timely enough the economist has a survey of new york in the current edition. here is the last paragraph:
dr johnson famously said that when a man is tired of london, he is tired of life. whether true or not for london, the same cannot be said of new york, because new york is larger than life. it is faster, busier, more enthralling and, for many, eventually too exhausting. that is fortunate for the city, as it makes room for the next new new yorker ready to try his chance. recall walt whitman again. he sang the praises of new york, my city!, as enthusiastically as anyone. give me the streets of manhattan, he wrote, o such for me! o an intense life, full to repletion and varied! and then he moved to new jersey.