![]() Declarative statements about the city are made more to impose the gloss of an aesthetic vision than to convey any sort of immutable truth, though compelling words can always convince after all, everyone’s got an idol - from Nora Ephron to James Baldwin to Zadie Smith - who has made their proclamations about what it means to live and let live here. only cuts you off from some other experience you might otherwise have, or some coy position you might want to take five years from now. ![]() ![]() For another, taking an impish stand on something that doesn’t actually matter for the glint of insider glamour you think it brings - “I never go below/above 14th street,” “I’d never eat within a 10 block radius of Time Square,” etc. For one thing, you will always find someone willing to fight you with a singular anecdote or mantra or entire life story that refutes whatever claim you’re making. ![]() Prolific as they are, declarative statements about what New York City is or isn’t, or how to be or not be in it, are useless. ![]()
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