The Death and Life of Atlantic City

Having been to Revel a few times, it always struck me how just insane the place was built. Giant, 3-4 story escalators, lots of cramped rooms with towering slots, maze like unlike any other casino.

This is a pretty tight article, and really gives a great feeling for the decline of AC. I was last in AC in 2010-- it was clear that the city was on its last legs then. The general appearance was massive casinos surrounded by desolate empty lots.

We could hardly find a slice of pizza.

The bankruptcy lawyer, Kevyn Orr, mentioned in the story was the true hero of the Detroit bankruptcy, people here seriously wanted him to stay and run for governor.

I am guessing Chris Christie brought him in to put Atlantic City through the same kind of planned bankruptcy that has proven so successful (so far) in Detroit but simply lost his nerve.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevyn_Orr

Interesting, but 10003 words ? I should know better than to click on NY articles..

It's normal for The New Yorker to have longer articles. Expectations of the contrary are misplaced.