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New York City Will Never Die
In Case You Needed Reminding.
Felix Quiñonez Jr.
NYC is Over! NYC is dead!
At least that’s what some people would have you believe. We’ve seen these ridiculous claims popping up everywhere and can’t help but collectively roll our eyes at the idea that the people fleeing the city to their second homes get to decide when a city as incredible as New York is “over.”
But the fact is that even they don’t believe that. The real reason these people write those ridiculous articles is that they need to convince themselves that’s why they left. No one wants to say, “I left because it got tough. I left because I couldn’t handle it. I left because after all this time, I was still just a tourist.”
So, they make loud proclamations on their way out, hoping to reassure themselves. And when they’re bored in their new homes, they won’t feel as bad if they convince themselves that New York City was “over” anyway.
No one in their right mind would deny that things are bad. Crime rates and deficits are up, industries of all kinds are suffering, unemployment rates have soared, and the tourism that was always a boon to the city’s economy has all but dried up.
But it takes almost willful negligence to, only, see the bad side of things. This isn’t the first time the…
