An old colleague of mine posted this article from a transplanted Italian expat named Andrew Z. Giacalone on Facebook today, titled "10 Reasons to Hate New York." Personally speaking, I didn't find it especially insightful, given that virtually all ten of his points could easily be leveled at practically every major city on the planet (so, why don't you fuck right off back to Palermo, Andrew?) As a follow-up, another friend posted a way wittier rumination on same from a "Shouts & Murmurs" in a relatively recent issue The New Yorker. Anyway, thought you'd be amused.
ADDENDUM: This just in. I just heard from the mercifully good-humored Andrew Z Giacalone himself, and he graciously pointed out that he is actually a native New Yorker. There ya go.
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