Re:How Manhattan Became a Rich Ghost Town
by ascagnel_ on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:08PM
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NYC has some of the best, if not the best, public transport in the US.
> It's a chore to get someone in Brooklyn to come into the city to hang out unless it's right after work. And vice versa.
The issue, I think, is that young professionals have largely been priced out of Manhattan, and the East River acts as a psychological boundary. Even if it's just a short trip, you're still leaving/entering "the city".
As a side anecdote, the club Maxwell's in Hoboken closed a few years ago; the reason given was that most of the bands that played there were willing to cross one river to play a gig, but only a small fraction were willing to cross both, even though the trip wasn't substantially longer.
> It's a chore to get someone in Brooklyn to come into the city to hang out unless it's right after work. And vice versa.
The issue, I think, is that young professionals have largely been priced out of Manhattan, and the East River acts as a psychological boundary. Even if it's just a short trip, you're still leaving/entering "the city".
As a side anecdote, the club Maxwell's in Hoboken closed a few years ago; the reason given was that most of the bands that played there were willing to cross one river to play a gig, but only a small fraction were willing to cross both, even though the trip wasn't substantially longer.