Douchebaggery: a big factor turning Manhattan into what not to be, eg Stepford-Wives Central (in The New Yorker magazine, Oct 24, 2013): Excerpts: San Francisco’s gentrification and legions of striving, app-creating entrepreneurs, who he described as “rich and privileged and entitled or hustling as hard as they can to become rich and privileged and entitled.” He went on, “There is a cultural norm in NYC that supports this kind of douchebaggery. But this is San Francisco. And San Francisco is a special place.” This is the new meaning of “Manhattanization”: turning a city into a playground for the wealthiest inhabitants, even as it forgets about the poorest. ... (“America’s most iconic city now has the same inequality index as Swaziland,” the report said.) As cities on both coasts become more expensive, and less affordable for middle- and lower-class inhabitants, Manhattan is increasingly the reference point for what not to be.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:28:54 +0000
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