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View Poll Results: Would you ever live in an LGBT section of a city/town?
Yes, and I'm straight 39 43.82%
No, and I'm straight 22 24.72%
Yes, and I'm LGBT 19 21.35%
No, and I'm LGBT 9 10.11%
Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-26-2015, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Im straight and I lived very close to Boystown in Chicago for two years. I was fine with it except the dating prospects weren't great.
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Old 02-26-2015, 10:40 AM
 
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So, Boystown?
Yes. A 3 minute walk to my left is Wrigley Field and a 4 minute walk to the right is Halsted/Roscoe which is the central intersection of gay bars in Boystown.
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Old 02-26-2015, 10:45 AM
 
Location: Nashville TN
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Nope I never would
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Old 02-26-2015, 12:22 PM
 
Location: Baghdad by the Bay (San Francisco, California)
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Yes. A 3 minute walk to my left is Wrigley Field and a 4 minute walk to the right is Halsted/Roscoe which is the central intersection of gay bars in Boystown.
It's a great area of Chicago. I'd live there.
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Old 02-26-2015, 03:57 PM
 
Location: DC
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DC's gayborhood used to be DuPont Circle, then Logan Circle. Now DuPont circle and Logan Circle is just rich. If you see LGBT people move into a specific neighborhood in large numbers, maybe you should think about buying there and living there. With that being said this really does not happen so much anymore. The days of the gayborhood are over in many big cities. Largely because many LGBT people feel like they do not need to enscone themselves.
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Old 02-26-2015, 04:19 PM
 
Location: St. Louis
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DC's gayborhood used to be DuPont Circle, then Logan Circle. Now DuPont circle and Logan Circle is just rich. If you see LGBT people move into a specific neighborhood in large numbers, maybe you should think about buying there and living there. With that being said this really does not happen so much anymore. The days of the gayborhood are over in many big cities. Largely because many LGBT people feel like they do not need to enscone themselves.
Yes and no. Yes in terms of that people don't feel the need to stay contained within them, but no in terms of it just being easier to keep the restaurants, shops, and bars/clubs in set areas.

Not that they need to stay contained, but it's convenient for bar hopping.
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Old 02-28-2015, 03:16 AM
 
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Gayborhoods are kinda thing of the past these days in most metros. First, there's no reason for gays to live segregated any longer. Secondly, gay neighborhoods invariably became highly desirable and gentrified, so that they became too expensive for young gays to move into, hence becoming rich urban enclaves with some middle-aged to old gay men.
a la the Castro
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Old 02-28-2015, 11:25 AM
 
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I am straight and have never and have no desire to live in an LGBT exclusive neighborhood. Ya know, since I'm a straight guy trying to find a straight woman...
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Old 02-28-2015, 12:52 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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I've never lived in a city where the LGBT residents are ghettoized. Here in Minneapolis, LGBT live everywhere.
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Old 03-01-2015, 01:48 AM
 
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I lived in Midtown Atlanta for a year or so and despite living within sashaying distance of several notorious drag establishments I did not catch teh gay.
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