Why are all the comments here fixating on financial minutia? Zed puts it as well as it can be put - NYC is obsessed with Finance (and Design and Publishing to

Why are all the comments here fixating on financial minutia? Zed puts it as well as it can be put - NYC is obsessed with Finance (and Design and Publishing to a lesser degree) and really expensive, and these combine to create a harsh environment thats prone to failure. Its tough to get people excited about money when the next guy is talking about orders of magnitude more. But there's a huge variety of activity overall, and that makes life fun. None of this is surprising if you're familiar with the area.