Move over Manhattan – Queens just claimed your crown.

“Queens is what Manhattan used to be. Manhattan is a shell of itself,” a Queens native declared in a viral video that’s dividing New Yorkers.

“I forget that there’s a huge subset of people who have never gotten to experience how cool Manhattan was,” the woman, who is from Flushing and goes by @leveluponepercent on social media, said in a TikTok post. 3

“All the people who brought all the unique experiences, the cultural experiences, the independent experiences have been pushed out, and you now have these gentrifiers who have hiked up prices, hiked up rents, and they’ve brought nothing to contribute to the culture.

“All they’ve brought are matching workout sets and $10 lattes and $20 smoothies and waiting in long lines for medio

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