New York City Has Once Again Defied the Doomsayers. Here's Why.
By far the most densely populated metropolis in the country, Gotham offers a kind of urban living no other U.S. city has been able to replicate.
The only real city in the U.S.?
Photographer: Angela Weiss/AFP
New York City is emerging as one of the world's most resilient big cities in the wake of the pandemic. The secret to its success is more than just its size — it’s the Big Apple’s model of urbanism that offers something no other American metropolis can match.
New York was the first big city in the country to be hit hard by Covid-19. Immediately, people began predicting that the pandemic would trigger a backlash against dense urban living. A wave of murder and violence that followed the mid-2020 Black Lives Matter protests added weight to this glum forecast — the end of America’s urban revival was at hand.