NYC Staycation

The Times has an article about how some New Yorkers are enjoying their "staycations," a vacation spent at home. It mentions one guy who stayed in bed so long his back started to hurt (no comment). Anyway, as it happens, we had a conversation earlier today with a coworker about how living in New York is like a year-round, 24-7 staycation. Sure, you have to go to work and pay bills and pick up the dry cleaning, but when you're not doing those things, you can take the subway to the beach, see tremendous art, eat all kinds of amazing food from around the world, bask in the grass of Central or Madison or Prospect Park (or snag a table at one of the new esplanades), visit neighborhoods where English is rarely spoken, or watch several professional sports teams, among a gajillion other things. As this coworker put it, "If I didn't live here, this is where I'd come on vacation." Yup, exactly.