I didn’t even talk about the club scene - Up&Down, Gilded Lily, Marquee, Sweet 16, Avenue, Le Baron, Jane Ballroom. Nightlife used to be A MOVIE.
2026-06-01 07:03:40
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Leon Kelly :
YouTube ruined la . TikTok ruined nyc
2026-06-04 13:13:23
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baby birkin :
fr if you didn’t experience nyc in 2019/pre-covid, i am so sorry bc that really was the last chopper out of nam.
2026-06-01 12:34:23
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Julia fox :
Wow you really took me back 😭😭😭
2026-06-03 13:13:26
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VC :
It’s was a place where subcultures were born and thrived before social media.
2026-06-01 08:35:00
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lexamousprime :
And we did it on a $45k salary
2026-06-05 00:41:20
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Nora Wolf :
I was so young and poor, and yet I had so much fun. What a time to be alive!
2026-06-01 14:05:38
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Blooming🪷8 :
SOHO DONT EVEN HAVE THE SAME GRAFFITI!!! Necessary Clothing walked so Fashion Nova could run!!!
2026-06-02 05:57:10
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zoë | nyc mom :
I do think the whole world is still culturally recovering from Covid, and New York is no exception. I hope to god everything is cyclical and a new era is coming.
2026-06-02 13:38:48
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Millicent Kitay :
I can tell you stories about the 80s. NYC was a 24 hour a day living breathing performance
2026-06-01 19:52:00
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SupremeBeing22 :
NYC is now made to attract tiktok influencers
2026-06-01 11:11:22
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danburghinimercy :
Born & raised in Brooklyn & went to FIT for fashion before 2020- the real arts are dead. It’s a cafe on every block. Theres nothing unique anymore 😩
2026-06-02 10:59:08
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Pelin Tekdal :
I grieve New York every single day and I still live here
NYC was social and you could be yourself everyone felt anonymous it was so free. Now everyone’s recording everyone n eating and buying and that’s it
2026-06-04 19:05:59
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Bunnytunnels :
There is no spontaneity to NYC anymore and I think that’s what gets me the most. Everything is so contrived and pre-meditated. 💔
2026-06-01 20:59:44
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Sophanit Bijoux :
I left my apartment one night in 2011, ended up at Big Sean’s album release party, surprise performance by Kanye West at Irving Plaza. No photos, just vibes. This was a weekly occurrence 🥲
2026-06-21 04:54:03
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zoë :
Omg I know Vfiles and their videos, I was just thinking about their one male models I followed on tumblr I had a huge crush on when I was 13
2026-06-23 18:03:21
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Mac🇯🇲 :
fuck. I missed it all 🥹🥲
2026-06-12 21:43:07
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theisaacrosenberg :
NYC wasn’t the ‘early 2010s era.’ NYC was Studio 54, Warhol, Basquiat, Madonna, Halston, SoHo lofts where you legally couldn’t live unless you were a ‘certified working artist,’ Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, JFK Jr… and I know all that despite being born in 1989
2026-07-06 05:14:36
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BlahBlah :
I will say it wasn’t just NYC. I think a lot of American culture peaked in 2016. NYC. Austin. LA. (SF to an extent)
2026-06-01 19:55:14
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freckledphilly :
Beyoncé appearing at Brooklyn bowl in Williamsburg for her sister’s DJ set just before modern social media took off. Brooklyn was the artistic it place back then😭
2026-06-02 22:59:38
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NICOLE ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ :
Also skate culture used to be so much more prominent and now it feels like people don’t care
2026-06-02 16:15:52
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ety :
This is lowkey all of america
2026-06-03 22:17:07
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korod :
Read an article from someone who lived there around 2001, and they said the same thing about 2010s New York.
2026-06-01 21:47:51
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