100% agree. The article does not seem to be written by someonene who is particularly interested in this subject. The fact that it starts talking about what is IMO the most overrated scene ever, Berlin, says a lot.
The overrated clubs in Berlin are overrated, but there are also all the other clubs that no NY Times ever writes about. There are (still) many of them and they are good.
The Berlin scene is partly very touristy, what is also good for the city (and sad to let the clubs go), but please also don't underrate it - there are still so many clubs, you just need to find your more undergroundy experience ;) As a tourist, of course, you are also part of the problem, but also well welcome. Every "hype" is not true and show quickly symptoms, and everything was always better back in time, but there is still a lot of reason for Berlin ;)
Not really, they say Leipzig is the new Berlin but it's basically just a few years behind (which is positive in the context of rising rents and dying subculture) and has about three clubs.
