EVERYWHERE has to judged by the standards of, and compaired to, life in New York. All good- thinking people around the world should have all the same aspirations, attitudes, and available options that anyone in New York has. Because not to have the New York atmosphere is to be deprived. That way, we can all get back to what is important, which is talking about New York.
(The prime difference between an evening in Sadr City and the same in Bedford-Stuy is a shortage of plastic explosive in the latter. But give them time.)