In case you missed it NYMag had a whole issue devoted to the ongoing London v. New York debate which got a lot of responses, partly it seems because people are just tiring of the comparison. A particularly hilarious quote is from ReadySteadyGo:

“Can we lay this ridiculous rivalry to rest now? They are different cities. They have different feels. They are both fantastic (at least, I am assuming London is) but both have aspects that, were this a sitcom and the cities a ne’er-do-well older brother who lives over the garage, would cause us to cock our heads to the side and affectionately say ‘oh, not again!’ while the studio audience did a laugh/awww hybrid. Okay, New York Magazine? Can we get over this now?”

Also, we can’t resist weighing in, either. In particular, the article by Emily Bobrow of the Economist (& friends) on things that suck about London seemed to demand a response about things that suck about NYC, which yes I realize is a typically New Yorker way of asserting our ultimate superiority but in is a legitimate list of complaints.
Things That Suck About NYC

- Old ladies yell at you, and they’re not drunk
- Garbage, vermin everywhere
- Pretension
- People get punched
- No bathrooms, anywhere
- HEAT PIPES
- Going cross-town in a cab
- There will always be a place for the 80s in NYC