The Rats Are Winning

Everyone likes to talk about Old New York. “It used to be you could get an apartment right on Central Park for $240/month,” they say. “Time was,” they continue, “you’d get mugged every time you went to the subway, twice while you were on the subway, and three more times before you got to where you were going.” Old New York! It was the best. It had cheap rent and crime and Canadian politician’s wives dancing at Studio 54. You know what else it had?