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"Change is part of nature's progression. As much as we all romanticize about how it was back then in NYC, we cannot be complacent and let it roll over us. I do miss the gritty NYC but how does one adapt to a changed city when one is emotionally attached to it's past. Like a relationsship, it evolves and thus so do we. Bring it on. The cultural, avante garde and the the hip will always have a spot here. It will be different but NYC can not exist without it. Stick to your guns people, accept the change, but adapt to it. Dont change because of it." ["The Incredibly Shrinking Native Manhattanite in Manhattan"]

"We are a very happy and yet jaded people," said Zoe Schneider, 36, the creator of Zoe Lou Designs, a line of New York-themed kid's clothes.

Ms. Schneider was standing at the dimly lit entrance of Dusk Lounge bar on West 24th Street last Tuesday evening. Inside was September's gathering of The Magic Garden, a regular congregation of people raised in the five boroughs.

Ms. Schneider is the club's founder.

"We used to play 'where's the native' at Luna Lounge," she said, talking about how she arrived at the idea for the club.  read more »