Is The Upper East Side Cool? [Reader Poll]

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The Wall Street Journal has declared the Upper East Side "cool."

In a Wednesday article quoting the restaurateurs, real estate moguls and influencers that now shape the neighborhood, Wall Street Journal writer Lane Florsheim suggests that uptown is officially the new downtown.

The neighborhood is getting cooler, in part due to the latest influx of young people and buzzy restaurants moving uptown, like Cafe Commerce, Chez Fifi, Cafe Maud and others, Wall Street Journal concludes.

One Upper East Sider, real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran, told the Wall Street Journal the neighborhood is getting more swish because rent in some parts of the Upper East Side are more affordable then rents downtown in the Village, which has become too pricy for the young and interesting set.

Or perhaps the preppy, austere vibe is the right backdrop for content creators touting their aspirational lives. As real estate agent Eva Alt put it, "Preppy dressing is back. The old money vibe is back."

The Wall Street Journal is hardly the arbiter of cool, so we're asking the public to take a vote.

Take our poll below and let us know if the Upper East Side is officially cool again.

Oh, and once you've answered, feel free to explain your reasoning in the new conversations section below this article.