Attitudes towards NYC are changing

For many years many people from the American heartland looked at New York City as, literally, a den of iniquity and almost life on another planet. Growing up in its shadow, I never felt that way or particularly understood the attitude except that I felt those who held it were ignorant hicks (which is probably just as bad). But in the aftermath of 9/11, seeing not only the tragedy but the response to it as well, the ‘hicks’ are reconsidering their opinion. So maybe we’ll be more of a ‘one people’ than before, I can only hope.