Good and Bad Times

Coney Island boardwalk

"In good times, New York is really good, but in bad times, New York is even better; it offers myriad ways to pass the time and heal."
Jake Dobkin, Ask a Native New Yorker

Misfit

"New York is without question the best place in the world to be a misfit. If you've been cast out by some small-minded little town somewhere for being different—gay, trans, goth, too intellectual, too into fashion, a member of some persecuted minority or religious group—you know you'll find a home here, and a community of hundreds or thousands of people who came here for the same reason."
Jake Dobkin, Ask a Native New Yorker