"Jericho" - Hey cool, we made it

It would be a monstrous trickle down effect. The sudden loss of New York
City would cripple the US economy. Hell, the loss of only two buildings

telenovels...

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Not true. We were already in a recession thanks to the Dot-com crash.
The economy was already in lousy shape on Sept 10 (the DOW was barely
above 8500). The WTC loss had no long-term resonance on the DOW or
NASDAQ, since they had already plummeted during Spring-Summer 2001.

AND I PERSONALLY WOULD STILL BE OKAY. I would have my house, my
family, and my life. The U.S. economy would suffer for a brief time,
but would bounce back in 1-2 years time. After all, we've still got
California, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, and all
the other major industrial centers.

BTR1701...

Well, you go on thinking that if it makes you feel better. The nuclear
annihilation of New York City would likely trigger a global economic

telenovels...

Exactly.

BTR1701...

Behold the irony...

I think you are only looking at the short-term effects (what's for
dinner tomorrow). Whereas, I prefer to look long-term (what will be my
economic condition in 2020). Look at Germany & Japan..... they were
obliterated. But in a mere 40 and 25 years, respectively, these too
demolished countries had rebuilt themselves into Top Economic
Superpowers that challenged american companies for dominance.

telenovels...

NYC's destruction would have a short-term negative, but over the
long-term (1-2 years), the United States would be an economic
superpower again, because NYC is just a tiny piece of the huge
industrial juggernaut. Hence the reason an earlier poster said, "We
would not miss new york."

crisis. But hey, as long you've got your house, why worry?

in 2001 nearly sent us into a recession. Under any reasonable definition
of "okay", you wouldn't be it. Especially since (by your own admission)
you're already at a point where you can't even afford cable TV.

New York represen'!

(of course in real life we're going to be the first ones blown up
since our homeland security money went to a truck stop in Nebraska but
you take your wins where you can.)

Brian Thorn...

It's that kind of "there is no U.S. other than NYC" attitude that
_really_ makes so many of the rest of us hate New Yorkers...

Get over yourself already.

Deuteros...

New Yorkers think that New York City is the capital of the world. I wonder
if anyone has told them that it isn't even the capital of New York.