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    gawkimo: What's a gastropub? A pub that serves food, aka "a pub"? more »
    Mediahohoho: I would be more comforted by this if financial services were the only New York-intensive industry that was biting it. But, like most of the world, the... more »
    ObtuseIntolerant: I'm a former Manhattanite/Brooklynite and while I will always love those places, I'll happily keeping fighting the good fight in little Wilmington, De... more »
    DoctorNine: So... Psychiatrist slumlords in Manhattan are going to save NY by doing something to gastropubs, but I'm not sure what exactly. Sounds like another r... more »
    frankwolftown: New York may win but there going to have a hell of a time filling Times Square back up. [tech.yahoo.com] So comes the news from the (itself endangered... more »
    tunamelt: That article about Eagle Rock is completely annoying. It basically encapsulates the worst part of gentrification which is that a neighborhood doesn't ... more »
    belltolls: People in Eagle Rock are not however as annoying as people in Mt. Washington. And no; these are not suburbs in any sense of the word. more »
    MincnglyWhrdL'mer: this is crazy. I was JUST in eagle rock, because I was scouting neighborhoods in LA. yeah - hipster paradise, it's not (note to the residents of eagle... more »
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Hehe, someone fooled the NYT reporter into thinking Eagle Rock was a anything but Eagle Rock. It's a lovely town, but cutting edge hipster 'burb? No... more »
    CumaeanSibyl: Florida? Oh, you mean the genius who figured out that the Midwest is fucked? Yeah, he's a real prophet for our times. more »
    aurora*raby: I'm not worried. After all, how low can the Bronx go? more »
    cdmunch: Yeah, but what New York City will win the depression? UES old money wasps or their Tribeca-dwelling trust fund offspring ? Todt Hill mobsters or Long ... more »
    Understater: Er...since when was Amsterdam part of the global trifecta of "financial centers"? I'm not economist, but doesn't it rank well below Hong Kong, Tokyo, ... more »
  • #urbananthropology

    Why New York Will Win The Recession

    Maybe you've seen Richard Florida's Atantic article on meltdown geography, or the New York Times on LA's beleaguered hipster suburb . Both effectively say suburbs will eat it in this recession. Why? More »
  • #creativeunderclass

    Is the West the New Dating Corridor?