As a former New Yawker, I have mixed feelings about the articles and newshows all writing about how wonderful the city was during the BLACKOUT OF 2003 (I've decided not to copyright this, and felt that it was only Fair and Balanced to allow others to use this expression in their work.). Frankly, there was scattered reports of looting, some price gauging and more than a couple of folks getting ripped off. Also, unlike '77, which was by and large restricted to the Metro area, this sucker effected millions of people who had never set foot in NYC and seemed to be doing okay just the same.

There's a nice article over on TV BARN that makes this same point.

This is NOT a knock on the city, but just does point out that the media does tend to like to think that the folks 'out there' really don't matter quite as much as us Big City folk. Unless of course, we can poke fun at them!