New York is a pretty okay city! For months, a shirt has been popping up in cities around the country and on the internet. The slogan? 'I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York.' The creators of the shirt, who also happen to be thehilarious guys behind All My Friends Are Dead, have tapped into a sentiment that is shared by New Yorkers and non-New Yorkers alike. Sure, a lot of the hype is true - New York is a great city. But it's also kind of like a lot of cities, in a lot of places. Take for instance the Empire State Building - it's like the 15th tallest building in the world. New York-style pizza is totally delicious...just as delicious as the pizza you can get in Tampa, Des Moines, or Guam. And Saturday Night Live is really funny, sometimes, depending on the season. I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York is an affectionate skewering of the cult of New York as the center of everything - from fashion to baseball to finance to soft pretzels - delivered in a hilariously sustained neutral tone, a witty and informed text, inarguable charts, deadpan photographs, and more. Both a straight-faced love letter to and shrugging takedown of the Big Apple, this funny broadside will draw opinionated debate from both locals and armchair travellers, whether they "heart" New York or not.
