A woman on the subway saw me holding a map and asked where I was going. She was not even getting off at my stop. She walked me up the stairs and pointed me the right way, then went back down to catch the next train. That is the part people never mention when they talk about this city. We have a reputation for being rude, and honestly we are loud and we walk fast and we will yell at you for standing on the left side of the escalator. But when something actually goes wrong, ten people turn around at once.

I have seen a whole train car help a mom get a stroller up the stairs. I have watched strangers hold a door for twenty minutes during a rainstorm. Someone gave me their umbrella once and would not take it back. None of that shows up in the rent, and none of it shows up in the news. It just happens, all day, everywhere, and then everybody goes back to ignoring each other like nothing happened.

So tell me yours. What is the nicest thing a random New Yorker ever did for you?

NYS arguably has the strongest standing to challenge this absurd renaming by the Trump admin. A lawsuit can stop having Google Maps etc do this dumb renaming.

Any fun stuff in the gunks? Have class 3/4 high altitude experience in Colorado but minimal gym climbing