Like any great city in the world, New York is a Riddle City. What set it apart from the many other settlements of European colonists in America, lifted it to the crest of success and made it the brightest global symbol of an economic miracle? What features of geography, history, spiritual atmosphere, culture, social psychology and ideology led to its rise? It is impossible to give a final answer to these questions. However, the search for an answer is beneficial in itself.