A New York Point of View

I love seeing Eric Pape’s New York essays (“Letter From New York,” Feb. 17). He’s a terrific writer with great insight into regional cultures and common threads of experience. You should continue to bring his writing to the pages of The Times.

Angela E. Oh

Via the Internet

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Pape notes that as a result of Sept. 11, “the city has been reduced to a village.” He points out that many of the villagers don’t feel as tough as they used to. Some have become tentative or even reclusive. But I think that Pape missed the most palpable effect of that horrific day: People are coming forward more often now to help their fellow man.

Michael J. Connelly

New York