Forced to come face to face with a side of New York City he normally avoids, Sedaris realizes that his own vision of the city doesn’t define the entirety of Manhattan. This, in turn, makes him feel as if he doesn’t know New York as well as he thought, realizing to his horror that a person from out of town can visit the city and enjoy it without even experiencing the lifestyle he himself leads—an idea that challenges his somewhat snobby belief that his version of New York is better than Bonnie’s.