I regret to say: I’ve lived here long enough to believe you genuinely mean it when you say that.

Is there a song called "Cleveland, Cleveland" that says if you can make it in Cleveland you can make it anywhere?

Oh, you mean the half-century old song New York New York by Frank Sinatra? One written for a musical depicting golden days of 1945? Nice one, I love it.

You are correct that 80 years ago New York was also the greatest city in the history of world civilization. Quite a run isn't it?

It surely was in 1945, no doubt about it.