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[Mark S]

Cristobal  Senior wrote:
>
>Why rate the provincialism of NYC in relation to other regions? Why not
>evaluate Manhattan on its own merits?. I think most of its "sophistication"
>consist in some people being able to distinguish Radar from Gucci or Blanc 
>de
>Blanc from Pinot Gringo or paying for $ 800 hair cuts at Okapi's. I've been
>living in Manhattan for over 20 years and I can tell that even culturally 
>it has
>gone down. Last year I invited a "sophisticated " writer from  an
>"elite"magazine, one of those Ivy League graduates, to watch a performance 
>by  Pima Bausch
>at BAM and I quickly realized the only Pima she knew of was Pima  Colada.
>Actually, I think the only true cosmopolitan place left in NYC is Queens by
>Roosevelt Ave. where about 4 different languages can be heard spoken on the
>sidewalks and where you have the assurance people can tell the difference
>between Caracas and Karachi.

Perhaps a literary type is a bad example for Manhattan worldliness in this 
day and age.  Why not use a Wall Streeter or consultant?  I'll bet that the 
financier is more likely to be multilingual and culturally aware than the 
writer and has traveled more widely, on both business trips and vacations.  
Writers used to be the people who transmitted ideas between cultures due to 
their influence and worldiness.  Which part of the elite claims that honor 
today?  (I'm not counting worldly people who have little influence over the 
system.)

M.

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