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How do you Native NYCer's feel about "Piano District?"
Isn't that your worst nightmare, seeing transplants coming into your city and changing neighborhoods the way they see fit? Even though some would think "Downtown Bronx" would fit that part of Bronx (and surrounding neighborhoods) better, but that's a different issue.
Does it grind your gears that much, seeing new comers buy/rent these newly built condo/apts in gentrifying neighborhoods? How much are you all going to complain when you see class A office buildings and high-rise luxury Apts/Condo's being built up on the Bronx's waterfront?
"Live in Luxury By The Water."
"Now Selling Condo's Starting At 600K."
"Bronx New Luxury High-Rises With Panoramic Views Of Manhattan."
How do you Native NYCer's feel about "Piano District?"
Isn't that your worst nightmare, seeing transplants coming into your city and changing neighborhoods the way they see fit? Even though some would think "Downtown Bronx" would fit that part of Bronx (and surrounding neighborhoods) better, but that's a different issue.
Does it grind your gears that much, seeing new comers buy/rent these newly built condo/apts in gentrifying neighborhoods? How much are you all going to complain when you see class A office buildings and high-rise luxury Apts/Condo's being built up on the Bronx's waterfront?
"Live in Luxury By The Water."
"Now Selling Condo's Starting At 600K."
"Bronx New Luxury High-Rises With Panoramic Views Of Manhattan."
I live in The Bronx and it doesn't bother me at all. Most of The South Bronx is still a horror show and needs to be cleaned up.
I wasn't born in this city, but my ancestors were turning the forests of New England and Virginia into farms when King Charles l still had his head attached to his neck. As far as I'm concerned "your" city is in the middle of my country, and I'm busy gentrifying the heck out of it. #thetimeoftheBronxhascome
How do you Native NYCer's feel about "Piano District?"
Isn't that your worst nightmare, seeing transplants coming into your city and changing neighborhoods the way they see fit? Even though some would think "Downtown Bronx" would fit that part of Bronx (and surrounding neighborhoods) better, but that's a different issue.
Does it grind your gears that much, seeing new comers buy/rent these newly built condo/apts in gentrifying neighborhoods? How much are you all going to complain when you see class A office buildings and high-rise luxury Apts/Condo's being built up on the Bronx's waterfront?
"Live in Luxury By The Water."
"Now Selling Condo's Starting At 600K."
"Bronx New Luxury High-Rises With Panoramic Views Of Manhattan."
You know the Bronx used to be mostly nice family neighborhoods before Robert Moses slashed it up with huge expressways and brought the ghetto to the Bronx on an industrial scale
The word gentrification is such a loaded term these days. The question I would pose is whether the South Bronx (Mott Haven) is becoming a more affluent neighborhood? Nobody is ever able to answer that question. Are rents increasing? Yes. Rents are up across the board all over the city. Over the past 10 years only 3 neighborhoods have moved backwards in terms of rent costs (Bay Ridge, Canarsie, & South Shore). In other words Brownsville is gentrifying like crazy guys! How come hipsters moving to East New York is never a topic on this forum?
The Piano District remains a wildly fanatical bet that every neighborhood should gentrify and that Midtown East professionals will choose the South Bronx over Long Island City abet at the same price point of entry.
I don't buy it. Millennials will continue to move deeper into Brooklyn, eastern into Queens, Northern into Manhattan & Harlem, onto the waterfront of Staten Island, and don't forget Jersey City in NJ. I know people in the Bronx want it to 'gentrify' so badly but be careful what you wish for. The biggest cheerleaders for this change are the ones least likely to be able to afford its speculative transformation (expect for maybe the politicians and public officials). Unless you have some sort financial or commercial interests tied to the borough - I don't see why you even care whether it 'gentrifies' or not. If you truly want to experience the rest of the city's rapid transformation, why don't you just move to the other 3 boroughs, where it's happening right now?
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