Fifty years ago when bad parts of Manhattan started to gentrify the people moving there were seen as outre. Now moving to a loft in a converted warehouse is des

Fifty years ago when bad parts of Manhattan started to gentrify the people moving there were seen as outre. Now moving to a loft in a converted warehouse is desired by the most straight-laced college graduates. Those early urban pioneers, even if they were motivated by nothing else than low prices, eventually came to be seen as ahead of their time. Now, living in Cleveland is more outre than living in SoMa, for a certain college-educated set. However the opportunity is immense as world population keeps growing and cities like Cleveland have great bones. Sure you have to trade some insider status to get a piece of these cities, but that's a plus for me.