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Over the weekend, the Times used all of the buzz surrounding the inauguration frenzy down in DC to spin out the age-old question, "Is New York over?" The article focused in on the doom and gloom of late around town (jobs being lost, shops closing down) to question whether we're all collectively basking in an "ambient bummer." Apparently LA isn't slowing down as they keep "spinning out hits" like Gran Torino and Bride Wars (was Hollywood expected to shut down?). Ultimately it's one of those pieces that takes no real stance, citing prodigal daughter Joan Didion calling the city "over" 40 years ago. But the article still manages to speculate that we're “definitely shedding whatever New York was a few years ago.” Not to celebrate the tanking economy, but if one of those things we're shedding is "people complaining about $20 cocktails or $300 bottle service," is it possible that we're righting our course?
NYC May Be Bidding Farewell to a Movable Hype
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So what the hell, why is LA's real estate tanking while NYC's market is still going strong?
I seem to recall New Yorkers being incredibly obnoxious during the boomtimes of 04-07
I'm feeling that logo.
it's only over when there aren't any hot chicks. That's the true gauge.
I'll use this article to wipe my ass.
She forgot to mention the part where Washington is controlled by its own municipal government, and it gets screwed in just about every way imaginable. A crime-ridden, un-represented city whose transit boss doesn't even ride the metro. Sound like the next Gotham to you?
It goes without saying the article is fairly Manhattan-centric too. The Midtown bustle may be dwindling, but come over to downtown Brooklyn sometime.
The city is more stable than most regions in the country. DC is one of the biggest murder capitals in the world and just cause tomorrow, a truly auspicious occasion is a occurring there, doesn't mean we are over and D.C. is in. L.A. aint doing so well either. Midtown is fine, Downtown is fine. Brooklyn is explosive. I agree, I'm using this article as toilet paper. Plus, wasn't there a post that less people are moving out of NYC than ever? Contradictory bastards.
Bride Wars= Recession Proof LA?
No,Bride Wars= Culturally Depleted Wasteland LA
The Movie Industry was the only industry that was growing during the Great Depression, but that doesn't mean that LA is gonna be the Capital of the World. One Prez doesn't signal boomtown D.C. Wow the Times is just pissed because they don't have money to by ink to write with, assholes.
I've lived in New York for four decades and I've lost count of the times New York, or some aspect of its life, has been "over." This city has so many lives that it can easily outlive all nine lives of all the cats pampered by its doting residents, myself included.
Fashions come and fashions go, but New York is always the city where they absolutely positively HAVE to drop anchor. For instance, Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater boasts an amazing array of talents and a long history of distinguished productions. But it took the Broadway transfer of Tracey Letts' "August: Osage County" to bring it a national audience -- tens of thousands in New York, and many more on a national tour.
More significantly, I live in a neighborhood where black and white, old and young, hipster and old-school, live side-by-side. This is all too rare in America. It's an example New York can offer that is very much NOT over.
Metro L.A. has over 18 million people to NYC's 21 million and will overtake NY in ten or 15 years. But what else could L.A. overtake? Just because more people may choose to live there doesn't make it the capital of anything. NYC will always be America's front parlor where all of the nation's assets are prominently held and displayed. That won't change and neither will NY's appetite for self-examination.