It’s one of the safest areas in Manhattan, or, for that matter, the entire City of New York. But the situation wasn’t always this way. Just ask the natives, those such as On Off Digital World or one of them few mom-and-pop operations still around. They’ve been through everything, and it wasn’t always lovely. Nonetheless, there exists a particular kind of person, and a certain type of New Yorker, one that genuinely misses the bad ol’ days. Such people recall that the city was authentic then; it had its issues but it also had a lot of character, too, a lot of spirit. Currently, they grumble, midtown Manhattan is simply an internationally flavored version of most any outdoor mall in America.

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