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"The Strip" is said to have the highest concentration of gay owned businesses in the U.S.
Whether that's fact or not, i'm not sure, but it is pretty darn densely developed. Off of the strip, yes it's a bit more sprinkled throughout the general Oak Lawn area (it's still within a small amount of square miles) and that's not counting the businesses in other neighborhoods as well (Deep Ellum, Knox-Henderson, etc.).
Dur, mea culpa. I was messing Dallas up with Orlando, you guys are correct. I have been to Oaklawn and yes it is as you said. Gayborhood mix-up!
I've never been to Hell's Kitchen or Boystown, but I plan on going this summer with a few friends. I dont know why but I really love these type of neighborhoods, they are so eclectic and the architecture is amazing (mixture of old and new designs). I have been to Oak Lawn, Gayborhood, Chelsea (NYC), DuPointe, Atlanta (the whole city IMO) & Castro, but my favorite (since I am a Texan) is Montrose.
You'll love Hell's Kitchen. A lot of the clubs there are relatively diverse, which isn't something you see a lot of in many gay clubs. I'm a big fan of Therapy, Industry, and Space Ibiza.
Chelsea is definitely New York's biggest gay neighborhood, although I'm not sure that it's gayer by percentage of population. West of 7th ave is still pretty gay. Either way, I went with the West Village because it's the historic seat of gay New York and the birthplace of the gay rights movement.
Hells Kitchen has taken over that title. Chelsea still has a lot of gay people (I think most Manhattan neighborhoods do), but all the fresh young gays entering NYC are obsessed with HK for whatever reason.
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West Village as the gay neighborhood in New York?! No one would consider West Village a gayborhood anymore.
For New York the debate would be whether Chelsea or Hell's Kitchen is the gayborhood. The most gay night life is in Hell's Kitchen and as a personal anecdote my gay friends who have moved to Manhattan purposely picked there.
NYC is one of the few American cities where gay people don't cluster into one small neighborhood. West Village most certainly has a lot of gay residents, as does Chelsea, HK, even Union Square, LES. A lot of my gay friends actually live in the UES. But the new center of the action I would say is HK.
I also love Philadelphia's gayborhood, its just a very small area.
Hell's Kitchen is definitely the center of gay life in New York these days, but I still wouldn't consider it a gayborhood, as it's way too diverse. Gay culture is by no means the dominant culture there, as many nightspots as it may have. Chelsea feels more gay even if it isn't literally more gay, and that would be my overall pick as well.
These are all great neighborhoods, of course. Though not gay myself, gayborhoods are always among my favorite neighborhoods. They just have the best atmosphere and the coolest stuff.
A couple of people mentioned Provincetown. I don't think that qualifies because it's not a neighborhood -- it's a gay resort town, which is different -- but it's probably the gayest place I've ever been. It makes me sad that I live just barely out of day-trip range (though I took one last summer anyway). Just a spectacular place with so much art, so much food, so much shopping, so much charm, beaches right off the main drag, all sorts of couples and families (gay and straight) walking around having a great time.
I think Capitol Hill would be in the top 10, I haven't been to East Coast or Texas gayborhoods though
Capitol Hill is very much watered down and not nearly as gay as it was as recently as 10 years ago.
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