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It betrays a lack of confidence in the cultural queerness of NYers to imagine that their interests will be served by "one big suburban shopping mall." Do not f
by mturmon 11y ago
It betrays a lack of confidence in the cultural queerness of NYers to imagine that their interests will be served by "one big suburban shopping mall." Do not fear: something weird and wonderful will always take root.
Probably not in those places where the rent is really high, though. It was ever thus.
So you will have to measure: is having the sense of being on the cultural vanguard worth enough to move to bohemia, leaving your rent-controlled apartment in a now-gentrified neighborhood? If not, you don't qualify. If so, you do.
Why do people who live in some of the most diverse and dynamic cities want them to stay the same?
- juliascript 11y agoThe point is that small businesses won't be able to thrive under the conditions of having high rent. If corporations are the only businesses that can afford it, then there's not much uniqueness to NYC businesses. It's not about wanting the city to stay the same. Transience is a natural quality of life, but it is being controlled in a way that gives corporations the upper hand.