Where a 90s tourist guide will take you in 2015 NYC
hopesandfears.com
hopesandfears.com
CHIP:
My father told me, "Chip, my boy,
There'll come a time when you leave home;
If you should ever hit New York,
Be sure to see the Hippodrome."
HILDY:
The Hippodrome?
CHIP:
The Hippodrome.
HILDY:
Did I hear right?
Did you say the Hippodrome?
CHIP:
Yes, you heard right.
Yes, I said the Hip-
(Hildy brakes.)
Hey what did you stop for?
HILDY:
It ain't there anymore.
Aida sang an "A"
And blew the place away!
There have been many such articles springing up recently decrying the "damage" "gentrification" is doing to the culture of certain areas in the USA. It's a little tiring. The types pushing the narrative whining over the rapid development and investment in some areas then whine over the lack of development and investment in other areas.
Aside from that though it was a good read.
Of course. They're happy with the way some areas are and don't want them to change. They're unhappy with the way other areas are and want them to change. This is completely consistent.
Personally, I feel there's no question that gentrification is destroying a lot of unique culture that I personally enjoy, and replacing it with a generic culture that I don't really need any more of. Call it whining if you must, but I think it's a shame this is happening more and more often. I'd prefer that different places retained their different characters.
I for one am glad that I can now safely walk through parts of town I would've never been able to set foot in without being shot, raped, and/or robbed in the 90s.
(I don't live in NYC, but the same thing is happening where I live, and it's the same people whining and acting like lower crime rates are a bad thing)
and other people care about other parts of the process
So I wouldn't be surprised if they spent less time in newly gentrified areas and spent most of their time patrolling the worse areas. Offsetting the crime reduction.
The title reminded me of an ancient backpacker guide I picked up in some Asian hostel which warned that Malaysia deported people for looking like hippies, and suggested that Ko Samui was the sort of place where you might be able to pitch a tent on a beach or share a hut with a fisherman.
http://i.imgur.com/z3sacRc.png
Edit: It seems like the administrators here have decided that Chrome 36 is best Chrome and it's the version before Windows font rendering was fixed.
My plan was somewhat similar to the title of the article but I would say about 95% of the restaurants no longer exist.