Its up to You New York...
The old song says "If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere"
Is this really true anymore?
I've read a couple of books lately and both were about New York. Not history books but books that took place in the city and have it as a central player in the narrative. Both of them however were portray a New York I've never really known. The NY of 60s, 70s, and 80s. A place that to put bluntly had a lot of Balls.
I love this city, its my home and I think it always will be, but honestly lately I feel like its lost its heart. With every steel and glass condo put up in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side, with every new Jamba Juice and Pinkberry that pops up, just seems like New York becomes less and less unique and more and more like every other metropolis across the country. A city founded by immigrants built on the backs of immigrants is becoming too expensive for new immigrants to live in. And the great grand children of these original immigrants who passed through New York and Ellis Island have come back from their suburban hiatus to play Bohemian but are really just Hipsters. Honestly I don't know where I'm going with this. I mean I like Jamba Juice, Subway cars that aren't covered in graffiti and being able to walk through Tompkins Sq park.
As much as Giuliani has been vilified he really did love this city and I can see in retrospect he was trying to make it a nicer place to live. Bloomberg however has taken things too far and made it a "Nice Place to Visit". Which I also understand. The thing keeping this city afloat during this turbulent financial time is tourism. The Euro and The Yen being pumped into the city is helping out economy but that doesn't mean you have to like it. Like swallowing bitter medicine, I can respect that we need their money, but hate it when they act loud in a restaurant or block my way on the sidewalk. Anyway I digress and go back to my original question
If you can make here, does that really mean you can make it anywhere? Or is it the same as making it in Cleveland or El Paso?
Is this really true anymore?
I've read a couple of books lately and both were about New York. Not history books but books that took place in the city and have it as a central player in the narrative. Both of them however were portray a New York I've never really known. The NY of 60s, 70s, and 80s. A place that to put bluntly had a lot of Balls.
I love this city, its my home and I think it always will be, but honestly lately I feel like its lost its heart. With every steel and glass condo put up in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side, with every new Jamba Juice and Pinkberry that pops up, just seems like New York becomes less and less unique and more and more like every other metropolis across the country. A city founded by immigrants built on the backs of immigrants is becoming too expensive for new immigrants to live in. And the great grand children of these original immigrants who passed through New York and Ellis Island have come back from their suburban hiatus to play Bohemian but are really just Hipsters. Honestly I don't know where I'm going with this. I mean I like Jamba Juice, Subway cars that aren't covered in graffiti and being able to walk through Tompkins Sq park.
As much as Giuliani has been vilified he really did love this city and I can see in retrospect he was trying to make it a nicer place to live. Bloomberg however has taken things too far and made it a "Nice Place to Visit". Which I also understand. The thing keeping this city afloat during this turbulent financial time is tourism. The Euro and The Yen being pumped into the city is helping out economy but that doesn't mean you have to like it. Like swallowing bitter medicine, I can respect that we need their money, but hate it when they act loud in a restaurant or block my way on the sidewalk. Anyway I digress and go back to my original question
If you can make here, does that really mean you can make it anywhere? Or is it the same as making it in Cleveland or El Paso?