tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post4139743427440281951..comments2024-03-04T03:38:43.177-05:00Comments on Self-Absorbed Boomer: New York gets it again, and again ...Claude Scaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13183579833702456213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16034332.post-18538269265828473282008-01-08T11:28:00.000-05:002008-01-08T11:28:00.000-05:00even if they don't destroy the entire city, NYC us...even if they don't destroy the entire city, NYC usually gets some sort of distruction. the price, i suppose, for being the largest city in the states (in presence as well).<BR/><BR/>part of the reason behind the constant destruction of new york is due to it being a stand in for the whole of the nation. each country (pet theory alert) has one city that defines it to the rest of the world (and, to a degree, to the nation itself). often it is the captial, but usually it's simply the largest, most bustling burg. for britain, you think london; france is paris; spain is barcelona; austria is vienna and so on. for the states, new york is a <I>presence</I>. when pressed, even denziens of LA, chicago, texas and boston will admit it. and, as a result, new york gets the shit kicked out of it by monsters, aliens, asteroids, gross incompetence and implausible results of climatic change.twifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019975906761715327noreply@blogger.com