New Yorkers On Why They Love NYC, Now More Than Ever arrow As part of our Dear NYC series, we asked New Yorkers — at the end of one of the most painful and difficult years in New York City's history — to tell us why they love this city. We've received an overwhelming amount of responses, and unsurprisingly heartfelt, humorous and creative submissions in the form of cross-stitches, written odes, paintings, audio messages, poems, and even a series of rug hookings honoring 1970s New York. Oh hell, let's start there: arrow arrow Submitted for Dear NYC: Times Square, 1976, rug ...