Why doesn't everyone live in Oakland Gardens?

instead of the upper west side???

West End Avenue south of 70th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan

Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times 79th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan.

It is sad. Definitely worse over the Bloomberg years, particularly since about 2005. It is dirtier, more crowded, more high-rise luxury building and much more expensive. More homeless people. Neighborhood stores forced out due to rent increases and replaced by chains. (Many nail stores but hardly any bookstores — sad commentary on our priorities.) Bus service has been reduced and bus routes have been eliminated, seemingly in deference to Bloomberg bike lane implementation. Bike lanes have wrecked Columbus Avenue and other places in Manhattan. Trader Joe’s moved in and completely transformed and impacted a multiblock area — in a negative way: Much more garbage on the streets, many shoppers who overwhelm the sidewalks (many hipsters from out of the neighborhood who shop there and looking at their phones, bump into old people on the sidewalk) and much more traffic. The mayor’s goal has been to ensure a city that is attractive for the very wealthy and young yuppies, and he has implemented policies and focused city spending to do so. – Kate

Kate's comment reads like a performance art piece giving homage to the article on the UWS becoming a retirement community.