Just look at these nightmarish scenes from the hellscape that is New York City
The apocalyptic scene that is Central Park. Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images Gaze upon New York City from the godlike vantage point of Greenwich, Scarsdale, or Water Mill and you behold an urban wasteland. Rats gambol in formerly gilded Zip Codes. Trash piles teeter and ooze. Gunshots pierce the enfolding silence. The streets are paved with hypodermics, and the only signs of life come from the movers packing up trucks headed for … Greenwich, Scarsdale, or Water Mill.
Amble around the city on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, though, and you might be fooled into swallowing the lie of New York’s continuing allure. Children have returned to playgrounds, oblivious to the fact that this is no place for children. Former subway riders are reduced to biking and walking. Couples and friends huddle on blankets spread out in parks, gnawing on meager picnics and doling out contraband rosé. Museums are reopening, ready to receive the relics of our fading era.
No human should be required to live this way. Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images In every borough, the trappings of contentment cloak depths of urban misery. All the outdoor yoga classes, beach volleyball, impromptu dance parties, jazz trios, and socially distanced get-togethers can’t obscure the terrible truth: that nobody could possibly want to live in this ravaged Aleppo-on-Hudson.
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