the special difficulties of life in New York—the small apartments, the struggle for a seat on the bus or a table at a restaurant—seem to breed a sense of common cause. When New Yorkers see a stranger, they don’t think, “I don’t know you.” They think, “I know you…”
From a wonderful article by Joan Acocella on the behaviour of New Yorkers called You got a problem with that? A must read for anyone the least interested in the most fascinating place on earth.
