> This place is never the same from one generation to the next and that will never change. This is not incongruous with the writers belief that NYC has lost it

> This place is never the same from one generation to the next and that will never change. This is not incongruous with the writers belief that NYC has lost its edge. > We've lost some things, we've gained others. What do you think you've gained, aside from safety and cleaner parks and better schools for the unaffordable, gentrified enclaves of Brooklyn?