Sex and the city: Sarah Jessica Parker laments Ney York´s decline

Sex and the city star Sarah Jessica Parker is sad to see New York lose its individuality - insisting many areas have been stripped of their everyday charm and replaced by swanky bars and restaurants.

The actress - who first moved to the city in 1976 - is convinced that so many people are desperate to see the city as a glamorous and fashionable place, all the features that made New York unique are being lost.

And Parker's actor husband Matthew Broderick is convinced her hit TV show, which was set in New York, may be partly to blame for the changes.

She tells the New York Daily News, "I don't know if you do this with your husband. But say one of us is walking down the street, I'll call him and say, 'You know, the Laundromat is closed?' And he'll say, 'What?' I'll be like, 'The Laundromat at 11th and W. Fourth St. is closed!' 'That's your fault.' (He'll say)."

And Parker concedes that property prices in the city have now become so high, first-time buyers would have to look towards the nearby borough of Queens if they want to get on the property ladder.

She adds, "I guess there are places in Queens that are affordable."

Via contactmusic.com