St. Mark's was drug addicts, and then it became Japanese salons within my lifetime. So it's like this is what happens to the city. It changes constantly. And if you grew up here, you understand that. And The people that move here are, like, terrified of this change. It's like you don't get to decide what the culture. Culture of the city is. So I think the people who are like, Born and raised here are not like, scared of the idea of like a public housing project going up. (1:37:54–1:37:57)
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