New York is still the capitol —Tron Jordheim

I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days in New York last week attending a conference on mystery shopping and secret shopping.  The Mystery Shopping Providers Association got together to share ideas and work on their professional development. I had not spent much time in Manhattan recently and it took me about an hour or two to get my New York rhythm back in my walk.

It is clear from the new buildings and the ever growing pedestrian traffic that New York continues to be on e of the capitols of the world. The transition form industrial to residential continues at a brisk pace in many of the older neighborhoods. The capital continues to flow in. The immigrants continue to flow in. The tourists won’t stop. I guess the early European sailors like Hudson and Verrazano knew what they were talking about when they reported finding one heck of a spot to build a trading port.

The dichotomy between rich and poor also continues as the rich get richer and the poor get nowhere. I was reminded of a famous evangelist named Reverend Ike who used to work the New York Market. He was one of the early “prosperity preachers” who talked about how getting rich was righteous. He once said something like, “the best thing you can do for poor folks is to keep from becoming one”. Amen, reverend.

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