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There are still a lot of Puerto Ricans all over. Many of the established ones here have more or less assimilated. You'll still find Puerto Ricans in decent numbers in Upper Manhattan, the Bronx, Bushwick and you'll even find a few in the mostly South American and Mexican parts of Queens. Oh there's still a decent Latino population (not just Puerto Rican but Mexican and Colombian) in the Lower East Side.
A lot of latinos have been pushed out cause of gentrification.
Yes especially in East Harlem and Washington Heights. They are moving to other states and back to their countries. The rents in East Harlem and Washington Heights are insane.
NYC Puerto Rican Population has been on the decline for almost 40 years. During the 70s Puerto Ricans started to move to the burbs to escape crime and drugs that plagued South Bronx, Western Brooklyn, Harlem and LES. Puerto Ricans in NYC started to expand out of NYC. 2nd waves started moving to tristate area suburbs, while those in the city began moving to Middle Class areas like here in the Bronx Puerto Ricans live in heavily Italian Throgs, Neck, Country Club and City Island. In Queens Puerto Ricans live in Glendale, Woodhaven, Maspeth. And in Brooklyn some Puerto Ricans live Bay Ridge or moved to middle class areas of Queens like Cypress Hills. Than you have the Puerto Ricans who moved away from NYC like to Eastern PA, Orlando FL and to Charlotte NC.
Plenty of Puerto Ricans moved out of traditional Puerto Rican neighborhoods due to increased costs of gentrification, and or providing better economic, academic and living standards for themselves and kids. Spanish Harlem is no longer Puerto Rican, but mostly Mexican. South Bronx is no longer a Puerto Rican stronghold but not mostly a mix of different ethnic groups like Dominicans, Mexicans, Africans, West Indians and so on. LES has been hit with a wave of ongoing gentrification for the past 20 years. IF some Puerto Ricans did not buy into property in the area or locked into rent subsidized NYCHA or rent stabilized market rate tenement apartments, a good chance folks will remain these properties for years, but for the majority of Ricans in the area not all live in NYCHA, not all live in coops or condos and not all can afford a market rate apartment which gets jacked up. Due to gentrification some may have to move. I don't know too much about West Brooklyn Puerto Rican population besides those of Williamsburg and Bushwick. But I assume plenty of the Puerto Ricans in Western Brooklyn either moved furth south towards Sunset Park and Bayridge or moved further EaSt to Ridgewood, Glendale, Wood Haven or Cypress Hills and ENY. Lets not forget just like the LES spillover of gentrification has had a huge impact on Williamsburg and Bushwick, some will be move on their own out of the area to more affordable areas of the city or out of it.
Dominicans are going to overtake Puerto Ricans soon. I remember hearing plenty of Salsa on the street, but now the Latino sound has changed to Bachata and Merengue.
NYC Puerto Rican Population has been on the decline for almost 40 years. During the 70s Puerto Ricans started to move to the burbs to escape crime and drugs that plagued South Bronx, Western Brooklyn, Harlem and LES. Puerto Ricans in NYC started to expand out of NYC. 2nd waves started moving to tristate area suburbs, while those in the city began moving to Middle Class areas like here in the Bronx Puerto Ricans live in heavily Italian Throgs, Neck, Country Club and City Island. In Queens Puerto Ricans live in Glendale, Woodhaven, Maspeth. And in Brooklyn some Puerto Ricans live Bay Ridge or moved to middle class areas of Queens like Cypress Hills. Than you have the Puerto Ricans who moved away from NYC like to Eastern PA, Orlando FL and to Charlotte NC.
Plenty of Puerto Ricans moved out of traditional Puerto Rican neighborhoods due to increased costs of gentrification, and or providing better economic, academic and living standards for themselves and kids. Spanish Harlem is no longer Puerto Rican, but mostly Mexican. South Bronx is no longer a Puerto Rican stronghold but not mostly a mix of different ethnic groups like Dominicans, Mexicans, Africans, West Indians and so on. LES has been hit with a wave of ongoing gentrification for the past 20 years. IF some Puerto Ricans did not buy into property in the area or locked into rent subsidized NYCHA or rent stabilized market rate tenement apartments, a good chance folks will remain these properties for years, but for the majority of Ricans in the area not all live in NYCHA, not all live in coops or condos and not all can afford a market rate apartment which gets jacked up. Due to gentrification some may have to move. I don't know too much about West Brooklyn Puerto Rican population besides those of Williamsburg and Bushwick. But I assume plenty of the Puerto Ricans in Western Brooklyn either moved furth south towards Sunset Park and Bayridge or moved further EaSt to Ridgewood, Glendale, Wood Haven or Cypress Hills and ENY. Lets not forget just like the LES spillover of gentrification has had a huge impact on Williamsburg and Bushwick, some will be move on their own out of the area to more affordable areas of the city or out of it.
I agree with like 90% of this. I dont really think the decline in the puerto rican population started until @ the earliest the late 90s. Granted, the Dominican, Mexican Ecuadorian and Colombian communities increased heavily, but there was still a lot of puerto ricans. Like others have said, the more working class and upwardly mobile puerto ricans went to more middle class neighborhoods or the suburbs while the poorer ones have been forced out due to gentrification.
Yall forgot one place: CT. LOTS of Puerto Ricans out there and their numbers are increasing now since CT is one of the dumping grounds for poor and working class people exiled out of NY. Esp in Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, New Britiain and Meriden. I heard their numbers hae grown upstate too.
The bronx is the last hardcore bastion of a lot of thing associated with old new york. The puerto ricans are still the dominant latino nationality (although dominicans are at a close 2nd). I think its safe to say a good number if not majority of afro american new yorkers left in the city are up there too.
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