And there are also quite a lot of people who don't want to pay $2000 a month for a 300 sq.ft. pied-a-terre perched atop a multistory building with no elevator. They like that the nothing that never happens in nowhere central includes loud parties in the adjoining apartment that last until 2 am, people using the stairwells as latrines, trash collector strikes, property crimes, violent crimes, hipster-driven gentrification, people who don't clean up after their pets in public spaces, trust-fund-baby DUIs, routine traffic jams, public transit strikes, and mayoral antics that people will actually watch on television.

Diff'rent strokes, for diff'rent folks. If everybody liked living in the same places, no one could afford to live there.

I'm glad that New York appreciates one of its many business sectors, but I really don't want to live there. But some people do, and they shouldn't have to go to San Francisco or DC Metropolitan Area or New Nowheresville just to get a good job, either.