LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - With its cheap rents, dance clubs in abandoned factories and a pulsing arts scene, Leipzig has a chance to shed its image as the poverty capital of Germany, but some locals resent the new-found popularity that has earned it the nickname "Hypezig".
Famous for the anti-communist protests at the Nikolaikirche church that helped bring down the Berlin Wall, Leipzig has bucked the trend of most towns in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), which have grown old and shrunk since reunification.