> . . . And a whole lot of people heart New York, as the old bumperstickers
> used to proclaim. It's not for everyone, though, I think everyone would
> agree on that. I love it for about two weeks at a time; after that, I need
> to get back to sunny So Cal.
Yeah, but neither sunny SoCal (Fullerton? Riverside? El Centro?) nor Beulah, MI, or Silver City, NM, are for everyone either, no? Asian immigrant, Jersey-fab or American leftist doesn't seem to me the selectively dumping on or praising NYC helps much. The grass is always greener and the devil you know…