^ thats another manhattan centric bias viewpoint, just with your added rich kid gentrification preference twist.
its been a more safe and accessably open city to all since the late 80s, so many more parts of town are doing things and are worth one’s time, at least on occasion, if maybe not to live, than just manhattan.
what i’m really getting at is of course the city is more interesting now as it has boomed so much in recent years and decades, minus a temporary covid blip (which also made it super interesting). if that keeps up, and there is every indication it will, then the future is where the most interesting times lie as the city passes 9 and 10 million with its untold fresh new souls (muwaa ha haa).