I hope all the "NYC is gone and it's never coming back" losers from the COVID times are scrolling their timelines and realizing just how wrong they were tonight.
City has its flaws. For sure. I'm still taking it over any other in the world without thinking twice.
Most people talking about New York City aren’t actually walking NYC.
I’m born and raised here, and today I walked over 25,000 steps through Lower Manhattan. Brookfield Place, the Oculus, Battery Park, Financial District, World Trade Center, West Side Highway. I even took the subway because I wanted to see what’s really happening on the ground. First time in a couple of decades.
And honestly?
NYC felt safe. Clean. Busy. Alive. Almost Disneyland-ish again, like the Bloomberg era.
This is not the de Blasio era people still have stuck in their heads.
I’ve said before that if Mamdani wins, the first four years will probably be very bullish for NYC because that entire movement knows it cannot afford to fail publicly. Adams also deserves credit because the city did get safer coming out of the chaos.
The crowd rushing in and pushing rents to new all time highs is a movement.
We might not agree, but they are absolutely doing great.
Maybe it starts failing in 4 years, but right now, New York is pumping.
Real estate booming. Restaurants packed. Businesses overloaded with work. Gorgeous people everywhere. Energy everywhere. Everybody I know here with a legitimate business is busy and turning down jobs because demand is so strong.
You can trust propaganda if you want. I trust my eyes and the miles I walk.
What we do need is pressure and accountability so the city keeps improving and never slides backward again. Keep chimping out.
But if you actually walk New York City instead of consuming narratives online, you can feel it immediately.
New York City is back.