New Yorkers are convinced that everyone else spends too much on coffee, or Ubers, or in general is foolish with money. They are also convinced that everyone else is richer than they are.
This is brilliant. Do you share what you write anywhere else? Podhoretz and Jonah would both love this. Your description of Robert Moses vs the Canal Street esthetic is especially resonant and the way you bring in your neighbor ties it together perfectly.
It was over before it even started: "And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes—a fresh, green breast of the new world." They can never go back to that brief and fleeting moment.
This is brilliant. Do you share what you write anywhere else? Podhoretz and Jonah would both love this. Your description of Robert Moses vs the Canal Street esthetic is especially resonant and the way you bring in your neighbor ties it together perfectly.
It was over before it even started: "And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes—a fresh, green breast of the new world." They can never go back to that brief and fleeting moment.