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The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.

— Julian Casablancas

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.

— Tea Leoni

Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.

— M.I.A.

Manhattan's always fascinating, too, just a big, stinky, smelly conglomeration of numbered avenues and streets, but it's just got a vibe that's hard to beat. I shouldn't like it, but I do. I can't put my finger on it.

— Joe Elliott

Manhattan is like Beverly Hills. And the soul of New York has moved to Brooklyn, where everything new and exciting seems to be.

— Alec Baldwin

Neighborhoods change. In some ways, it's part of the beauty of New York City. It's in a constant state of flux.

— Wylie Dufresne

A lot of my friends who grew up in Manhattan have a strange phobia about Brooklyn. It's big and scary and they get lost.

— Moby

New York has changed amazingly; it's gentrified everywhere, and it's a much gentler place.

— James Turrell

I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that the energy is very vibrant. Everywhere you look there is something happening.

— Theo James

Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.

— Noah Baumbach

✗Opposing Perspectives

Our cultural capital has changed tremendously on its way into the twenty-first century. Manhattan has been secured and sanitized; it's smoke- and trans-fat-free. In the boroughs, many of the old jungles have been cleared as well.

— Madison Smartt Bell