I love you, but I'm leaving.
I'm leaving because: you have too many homeless people, you are too hot in the summer, your baseball fans are obnoxious and really embarrassing, your public schools are the worst, and the subway smells like pee.
I love you because: your public market is the most wonderful cornucopia of culinary and gastronomic possibilities (don't get cocky Seattle. you have a lofty standard to achieve if you even want to be competitive), your parks are beautiful and expansive, your museums are world class, your restaurants are plentiful and top notch, your streets are easy to navigate, your public transit and bikeability are keen, your public art is without comparison (don't get cocky Portland. you have some art, but you're not in the ballpark yet), your rent is affordable, and above all you have a very well placed sense of pride.
Things to think about until I return: please clean up the Market East district, there is a lot of potential there; take care of your convention center, it is the beating heart of the city; FINISH THE SOUTH STREET BRIDGE, even if you have to pay 10,000 laborers overtime to work night and day and you sink into unimaginable debt, keeping that bridge closed is costing you so much more than money; keep your rivers clean; keep the park looking nice; fix I-76; fix the weather. If you do all of this, you will survive, thrive, and lead the world into a bright and shining future as you have done for the past 300 years.
Good luck
Love
Theo
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