Now we all love to make fun of pretentious yuppies, but anybody who knew NYC in the 1970s can appreciate the effect of the yuppies in certain areas of Queens, Brooklyn, the Village and even pockets of the Bronx.
Areas that were burnt out wastelands have been transformed into trendy little urban communities of quaint shops, exotic restaurants and a whole mess of pubs and coffee shops with live music - usually some goateed guy in sandals with a guitar, trying to become the next Bob Dylan. Tourists now go there! Taking pictures and posting them to Facebook!
One thing for sure, the government's not going to fix it.