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Not sure if it has been asked before, but here you go.
Do you think Bed Stuy will ultimately become like
Park Slope? If so what would your guess be for demographics?
To graduate from gentrified to yuppyville whites would have to
make up at least 50% of the population. IMO
Not sure if it has been asked before, but here you go.
Do you think Bed Stuy will ultimately become like
Park Slope? If so what would your guess be for demographics?
To graduate from gentrified to yuppyville whites would have to
make up at least 50% of the population. IMO
A much bigger Fort Greene. So it sounds like it will end up like a blacker Astoria then.
It will definitely not be a poor neighborhood any longer, regardless of demographics.
I think gentrification will be less white as time marches on, which is great. It will be interesting
to see how we stratify ourselves in the future as is the human condition.
A much bigger Fort Greene. So it sounds like it will end up like a blacker Astoria then.
It will definitely not be a poor neighborhood any longer, regardless of demographics.
I think gentrification will be less white as time marches on, which is great. It will be interesting
to see how we stratify ourselves in the future as is the human condition.
Asians are doing their own gentrification in several neighborhoods. Look at how expensive neighborhoods like Bensonhurst and Flushing are getting. And how many higher end restaurants have been popping up there.
If by gentrification you are referring to changing demographics (to include racial and socioeconomic) and the amenities that arrive to suit new tastes, then I say Bed Stuy will never be Park Slope . . . Fort Greene is much more likely. There are many black brownstone owners who refuse to sell their properties and view Bed Stuy as their home base. And so long as increasing rents make it likely to make good rental income, I don't see this changing. And, quite frankly, I prefer the diversity of Fort Greene to Park Slope in any case.
But, boy, things have changed in Bed Stuy. I can recall growing up in Bed Stuy when the first non black family moved onto our street (this was in the mid 1990s); they were Puerto Rican. This was big news.
Asians are doing their own gentrification in several neighborhoods. Look at how expensive neighborhoods like Bensonhurst and Flushing are getting. And how many higher end restaurants have been popping up there.
Bensonhurst isn't expensive.
It's still one of the most affordable neighborhoods in the city.
If by gentrification you are referring to changing demographics (to include racial and socioeconomic) and the amenities that arrive to suit new tastes, then I say Bed Stuy will never be Park Slope . . . Fort Greene is much more likely. There are many black brownstone owners who refuse to sell their properties and view Bed Stuy as their home base. And so long as increasing rents make it likely to make good rental income, I don't see this changing. And, quite frankly, I prefer the diversity of Fort Greene to Park Slope in any case.
But, boy, things have changed in Bed Stuy. I can recall growing up in Bed Stuy when the first non black family moved onto our street (this was in the mid 1990s); they were Puerto Rican. This was big news.
When I worked on Ralph Avenue in Bed Stuy in the early to mid-2000's I never saw another white person the whole year I worked there. Seriously.
People used to speak to me in Spanish, because - as a white person - I think they assumed I MUST be Puerto Rican if I was in that neighborhood!
Bed stuy is still ratchet. Long way to go for what you are talking. There are of course some nice houses and quiet streets but once you leave your house the streets are ratchet IMO.
When I worked on Ralph Avenue in Bed Stuy in the early to mid-2000's I never saw another white person the whole year I worked there. Seriously.
People used to speak to me in Spanish, because - as a white person - I think they assumed I MUST be Puerto Rican if I was in that neighborhood!
Back then they probably assumed any actual white person was only there to buy drugs (parts of Philly are still like this)
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