It clearly has some kind of problem with NY (not entirely). Look I'm going to be fair and also not get into "stuff that divides people" if you catch my drift.
This city is in the worst championship drought for major sports it's ever been in, and I know someone is going to say the NYFC in 2021 and Liberty last year. Those were nice but not major teams. NY Giants were the last team to do it in 2012.
NY is still large but it's a reputation city at this point. The lure isn't there to come play here like in the old days. Pay $300 to see a Broadway show less than two hours? Yeah I did it for a friend's birthday. How many times can you do that? You can barely go see live music anymore. as all the real clubs are shut. The restaurants are fine every town I've been to with the exception of Portland, Oregon, Detroit other than Buddy's Pizza, and Ottawa (everything else was great there but the food) has good restaurants. High cost of living, angry people, every town has some museums. The outdated subway sucks and you gotta be extra careful nowadays etc. Weather sucks between 5-7 months a year.
The finance jobs will always be the finance jobs and go through cycles and if you have one for a big company that is wonderful.
Social media and technology have also made NY less of a destination. You can have a perfectly fine life playing in OKC or Dallas and talk to all your friends every day via FaceTime, Zoom, etc. More flights and airlines. Athletes don't need NYC to promote themselves any more.
NY has the finance stuff, some good pizzerias, and is big...what else is appealing? Frank Sinatra sang some song about it, Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes did to, and some guy can say "This is New York" but what does that even mean anymore? They're gonna show some highlights of Reggie Jackson with the three HRs or Jeter or Messier in Game 6 ECF?
That being said, it's still inexcusable that this city hasn't seen a major championship in 13 years. It's bad ownership choices, nepotism, good ole boys network. It all starts with the leadership and building a foundation.
I don't understand why no one has gotten it right here for so long. Boston, Philly, even DC have all won championships in the last ten years. Boston I'd say from in infrastructure point of view is nicer than everyone else, but Philly is still Philly and DC is a weekend trip kind of place. You can even make an argument Jerry Reese got generationally lucky with both his Super Bowl wins because all his picks hit in his first draft, and we've seen the Rangers pick a player like JPP 1000 times and they were very lucky with him.
Out of all the current administrations, I see only David Stearns as someone who can get it done and it's going to be tricky for the Mets because their pitching is not strong compared to the NL West teams. Leon Rose is pretty good, but the Knicks always seem one player too shy.
It starts with a GM who has an idea for culture and a blueprint. I'm not sure Drury is that guy. We'll know more in a few months based on the draft and UFA.
