Lacey's Response - David Byrne

When I was younger I always imagined New York City to be the go to place for pretty much anything you would ever need in your life. Excellent job opportunities, huge cultural variety, and plenty of artistic gatherings and what not. As I've gotten older I've come to learn that New York is slowing descending into a monotony of business and finance, no more pleasure. Byrne says in the article that most of the 1% big wigs don't even live in the city anymore so why would they care to change the direction it's heading in? Lower class and most middle class citizens are struggling to pay rent and make ends meet while higher class have a pent house that they use for a few weeks out of the year. It is so difficult for budding artists to even make a living in the city let alone hit the big leagues that over time the harsh reality of failure would ultimately wear one down.