What’s really striking here is how the “Manhattan” faction actually reminds me of the interests of Eggers-era Brooklyn as filtered through the aesthetic of McInnes-era Vice, which fits with my “scrap the ‘10s and pick up where we left off” theory I guess.
Like, the “dirty” hipsters weren’t interested in intellectual shit the first time around in the '00s, they were the “hey, white people back in the city, let’s reenact the '70s” guys, American Apparel, electro parties with photographers and Sparks and baggies of cocaine.
Also, the Manhattan scene leveraged itself into position because they didn’t shut down like Brooklyn for the pandemic, LOL
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