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Williamsburg Gentrification and the Return-the-Gangs Fantasy
from Who's Gonna Fix Our Lives · #16
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7 minTim and Ray riff on Williamsburg's transformation from authentic to homogenized boutique culture, comparing it to childhood Long Island craft fairs, then Tim jokes about funding gangs from upstate New York to come 'regenrify' Williamsburg by force.
- 19:36Rich people with old money don't pretend to be artists or manufacture fake identities.
- 20:18Williamsburg has transformed from independent to homogenous, with corporate chains replacing character.
- 21:03Boutiques on Williamsburg's main street can't afford exorbitant rent by just selling bracelets and chachkes.
- 21:25A comedian turned jewelry hawker exemplifies the trend of performers peddling products instead of art.
- 21:56Working at Vice means sitting in a bathroom with the worst people in the world.
- 22:28A Vice employee felt rejected by a guy until learning he had a film at Cannes.
- 24:12Tim would fund a return of gangs from upstate New York to Williamsburg to genuinely ruin it.
- 24:40Finding a gang leader requires money and connections to make introductions.
- 25:17Picture 30 or 40 people shooting into the air at 11 a.m. brunch in Williamsburg.
- 25:38Tim's campaign: Return to Authenticity—reintroducing genuine chaos to Williamsburg.
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