yikes! I am a native New Yorker, born in Manhattan and I miss it ... sometimes.
I would love to be able to visit for a summer and make some easy money, meet some single women, take guitar lessons from my old friends, get some falafels and pizza- but I wouldn't live there again.
I'm not visiting until our side wins national ccw reciprocity.
The stats on safety are just a big lie, all it means is that crime is unreported & folks no enough to stay outta certain neighborhoods.