i heart ny

gawker has listed 123 reasons to love new york right now (if you care, it's in response to a same-idea'd piece in new york magazine). anyway, the whole thing is pretty poignant, but here are the best/truest ones, in my ever-so-humble opinion:

1. Because we scorn the fat.

2. Because we can drink until 4 AM.

4. Because all we have to do is walk down the street in order to be propositioned for sex.

5. Because we get to push tourists if we’re late for work.

8. Because whether you make $50k or $200k, you’re still "middle class."

14. Because you can live in the same place for 10 years and never have to see or meet your neighbors

17. Because everyone’s Gay.

19. Because sometimes it smells like maple syrup.

23. Because the transit strike keeps us from really working.

38. Because smoking is encouraged.

45. Because Jews.

47. Because you can buy anything, even a stolen baby.

52. Because only black is the new black.

57. Because everyone’s got a blog.

58. Because Paris Hilton moved to Los Angeles.

64. Because Peter Braunstein stabbed himself in the neck.

72. Because, sometimes, it’s just fun to give tourists wrong directions.

73. Because you can buy live jellyfish from a wooden box in Chinatown.

74. Because your parents love to come visit and pay for dinner.

75. Because your parents don’t love to come visit.

76. Because you can walk down the street and fart and nobody will notice.

85. Because there’s such a thing as $300 sushi.

87. Because bagels.

91. Because our knock-offs are often better than the real thing.

92. Because there’s always someone naked in Times Square.

95. Because you can get mustard on everything.

103. Because we know what “new bar smell” is, but not “new car smell.”

109. Because everyone drinks at brunch.

117. Because in one morning, you can look like a jackass in the background of four different morning shows.