Photos by Geoffrey Knott
The city of New York. How do you even start to pin it down? It’s like a jungle poem, like Scranton on acid, like dating a comedian—these are search suggestions I received from Google when I typed in “Living in New York City is like…” So maybe it’s no longer a muggers’ Eden, or a public graffiti museum—statistically you’re still more likely to be bitten by a rat in the Big Apple than a shark in Florida—but it’s still the greatest show on Earth, having earned prestige through live events, Broadway, the Yankees, the New York Philharmonic. Historically it’s America’s center of ambition, home to its most prestigious venues, as well as the big-name performers who risk it all nightly on behalf of the well-heeled, the well-educated, the fashionable. Entertainment in New York isn’t just impressive, it’s important. And that’s just showbiz.