Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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Sometimes, I feel that Manhattan in particular has gotten really tame and gentrified or something.
Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.
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.
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.
The culture of New York is just impossible to replicate. It's such an incredible feeling to be walking on the streets of New York. You can literally find everything you need in a five block radius oftentimes.
Manhattan is like Beverly Hills. And the soul of New York has moved to Brooklyn, where everything new and exciting seems to be.
I think New York has evolved in my work just the way the city has.
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.
What I'll remember about New York is growing up really fast.
There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.
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