Something About Nyc
NYC is the most hyper-social place I’ve ever lived. It’s the only place where going into hermit mode takes *active effort*; in most other places, hermit mode is the default and you have to bring activation energy to spark a social life, but NYC is somehow default social.
usernametwitter.com
an evocative, beautiful piece of writing about new york city written just after 9/11. recommended by Andy Weissman.
New York is a city that reminds me that wherever there is order, some disorder lies underneath, some energy had to be expended to bring that order about. That you can't clean up everything without sweeping some things under the rug.