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the influx of white people in brooklyn vol. gentrification
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Qft!!! They built them new town house in the place of perry homes, they let some of the people with clean backgrounds come back on section 8, but likeeverything else it has it's cons they really don't want the original people from perry homes staying there they evict them over BS
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Nothing new really...wht people always been in brooklyn...now them in harlem and the bx...that's a different story...
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They watch The Wire and think they know @!%%@#
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lmao i live by ac mall the ladies bring something new to the hood tho..i aint mad at it at all
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Originally Posted by iwhohavenothing
I went to target near downtown bk and it damn near looks like a mini soho nowbrooklyn is starting to diversify more now...I never thought I'd see so many white people cold lampin in a crown fried chicken
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Seems like it's happening in every city. Its going on here in DC also.
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white people are rich
black people are poor, ghetto, and thugs
black people are poor, ghetto, and thugs
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Flatbush is called that now?
I know Vanderveer housing is called something else now.
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that vid in the first page was funny
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I see both sides of the coin...but eitherway, only one side loses.
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Originally Posted by In Yo Nostril
were you month to month or on a lease?Originally Posted by Methedy24
- When I rented; 4 years...my rent (1 bedroom, neighborhood = one of Philly's last hidden gems, not anymore, though) went from:
+ Year 1: $799
+ Year 2: $940
+ Year 3: $1,199
+ Year 4: $1,350
- It happens FAST (5 years or so) and it is brutal
because i know out here (CA) if you are on a lease they can only raise your rent like 5% a year. month to month they can jack it up whenever they want
I don't think that is entirely true. I think it depends on the laws of the particular city. Not everyplace has rent control. For example, Santa Monicahad rent control ordinances for years and then got rid of them. The people who lived in the apartments at the time the law changed still got the benefit ofthe old rent, but once they moved out, the landlords could pretty much make the rent whatever they wanted. That's why my friend, who's family owns anumber of properties in Santa Monica, was trying to figure out reasons how to get the old tenants out of some of their buildings.
As for gentrification, I can see the various sides of it. I'm white and now live in, what probably 10 years ago, was a predominately black neighborhood. I would describe it as pretty diverse now. I moved there because I wanted to buy a house, but was priced out of some of the other nearby neighborhoods that Iliked. I found something nice that I could afford. I think the neighborhood is going to continue to go in that direction. As a homeowner, I'm happy whensome of the older apartments near my house get torn down and replaced by nicer housing. It has nothing to do with race because I could care less who movesinto the new houses. I just know when the neighborhood gets nicer, the value of my house goes up. Nevertheless, I feel for the people who get priced out andhave to move away.
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I go to my old block (145th & St nick) it shocks me to see white people there. Gentrifacation for ya. Paul Mooney was talking about it athis comedy show and how they don't call it harlem, they call it harlem heights (word to bet).Originally Posted by SylvesterMcGrizzly
Nothing new really...wht people always been in brooklyn...now them in harlem and the bx...that's a different story...
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Originally Posted by iwhohavenothing
I never thought I'd see so many white people cold lampin in a crown fried chicken
its not a race issue, its a wealth issue, whites just have the leg up due to minorities being left behind for so long
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the one by fulton? that area is pretty nice actually. i went to hs there
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The kind of attitude you have is what's really sad. Just hope you understand that all those neighborhoods in Brooklyn were predominantly whitebefore black people started moving in.
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It is starting to happen in Harlem also. My dad's office is there and when I go there I sometimes see trendy white people and the well-dressed businesstype as well.
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YEa and they bounced simply becasue black people had moved in. And now that crime rates have gone, they want to run back and *!$+? %+*+ outta here.
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Originally Posted by nublee
immediately thought of this
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Some cities used to be like this about 100 years ago or so. In the Jim Crow south African Americans were forced to live in the outskirts of cities while whiteslived in the center.
An interesting article to read on this is:
Troesken, Werner. "The Limits of Jim Crow: Race and the Provision of Water and Sewerage Services in American Cities, 1880-1925." The Journal ofEconomic History 62 (2002): 734-72.
Relocation of minorities and poor people for the benefit of rich/white people is nothing new.
@ Chavez Ravine and Bunker Hill in Los Angeles .
An interesting article to read on this is:
Troesken, Werner. "The Limits of Jim Crow: Race and the Provision of Water and Sewerage Services in American Cities, 1880-1925." The Journal ofEconomic History 62 (2002): 734-72.
Relocation of minorities and poor people for the benefit of rich/white people is nothing new.
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Yep, its called Flatbush Gardens now, they even got a commerial on youtubeOriginally Posted by MastaAce718
Flatbush is called that now?
I know Vanderveer housing is called something else now.
- it's been happening for soo long now that it's like ehhh ...... but it's still shocking when you go to blocks where white ppl wouldn't go inthe daytime much more night and that's all you see ......
- but what really irks me is the ppl that move into your neighborhood, grill you mad hard and pull the ol' football move
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Well saying that "they" bounced simply because black people had moved in is a generalization. It's a blanket statement, which isinaccurate. Some perhaps did, but there were others who chose the more open and suburban areas of NY to raise families in because it offered them a betterquality of life. Simple as that. It wasn't always about racism.
Why is there so much anger & resentment among some of you? It's completely irrational. If someone was to complain about all the black people movinginto their once white neighborhood here on this site, I'm pretty sure you'd have a problem with that person voicing their displeasure.
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It's not abut race it's about class my man.