Both have experienced pre and post Katrina and Detroit level turnarounds in my lifetime. SF is heartbreaking. Worst combo of pricing, crime and sanitary conditions in the world, hands down. When I first visited NYC in '93, it still had hookers and graffiti everywhere. In '04, the place had become as clean as Singapore.
I suppose the most dramatic local turnaround I've ever seen is Cabbagetown. When I was a boy, I saw a person get dragged into a hole on live TV in the background during a man on the street inteverview.
I would say it's probably the most nauseatingly hipsterish neighborhood in the city now (not so much posh as I originally described it).
I suppose the most dramatic local turnaround I've ever seen is Cabbagetown. When I was a boy, I saw a person get dragged into a hole on live TV in the background during a man on the street inteverview.
I would say it's probably the most nauseatingly hipsterish neighborhood in the city now (not so much posh as I originally described it).
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