It seems like everyone's trying to move upmarket and killing everything that was fun, unique or interesting about themselves in the process. It's not just busin

It seems like everyone's trying to move upmarket and killing everything that was fun, unique or interesting about themselves in the process. It's not just businesses it's people too. Everyone wants to get the same soulless desk job, parrot the same inoffensive opinions, Instagram the same stupid travel and gym photos to show how worldly and fit they are, and sit in their same stupid Ubers so that they can interact with as little of the world as possible while moving through it. I live in a red light district and I get shit about it on a daily basis, but man, not once have I had a dull night and the stories people tell around here blow my goddamn mind. For sure you wouldn't want to live in this type of environment your whole life, but it's absolutely tragic to watch it all gentrifying and being replaced by lifeless condo developments and Au Bon Pain. I'll take the pregnant prostitutes and the alcoholic backpackers over Au Bon Pain any day because they have CHARACTER.