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It was said according to the trends of millennials that this segment of the U.S population prefer to live in cities and most likely to establish roots in cities instead of the suburbs. I predicted this might happen that Transplants may head back to suburbia for plenty of reasons like not having good school districts in urban areas, Bloomberg and friends should open up more private schools for parents, do you think Caleb Jr is going to cry everyday home because Moshawn Jenkins picks on him everyday. Lets not forget expensive tiny housing options, a family of four can live in a 500 sqft apartment. Another thing is that in the suburbs real estate agents and residents plus local govt are trying to find ways to make suburbs sustainable, if suburbs are sustainable it makes no sense to leave paradise for an overpriced dump in Brooklyn or a dump next to an housing project in Mott Haven. I never really imagine hipsters living in the suburbs, hippies lived solely in cities, Goth punks lived both in cities and suburbia but I only assumed hipsters will live in cities.
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Getting in wherever they can fit in. They can't afford the city so they find cheap suburbia. They could leave New York altogether and go out to places like Chicago and Cleveland. I doubt natives would mind.
Ask NYKiddo. It was said according to the trends of millennials that this segment of the U.S population prefer to live in cities and most likely to establish roots in cities instead of the suburbs. I predicted this might happen that Transplants may head back to suburbia for plenty of reasons like not having good school districts in urban areas, Bloomberg and friends should open up more private schools for parents as well as expensive tiny housing options. A family of four can live in a 500 sqft apartment.
Unsurprisingly the couple in the article had two kids. It isn't where you're at though. It is their mindset. If they want to be hipsters, they can do it in the middle of Kansas as farmers or the hills of West Virginia, if push came to shove. There is nothing new under the sun.
You'll see more of this. A certain number of old people in the suburbs die or move to some place like Florida. And you'll see younger people move into those homes.
Basically, living tightly in an apartment is cool for your 20s, but as you get older things like home ownership, having a car, etc end up more important.
And you don't even have to be that old, because a bunch of roommates right after you graduate from college is one thing, but after just a few years that can be really tiring.
Also, home ownership (more of that in suburbs, though of course you have that in the city) is a great form of investment for old age, when your income is more likely to be limited. And some people in that article wanted more space for their kids.
You'll see more of this. A certain number of old people in the suburbs die or move to some place like Florida. And you'll see younger people move into those homes.
Basically, living tightly in an apartment is cool for your 20s, but as you get older things like home ownership, having a car, etc end up more important.
And you don't even have to be that old, because a bunch of roommates right after you graduate from college is one thing, but after just a few years that can be really tiring.
Also, home ownership (more of that in suburbs, though of course you have that in the city) is a great form of investment for old age, when your income is more likely to be limited. And some people in that article wanted more space for their kids.
Not to mention the irony of this article. Suburbia has always had options. Not everyone in the suburbs shops at WalMart and Target. Suburbs have always had their run of small boutiques and stand alone stores; right across the street from big box retailers. Suburbia is full of contradictions, just like the city. and these hipsters find this out the hard way after struggling to make it in the city. A gluten-free bakery, a farmer's market, this stuff was always in suburbia; I don't know if things are a bit different in New York but in the Midwest this is nothing new. Some of the best neighborhoods are in suburbia. So they mention high-density suburbs, which are as old as suburbia itself.
Hastings has always been a bit more crunchy than other towns/villages in Westchester, so it's not surprising that it would attract a similar demographic to Williamsburg, especially when they need a good school system without paying $40k for private schools in the city.
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That article provides a glimpse of a growing demographic in a more urban, older area outside the city. An exception, not a rule. An alternative.
There are still neighborhoods in NYC which are affordable and offer a decent subway commute. Most people who are NYC centric will not be attracted to a 40 minute average commute via POV. More desirable is that 30 minute commute via subway, car free living, diversity, arts scene and so on.
Sorry to get your hopes up. Hipsters are not evacuating NYC, lol.
Only thing you won't find in suburbs are yuppies, because once they move out here we take the 'u' away :-)
I expect it will happen more; hipsters having kids, moving to the suburbs, and replacing their fixies with an equally silly automobile. The question is, what replaces the hipsters? For now, it's still more hipsters, but eventually it will be something different.
It's an almost inevitable conclusion even for smarmiest, too-cool-for-school urbane hipster types, if kids are going to be in the picture. You can live in BK or (almost) anywhere else in NYC if you're single or a DINK. But when family hour hits, the suburbs are the only realistic conclusion for most people.
Or they move to SE Portland.
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