Growing up New York has given me a unique perspective on the city. I love it for it’s diversity and culturally you won’t find another city like it in the states. But I’m displeased with the faux exclusivity and the wannabe Studio 54 elitist ethos that’s so pervasive right now. Yes, I know I’m cynical, but I’m entitled to my opinion, right? Tyler’s take, “New York is definitely a lot of different things, there’s a lot of hype, a lot of really ambitious kind of folk and I think that’s a good thing and a bad thing. I feel really inspired and driven in New York because I’m around people that are really doing it. I also feel jaded some days when I see so many hustles, so many people that might not have the skills or whatever but they know how to work it. Atlanta is definitely more real in that sense. But I think that has more to do with New York being what it is, like the biggest, craziest place in the world. Everybody is trying to do something.” Talking to Tyler was mad cool. He has helped restore my faith in New York. This city is better because of people like him.

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