Reasons to love New York

In his NYT obit for Adam Yauch, Jon Pareles writes, "The Beastie Boys became an institution — one that could have arisen only amid the artistic, social and accidental connections of New York City." From everything I know about U.S. culture, this rings true to me. We have few truly essential cities in this country, and New York tops the list. Well, after Palo Alto, of course.