Old NY vs. new NY?

I'm not sure I completely agree with the other posters. I'm 59 and sure I get nostalgic for the old days at CBGBs, the Mud Club and many other places, but if you go to Brooklyn there are more cool clubs than ever, just not in Manhattan. I miss having friends living in artists lofts in SoHo, when there was almost no shopping or tourists but now I know plenty of artists in Brooklyn and Queens. Cities change, but NYC has always been expensive and trendy almost by definition before SoHo was an artist district it was the Village and when that got too expensive people moved to SoHo and TriBeCa - now its Brooklyn and Queens. If your cool you will find the part of the city you belong in, then or now. Low crime is always a good thing. I will miss Cony Island though, but most of what I remember is long gone and they do have a baseball team now - and the ocean isn't going anywhere.