as well as the cultural center for the city's music and gay scene. Today many of its neighborhoods have among the highest percentage of college graduates and average income in Louisville. Neighborhood income and education levels are highest in the areas farthest from the city center, and gradually decrease heading toward downtown. The gentrification of the Highlands has also had a spillover effect on adjacent areas such as Butchertown and Clifton, as they developed their own upscale club and shopping districts. In the 2000s the Highlands has continued to thrive, as several new mixed-use developments and additional restaurants have been established. An area of contention with some residents is whether there is too great a density of bars and nightclubs, particularly in the 900 block of Baxter Avenue. In 2004, some residents of the Original Highlands threatened a wet-dry vote to prevent more bars (in particular "The Monkey Wrench") from opening along Barret Avenue; they also sought stricter enforcement of rules regarding the percentage of revenue made from alcoholic sales; which is designed to prevent a high density of bars in a given area. This followed complaints of increased vandalism and crime, as well as complaints that many of the patrons were parking on residential streets. After an increase in police patrols, the problems ceased and talk of the vote ended. Attractions The highlands area had a population of about 14,236 when the census bureau last took count in 2010. The population consists mostly of people from the ages of 20–39 years old. The area tailors itself to these demographics. Highlands consists of Bardstown Road all the way to Baxter avenue. There is a variety of restaurants and places to get a drink. Some of the more common bars are Baxter's, Highland Tap room, Akikos and Nowhere bar. Streetcar loops The Bardstown Road streetcar line ran until 1947 and was gradually extended farther out as the neighborhood expanded. The densest commercial areas in the Highlands were located along these stops, though many of the buildings at the older ones have since been razed, and the density is less evident: Highland and Baxter Avenue Grinstead and Bardstown Road Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Bonnycastle and Bardstown (the loop passed through what is now the parking garage behind the Doo Wop Shop) Douglass and Bardstown (the Douglass Loop) Taylorsville and Bardstown Theatres Before the era of multiplexes, small single-screen theatres dominated. Several in