Practically every reply I read on Nostr is from a personal basis with zero ability to see a broader view.

It’s quite shocking.

You can both be right. NYC is a concrete wasteland that smells like dog piss with too high taxes, fascist government, and vapid people.

It can also be an alphas playground, with amazing restaurants, amazing nightlife, the best of the best minds in the world, all competing to become the brightest in their respective fields, and an unmatched energy.