The anonymous scoundrels at TMF,TML are as obsessed with the NYT Magazine's laughable description of the 00s as the 70s as we are. In their outlandish rant on the Magazine, they provide the Gawker Official Definition of New Yorker-hood:

"What is it, we asked ourselves, that makes one a New Yorker? Novelist Colson Whitehead recently opined that one becomes "a New Yorker the first time you say, That used to be Munsey's, or That used to be the Tic Toc Lounge... when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now." While this is certainly a sweet and somewhat apposite sentiment, it could apply equally to any number of great cities, and lacks the specificity of location that any great truism must embrace. So, we want to set you straight: you become a true New Yorker the first time you receive an under-the-desk blowjob in one of the annex rooms at 100 Center Street while awaiting the call for voir dire. (Or give one.)"
The Wrap: Everying Old is New Again Edition [TMF,TML]