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Not necessarily. There are projects behind Lincoln Center; yet the area as a whole is still nice.
There are projects in the BoCoCa area in Brooklyn within walking distance of the nice restaurants on Court Street.
The projects aren't going anywhere. People can build around them if they wanted.
I agree that the OP is also a troll. Yet, it's nice to try to refute such common incorrect perceptions so that at least one person learns something new.
When I used to work around there I used to eat my lunch in Gowanus projects playground.
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I find many of the postings on this thread disturbing. There are people referring to The Bronx as a toilet and a third world country. What I questiom is why. It must be due to dated perceptions because I have been to every one of the boroughs and the facts are that The Bronx is pretty much the same as the other outer boroughs except for two things: racial make up and income level. It's population breakout shows the largest percentage of black and hispanic residents. Wake up people. You all need to admit that your perceptions of The Bronx are dated and possibly based on internal racist notions.
Or maybe it's because the Bronx has been known for high crime rates? Give that some thought.
In fact, whenever I'm in the BX, I almost have to do a double-take whenever I pass by an abandoned house or apartment building. The Bronx today is not the same Bronx from the '90s
I find many of the postings on this thread disturbing. There are people referring to The Bronx as a toilet and a third world country. What I questiom is why. It must be due to dated perceptions because I have been to every one of the boroughs and the facts are that The Bronx is pretty much the same as the other outer boroughs except for two things: racial make up and income level. It's population breakout shows the largest percentage of black and hispanic residents. Wake up people. You all need to admit that your perceptions of The Bronx are dated and possibly based on internal racist notions.
And yet, in large cities, where you have high concentration of poor people, what problem do you have? CRIME!!!
(Among other social ills as well). How many people would be just aching to send their kids to public school in the Bronx?
Anyone who says Caribbean immigrants are doing well in NYC is fooling themselves. .
The point is that Caribbean immigrant households have HIGHER incomes on average and are MORE likely to own homes than African Americans. Caribbean households are approximately 80-85% of non hispanic white households whereas AAs are in the 60-65% range. More Caribbean adults are in the laborforce being the key reason for this, and are less confined to the civil service than are AAs.
You do note that the highest paying occupations are as unlikely to find AAs as they are Caribbean immigrants.
I spend a lot of time traveling. I'm in Brooklyn about 3 days a week for work. I must say, Brooklyn is a sad sight to behold. Besides the extreme northern and western sections, its really a decayed borough. This is why I support gentrification. If you cannot take care of where you live, others will move in and do it instead. You know that old saying "don't crap where you eat?"
Do you guys think its safe to say that the BK is the most rundown borough?
I spend a lot of time traveling. I'm in Queens about 4 days a week for business. I must say, Queens is a sad sight to behold. Besides the extreme northern sections, its really a decayed borough. This is why I support gentrification. If you cannot take care of where you live, others will move in and do it instead. You know that old saying "don't crap where you eat?"
Do you guys think its safe to say that the QN is the most rundown borough?
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4/5 of Brooklyn is a toilet
