To be fair, the same thing could also have happened in NYC. The poster only said that the razed areas were "better". They never said anything about, say, The B

To be fair, the same thing could also have happened in NYC. The poster only said that the razed areas were "better". They never said anything about, say, The Bronx being "better". I think the point they were making is largely irrelevant given the numerous differences between the two examples. Time. Commercial pressures. Etc. But they certainly seem similar in the manner that s/he describes.