for the love of new york

i saw this today on some fashion blog, when i was doing something for work:

#1.  Because of our fashion.  Fashion week, the best fashion schools, top notch shopping, and the Garment Center of course; wherever you are in the city, your fashion fix is only a block away.

#2.  Because our mayor works for free.  Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who does not need the work, has done such an excellent job of managing the country’s biggest city, on a $1 yearly salary, that many politicians from both sides of the aisle encouraged him to run for the presidency.

#3.  Because you’ll never be short of visitors.  Living in NYC, family and friends will often visit because everybody wants to see New York.  Not to mention, all the visits from people in town on business and anyone traveling overseas.

#4.  Because Frank Sinatra was right when he said, “If you can make it here you can make it anywhere” and he wasn’t talking about Bismarck.

#5.  Because wherever you were born, you are a New Yorker now.  With the most diverse population, millions of us New Yorkers were not born in this state or even this country, but once you’re here you’re home.

#6.  Because Britney Spears, George Bush, Simon Cowell, Sara Palin, Manny Ramirez, and Spencer Pratt don’t live here. 

#7.  Because Alicia Keys, Bill Clinton, Tim Gunn, Katie Couric, Derek Jeter, and Whitney Port do. 

#8.  Because you can travel the world without leaving your neighborhood.  Where else can you stand on a street corner and hear 10 different languages spoken? And within 3 blocks encounter food from a dozen various countries yet still be in the United States.

#9.  Because if it’s 1am on Tuesday evening and you want to hang a picture, eat sushi, drink a Brooklyn micro brew, and get lucky, you can have them all delivered, thanks to your local hardware store, Japanese restaurant, bodega, and “massage” parlor.

#10.  Because our transportation snafus make worldwide front pages.  NYC is the only place where US Airways flight 1549 could land in a river and have first responders on the scene within 60 seconds.  Thanks, Sully!

#11.  Because we still get our meat from the butcher, our fish from the fish market, our cheese from a cheese shop, and there isn’t a Wal-Mart or Meijers in town.

#12.  Because when you tell people where you’re from, when you travel back home or abroad, their response tells more about them than about you.  Either you get, “That’s awesome, how exiting, but I could never live there.” From the content with their life non-urbanite or you get, “Ew New York, so you think you are better than me, well at least I don’t have to worry about getting mugged.” From the insecure, jealous bumpkin, or lastly, “Really, oh my God, I would love to live there.” From the future New Yorker.

#13.  Because a year riding the F train is like completing courses in Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Theology, Health, and Human Sexuality.

#14.  Because it’s not New Jersey!

#15.  Because our history is around every corner and on every block it’s a constant reminder of where we all came from and where we’re going.  Our view of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island remind us how many of us got here and the prewar buildings we live in and work in, remind us of how we made it.  In a city with thousands of landmarks, we are constantly living in our past, present and future and we think our neighborhood, the Garment Center, is the perfect example of this