NYC: Capital of Shamelessness

One of the things that people both love and loathe about NYC is that we are a city of shameless people. We say what we think, do what we want, and to tell with everybody else. And even when we get in trouble, we go right back out and do it all over again.

People call NYC the capital of the world -- it's really the capital of shamelessness.

Donald Trump is easily the most shameless president we've ever had and, yes, he's from NYC (unfortunately). But his brand of shameless politics -- mean, aggressive, personal -- isn't anything new to New Yorkers. We produced, long before him, shameless politicians like Koch, Giuliani, D'Amato, and others. They were belligerent, loud, offensive -- and every popular until they were weren't. Belligerence is both the good and bad of NYC politics, as this article suggests.

But what if your shamelessness gets you into trouble -- and sends you to jail? Do you think we in NYC get "reformed" or "corrected" by being laid so low? No! Take, for example, this "madam" who ran an escort ring, went to jail for it, got out, do it all over again, went to jail again -- and has no regrets. That's a degrees of shamelessness even I can't comprehend.

Shamelessness isn't relegated simply to NYC but this town revels in it. And if you think of yourself as a real New Yorker, either your shameless or have reconciled yourself to live amongst the shameless. Either way, it's part of who we are.