Wherein I delve into comic geekdom

But only for a few minutes.

Consider New York City. Not the safest city in the world. Muggings, drugs, murder, terrorism.

Now add super-heroes. And of course, super-villains.

Why in the name of fuck do people still live in NYC in the Marvel Comics Universe? I mean, there has been tons of property damage: Dr. Doom has, at a couple of points, had entire skyscrapers hurled into orbit (okay, okay, one of those Dooms was really Kristoff, but the point stands), the Masters of Evil have trashed the Avengers Mansion at least once, and a year can't go by without the top of the Fantastic Four's HQ being the site of a floor-detonating explosion/gateway to another universe/whatever.

Throw in alien invasions by the Skrulls, demonic invasions in Inferno, super-villain murder sprees by Carnage (and other none-too-stable villains), world-threatening doom from the likes of Galactus, never-fully-explained-to-the-citizenry doom from Onslaught, the Hulk destroying a good chunk of the city in World War Hulk, various random super-villainry....

I mean, it's amazing that there's anyone left in the city to be taken hostage or be victim of a mugging.