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2 years ago
Manifesto
(Because “Manifesto” is so much catchier than “Mission Statement”.)
Look… about New York…
People outside New York don’t seem to get New York. People seem to think New York is solely the gigantic, soulless towers of Midtown, or is the murder capital of the world, or is a charmless place filled with obnoxious people, or all of those. I’ve been here all of three weeks, and it’s just not remotely true.
New York, truly, is one magic moment after another: moments of felicity. The glorious anonymous taqueria you happen to walk past, the crazy spontaneous performance or rehearsal happening on the sidewalk, the gigantic beautiful parks, and the ludicrous or sublime posters on buses, churches, sandwich boards.
And New Yorkers have gotten a totally backwards reputation. To a man, I’ve found them more friendly, outgoing, generous and magnanimous than in any other city I’ve ever been in. Granted, you don’t necessarily want to be competing with them to get out of a subway station in a hurry, but that’s just a question of logistics…
Yeah, New York can be big, noisy, impersonal, and ridiculously expensive. All true… but all totally compensated for (says the new guy) by the rest of it. So, this tumblr blog is going to be my attempt to share with friends and family and other happy readers all the felicity, the magic, and even the everyday stuff that everybody knows about but which you just can’t find anywhere else. Because for me, New York is… Felicity City.
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