demise of the upper west

Ive lived and grown up in one of the best neighborhoods in New York City filled with culture and class. However in recent years everything that defined the neighborhood- the sketchy bodegas and random weird mom and pop stores have been replaced by large conglomerate stores, duane reades, starbucks and banks. I swear in a five block radius from my house there are 4 drugstores, 5 banks and 3 starbucks. What used to be frame stores, clothing shops, lamp stores, grocery stores and bodegas are victorias secrets and gamestops. RIPhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjRhMLD4zg