THIS HASN’T BEEN the easiest, or the most easygoing, year. The news—natural disasters, corruption, lies, stupidity!—has put us all on a constant involuntary anxiety drip. But every day, something good happened, we promise. We looked, and we compiled. And when we were done, we realized—once again—that things in New York City are going pretty well (at least by comparison). And so here are 344 Reasons to Love this city, one a day, all year long.
JANUARY
JFK pop-up protests; No Pants Subway Ride; puppies saved; Gowanus kayaking now A-okay.
1 BECAUSE, nearly a century after it was proposed, the Second Avenue subway opened. Well, three very expensive stations of it, anyway.
2 BECAUSE JFK’s new luxury animal terminal, the Ark, opened the Pet Oasis. TSA pat-downs welcome here.
3 BECAUSE…
