>But with that said, as someone who's been in NYC for 20 years or so, I have to agree that there's definitely something to his underlying point. It's just a fac

>But with that said, as someone who's been in NYC for 20 years or so, I have to agree that there's definitely something to his underlying point. It's just a fact that New York feels like it's rapidly becoming a place that literally just has no place for anyone that doesn't have significant economic resources. Of course the era feels different, it's a different era. We have new architectural styles now, arguable better building and safety standards, and different relationships in terms of how we get around, socialize, and use and navigate public spaces. What bugs me about these pieces is they have a gauzy, nostalgic view of the past and a pessimistic view of the future, but spend no time actually grappling with what the actual problems are that we need to solve. We don't need a return to rat infested slums and burnt out husks of cars lining the streets for people to smoke rocks in. What we need is for rents to be about $500/mo cheaper across the board. Manage that and the rest will take care of itself, but instead we get a lot of complaining about how we're not in Reagan's America anymore and we've lost the crucial gritty aesthetic that the authors grew up in.