For such a short editorial, very impactful. The crime thing really stands out to me.
I came of age in the late 80s, and NYC was a hellhole. Visited Manhattan (1991) with a college friend who was a native. There were places he straight wouldn’t take us, in and out of Manhattan. Bronx? Hell no, he wouldn’t even take a cab through there. You couldn’t take a step without stumbling over a homeless person, never seen so many cops in my life.
Took me a long time to realize that my experience of New York City is no longer relevant, and hasn’t been for a long, long time. Now consider GenXers like me who never got the memo. How many still consider NYC a liberal experiment gone to hell?
For such a short editorial, very impactful. The crime thing really stands out to me.
I came of age in the late 80s, and NYC was a hellhole. Visited Manhattan (1991) with a college friend who was a native. There were places he straight wouldn’t take us, in and out of Manhattan. Bronx? Hell no, he wouldn’t even take a cab through there. You couldn’t take a step without stumbling over a homeless person, never seen so many cops in my life.
Took me a long time to realize that my experience of New York City is no longer relevant, and hasn’t been for a long, long time. Now consider GenXers like me who never got the memo. How many still consider NYC a liberal experiment gone to hell?