I don't think the people leading the charge down in the LES are disproportionately rich, at least unless you count the implicit value of a rent regulated apartm

I don't think the people leading the charge down in the LES are disproportionately rich, at least unless you count the implicit value of a rent regulated apartment, what they are is disproportionately older. And I get it--change can be disorienting, construction is noisy, and so on. But this is literally Manhattan we are talking about. If not here, where?