Candy Chang: A Return to Main Street

Candy Chang: A Return to Main Street

Where does an urban hipster go when New York rents are too high? Candy Chang says they should head to the "abandoned downtowns of medium-sized American cities." "Thankfully urban renewal didn't bulldoze everything and we still have all these quaint, historic, pedestrian-friendly downtowns with mixed-use buildings and sidewalks and everything Jane Jacobs waxed poetic about New York's little neighborhoods. It's all there ready to be populated by cute hipster girls and funny poignant boys and corduroy'd academics and couples thinking about getting a dog and everyone else in Brooklyn..."