Gawker's 123 Reasons to Love New York

I like this. moby had a blip on it.

http://www.gawker.com/news/metro/gawkers-123-reasons-to-love-new-york-right-now-144595.php

I'll post my favorite ones for an abridged version:

1. Because we scorn the fat.
2. Because we can drink until 4 AM.
3. Because we have our drugs delivered to our doors.
4. Because all we have to do is walk down the street in order to be propositioned for sex.
6. Because we only pretend to recycle.
8. Because whether you make $50k or $200k, you’re still “middle class.”
9. Because “fuck” is intrinsic to our local dialect.
10. Because there’s a Starbucks on every block.
11. Because you can get anything you want on Craigslist.
13. Because our restaurants are so cramped, we can hear if our neighbor is being an asshole.
14. Because you can live in the same place for 10 years and never have to see or meet your neighbors
17. Because everyone’s Gay.
19. Because sometimes it smells like maple syrup.
20. Because there’s always a secret room behind the VIP room.
21. Because we can get fake TiVo for $9.95/mo.
22. Because our tabloids are considered newspapers.
23. Because the transit strike keeps us from really working.
29. Because there’s always a free drink available somewhere.
30. Because we know Sex and the City is a crock of shit.
31. Because we know Friends is a crock of shit.
33. Because we think Vitamin Water is a real beverage.
36. Because “road trip” just means Ikea.
37. Because even Lenny Kravitz’s toilet gets clogged.
38. Because smoking is encouraged.
39. Because we only have one mall, and it’s not any good anyhow.
40. Because people read.
41. Because we invented PNP.
43. Because we eat McDonald’s ironically.
45. Because Jews.
46. Because you can take a dump at the Apple Store.
47. Because you can buy anything, even a stolen baby.
51. Because real estate is a professional sport.
52. Because only black is the new black.
54. Because our pigeons have rabies.
57. Because everyone’s got a blog.
61. Because everyone you know has slept with one another.
65. Because we have a looser definition of substance abuse.
69. Because even if you can only play “Wish You Were Here” on the guitar, you can make a few bucks at a subway station.
73. Because you can buy live jellyfish from a wooden box in Chinatown.
74. Because your parents love to come visit and pay for dinner.
75. Because your parents don’t love to come visit.
76. Because you can walk down the street and fart and nobody will notice.
77. Because if you want a cat, you can walk into any deli and just steal one.
78. Because you can do your Sunday morning walk of shame undetected.
79. Because Teen Vogue is only $1.99.
80. Because fifth floor walk-up apartments are great for the glutes.
81. Because nobody uses condoms anymore.
84. Because everyone looks like shit in the morning.
85. Because there’s such a thing as $300 sushi.
86. Because you can be a gay man and reasonably keep both a wife and a boyfriend.
88. Because there’s just enough Brits around to keep us speaking proper English.
89. Because we worship high fashion in collapsible tents.
90. Because vegetarians keep to themselves.
91. Because our knock-offs are often better than the real thing.
92. Because there’s always someone naked in Times Square.
94. Because your cab driver is probably more interesting than you are.
95. Because you can get mustard on everything.
96. Because it’s perfectly fine to answer your phone mid-sentence.
101. Because you can ride the Staten Island ferry all day at only the cost of your stomach.
103. Because we know what “new bar smell” is, but not “new car smell.”
104. Because 666-6666 has nothing to do with Satan. Technically.
105. Because even your intern has an intern.
106. Because only old people have land lines.
107. Because parts of Central Park still smell like a poopy country farmyard.
109. Because everyone drinks at brunch.
110. Because our tap water won’t kill you.
111. Because it’s easy to steal wifi.
112. Because as much as you hate it, Rockefeller Center is still kind of neat.
113. Because city kids have been there and done that before you even got here.
115. Because used clothes cost more than new ones.
116. Because we’d rather be emaciated than healthy.
117. Because in one morning, you can look like a jackass in the background of four different morning shows.
118. Because it’s perfectly acceptable to give the finger to anyone at any time.
119. Because the smell is concentrated in Chinatown.
120. Because doing your own laundry is for rich suckers.
121. Because you can buy Vagisil at the bodega at 4 AM.
122. Because we keep Jersey at arm’s length.