Homosexuals with disposable income re-built the post-modern city(sectors of it). They did pretty well, if you're into antiques, bistros and fancy rebuilds. There's a high priced condominium on the site of a little live music venue I used to tend bar at on the Lower East Side. It was nigger free. I stumbled through the Lower East and every part of downtown at 4 A.M. without predicament. Of course, it was post-Giuliani.