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I'm African American, low income housing childhood. My wife is Irish catholic from Boston, but almost all of her friends are non-white.
As for our intended walking tour - we will most likely focus on the NW Brooklyn-through Clinton Hill area down through Kensington/Prospect Park...predominantly where train options are more abundant.
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill should work. Maybe even some parts of Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights. Assuming you don't have kids to send to local schools.
NYC in general is solidly overpriced. Look at how much houses in the ghetto sell for.
Boston is currently going through the RE boom the NYC went through in the early 2000s. If I listed my townhouse I'd like 20 offers for 3-5% over ask....within minutes. I feel somewhat bad for that family that loses out on a property they desperately wanted.
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill should work. Maybe even some parts of Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights. Assuming you don't have kids to send to local schools.
Brooklyn and Boston are very different IMO.
When we walked through Fort Greene earlier this year we got a good vibe from it. I think that's a decent school district as well. We don't have any kids yet, hoping to have the first one next year.
Maybe the crime map should be replaced, or upgraded, to a quality of life map. Arson is a reported crime, but most of us don't worry about that, also grand theft auto is a non-factor if you don't own a car.
There are few neighborhoods in NYC that you have to still worry about walking down the street, that don't have any NYCHA in it. Sadly, NYCHA plays a big part of the crime in this city nowadays.
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