Gentrification Update: Bohos in Paradise City

Monday, November 28, 2005, by Lockhart

Speaking of hipster gentrification gone awry, this week's New York Look Book offers a bright, shiny gem that we can't stop ourselves from immediately dropping two month's salary on:

What have you been criticizing lately?
The most recent thing I wrote was an essay on gentrification and how it destroys the possibility of being bohemian in New York City.

Does bohemia exist anywhere now?
I don’t know. I certainly don’t have the authority to say that. I’m guilty of staying in the bubble of Manhattan.

Where do you live?
On the Lower East Side. I loved it until I got mugged at gunpoint. And I had just come home from D.J.-ing, so now 300 CDs are gone. The guys had a sawed-off shotgun. But the rent’s cheap.

Everything—everything—you need to know about New York City is encapsulated in the above 98 words. Commit to memory; there will be a quiz.
· The Look Book: Summer Hoffstrom, Writer [New York Mag]

Filed under City Life, Manhattan: Lower East Side,

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Comments (4 extant)

my. When will the hypocrisy ever stop. I always knew that the hippiecrits were capable of raising dreadful dross but this little lackluster cupcake is more than I can stomach.

By RikkiDagger at November 28, 2005 7:43 PM

Sorry, you simply must add to the 98 words the following eight: "I don't follow politics. I just vote democratic."

By ronbo at November 28, 2005 11:29 PM

i think a good hard all-night shagging would wake her up from her self-inflicted stuppor.

By shaggy at November 28, 2005 11:34 PM

She should change her name or be taken out. I don't think Joe Strummer would ever claim this legacy. Since she loves the Stones so much, maybe she should change her name to Watts.

By atom tan at November 29, 2005 10:13 AM