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Old 07-03-2011, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Bronx NY
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GENTRIFIERS=INVADERS. I live on a close knit Latino block in the Bronx. I hope it stays that way.
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Old 07-03-2011, 06:50 PM
 
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GENTRIFIERS=INVADERS. I live on a close knit Latino block in the Bronx. I hope it stays that way.
All your base are belong to us!

You have no chance to survive make your time!
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Old 07-03-2011, 07:02 PM
 
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GENTRIFIERS=INVADERS. I live on a close knit Latino block in the Bronx. I hope it stays that way.
Sorry to tell you it is going to change. Thats what happened where i live. Used to be a very nice area. Now its considered the hood by many.
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Old 07-03-2011, 07:07 PM
 
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All over the forum people are seeing gentrification as one of the biggest threats to communities or color. This belief is so extreme that some board members have wished for more gun violence and crime to occur so it could scare off hipsters and others who drive up prices.

What about the opposite? Many neighborhoods are seeing an emergence of crime, drugs and mayhem from people coming from the old ghettos. Business don't want to stay in places where flash mobs frequently rob them or where people are harassed by teens, so they move out. Families also leave, and the nabe stagnates, decays and becomes another hood.

This is occurring in the West Village. The city won't make any real effort to protect middle class and productive areas because they are not Times Square or Wall Street. I know people will come here and say overall crime is down, but what they don't want you to know is that violent assaults and robberies are up.

Chaos on Christopher: Iconic Village stretch overrun by drug dealers, prostitutes, violent youths
Christopher Street has always been like that. The gay teenagers use a proliferation of drugs down by the West Side Highway, then go crazy on Christopher Street. Drug dealers take advantage and hang out there too. Nothing new about that part of town.
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Old 07-03-2011, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Stop Being Nosy
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I just love the fact that an all black neighborhood is automatically a ghetto to some of you guys!
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Old 07-03-2011, 08:41 PM
 
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I think that gentrification is bad, and I'm not even a New Yorker. If I moved to New York which I would one day hope to do, I still side with the native New Yorkers who have ethnic neighborhoods even if I would technically be considered a "transplant". I think that they should improve the crime areas but any improvements to neighborhoods in livability or safety should be there for the current residents, not to encourage more transplants to move in. Having more crime just hurts the people there.

I know that one time there was proposed law not too long ago that would allow residents of Chinatown to rent to people of Chinese descent for a much lower price than a non-Chinese person, but the bill was struck down (for obvious reasons), but the intention was good was to keep the ethnic and cultural way of Chinatown Chinese.

I normally hate the idea of co-op boards, but I would sorta agree with a law that if that Chinatown law was proposed, they should allow people in the community to determine who gets to move into their neighborhoods. I don't think all neighborhoods should be able to do that, but known ethnic/cultural enclaves should be able to do that to protect their distinct cultural identity. The already hipsterized/transplant areas should not have it and anyone can move there. Although that is a good idea, I know it can easily turn into something really bad, but that is why gentrification is such a problem because there is no easy way to solve it without causing more problems that can be unfair for people.
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Old 07-03-2011, 09:14 PM
 
Location: where people are either too stupid to leave or too stuck to move
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christopher columbus probably would like the idea of gentrification :-)
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Old 07-03-2011, 09:20 PM
 
Location: Bronx
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christopher columbus probably would like the idea of gentrification :-)
Lol.
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Old 07-03-2011, 10:21 PM
 
Location: Crown Heights
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Another thread, beating a dead horse.....Why is it that people who assume that those who are not all gung ho about gentrification would rather live in an era with extreme violence and drugs, as if there were no other options or balanced approach?
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Old 07-03-2011, 10:40 PM
 
Location: Glendale NY
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I just love the fact that an all black neighborhood is automatically a ghetto to some of you guys!
Unfortunately most black neighborhoods in this city are ghetto. There are exceptions however, such as Cambria Heights, Laurelton, and Rosedale. Thankfully, these nice black areas probably won't see gentrification anytime soon.
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