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It became a ghost town because of the elites and their supporters like theatlantic. Manhattan now is just a place where people from the outer boroughs, nj, con
by qubax 8y ago
It became a ghost town because of the elites and their supporters like theatlantic.
Manhattan now is just a place where people from the outer boroughs, nj, connecticut, etc come to work and then go home.
For a city that pretends to "never sleep", it is just a dead city at night.
Queens, brooklyn, etc is more lively and other cities around the world like prague, barcelona, seoul, tokyo, osaka, etc are far more vibrant.
Manhattan is just a hellhole now for the world's wealthy and annoying tourists who are too stupid to realize that sbarro's isn't real ny pizza and all the worthless trinkets they buy are trash. But at least there is a bank every other corner.
The sad part is manhattan is a blueprint other cities love to copy so in 10 or 20 years, most cities around the world will be boring tourist traps like manhattan.
- olivermarks 8y agoWe are seeing the same pressures and bland out in San Francisco
- qubax 8y agoI hear LA ( downtown ) is turning into manhattan as well. The earth is turning into a world of boring stale cookie cutter cities full of starbucks and mcdonalds.
- djrogers 8y agoLA’s downtown barely existed at all 20 years ago, and now it’s bustling and vibrant.
- seppin 8y agolol SF never had 1/10 the vibrancy NY had, or has.
- olivermarks 8y agoTrue. Very different culture and not a late night city...
- bontaq 8y agoThe population of Manhattan is higher by over two hundred thousand people since 1980. Your narrative isn't supported by facts.
- Quinner 8y agoDo you actually live in Manhattan? There have been some losses in nightlife, it's generally too expensive to have big nightclub spaces. But the situation is very, very far from what you describe.
- neuromantik8086 8y agoYou're conflating the financial district / midtown with the entire island. Trust me, up here in Northern Manhattan (which is like, you know, almost half of the island) there's a pulse.
- dbattaglia 8y agoIt’s still as lively as ever at night here in the east village.