn't make a ridiculously stupid comment like that charming provincialism.

Sounds to me like you're suffering from provincialism. And it's not that charming.

Out in the burbs where I live it is less expensive than the city and cleaner. You have these anti-sprawl groups complaining about suburban sprawl and how to stop it. People were sick of getting gouged and robbed in the city so they left it behind. Then you have transit headaches, the beggars low-lifes and cheats in the city. It's not worth it to me. The last generation of enviro-wackos condemned the city for being the hub of industry (polluters) and this generation of e-w's condemns the suburbs. You can't win. We have sprawl and all. The city is like a whole in the middle. We have a new donut shop.

Heck, I haven't made up my mind, either ;-)

New York works for some people, and to them I say, "Well Done".

But it wore me out, somewhat.

I like a lot about living in New York. But if you analyse what I do, week in, week out, I could be doing it in mid-sized cities like Dayton or Columbus. I like the fact that there is theater and opera, but I go much more often to the movies. So I think I like New York for its possibilities, but don't take advantage of nearly enough of them.

A few things I really like about New York. There's an Indian restaurant on 46th St, the Minar. It's cafeteria style, lots of people shouting. But you sit at tables with loads of Asians, mostly Indian I presume. Most of them run the I.T. departments for the big companies in the neighborhood. I like to eavesdrop on their very techie conversations. Couldn't have such a group in most American cities. And the food's good.

Also, New York is in a beautiful part of the country. Outsiders don't give it enough credit for that. I grew up in Philadelphia and never really realized it. The Hudson is a spectacular river.

OK, anonymous, maybe you don't find my friend's comment about Mexican food so charming. I've been laughing about it for years. I still don't understand why quoting her makes me provincial, but I don't really mind if you see me that way.

After recently staying in NYC for three months after being away for 22 years, I have to say that it is still one of the greatest cities in the world.
I say this because I have lived in other cities in Europe and NYC still holds it charm despite the fact that it needs a bit of cleaning up.
What makes a great city to me is one that offers a great selection of restaurants, easy and quick transportation, and the general attitude of the people.

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