Just great, after reading bits and pieces from secondary sources I came across Paul Graham’s collection of essays. When will I find time to read all this wisdom?
Cities:
Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder.
New York tells you, above all: you should make more money. There are other messages too, of course. You should be hipper. You should be better looking. But the clearest message is that you should be richer.
