Originally Posted by aklim

Why do people think they are owed assistance? Nobody owes you anything. If you get assistance when you are in trouble, good for you. If not, deal with it yourself. I don't go around life expecting that somebody owes me and will be looking out for me. I fully expect that someone will MYOB and take care of their own needs. If they come to my assistance, great. If not, I don't expect, or worse yet, demand it. So, if you see that NYC is like that, either move somewhere else where they are more caring or suck it in and live with it.