“Born and bred New Yorker” Nicky Hilton Rothschild says the city is alive and well, thank you very much.

“There’s no place I’d rather be,” she told Page Six. “I take it really personally when I see articles saying, ‘New York is dead.’ It’s New York City. New York will never ever be dead. New York is the most resilient city and it always prevails.”

She says she has healing on the mind. The Hilton Foundation has donated over $175 million to help people living in poverty, and her business ventures are planning to give away percentages of their profits to Animal Haven, anti-trafficking group LifeWay network and Dress for Success.