Another reason why the east coast is better than the west coast: New York cops don’t care if England fans are screaming their heads off in your bar over pints of ale at 7am, while in San Francisco they’ll raid you if you give out free coffee after 2am.

World Cup predictions? Ideal finals would be Germany-Turkey (for the geopolitical implications) and Brazil-Korea (for the effect it will have on football’s popularity in Asia if Korea wins, as well as the blow to Brazil’s ego).