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By land mass at least, that's a pretty large chunk of Queens. Though, not to the extent of The Bronx where that is true of most of the borough.
Right, and even with that, there's still more Queens by population and land area than there is the Bronx-that's how much larger and more populous Queens is than the Bronx with about 2.5x the land area and 1.6x the population with the parts that I mentioned earlier generally having less population density or none in the case of the airports. That's what I mean when I say there's much more of Queens and so it overlaps a lot of what might be argued as the Bronx's strong suits where Queens has something akin to anything the Bronx has in neighborhoods, but then has an even greater diversity and number of neighborhoods. Queens does have the large mass of density and mid-rise buildings that the Jackson Heights/Elmhurst stretch has that's very dense and is arguably built a bit like a leafier and less rundown South and West Bronx and still have even more of low-rise attached rowhome portions, SFH one small lots or on larger lots, beach bungalow neighborhoods, mid-century high-rise building complexes, new high-rise secondary business district, etc and a good chunk of those also offer better than just your standard fast food restaurants with an ethnic eatery or two as you describe it. Try using Yelp looking for restaurants with addresses in different parts of Queens and filter for their walking distances and you'll see most parts of Queens has quite a bit more than that.
As an aside, I'm guessing that if you took a one mile radius from every subway stop in Queens, then the land area within Queens would probably amount to more land area and population than what the borough of the Bronx has. I'm trying to figure out if there's an easy way to check that.
And remember, you were talking about LA Koreatown and how you can get that international medley in the close quarters of an urban environment, but Koreatown is the densest urban neighborhood for Los Angeles while Queens has an entire Bronx's worth and then some land area and population of such.
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Agreed. Though, both boroughs have a very large chunk of them which have not much going for me personally (Bronx East of the Bronx River and Queens East of maybe Corona).
I agree with those that prefer the culture and scenery of the Bronx, so it gets my vote.
With that said, it's hard to ignore Queens' proximity to Midtown and Lower Manhattan. I'd rather live in Long Island City than the Bronx but would choose the latter over any of the far flung, suburban parts of Queens.
Is there a culture the Bronx has that Queens doesnt? Like as for the Boricua angle....Queens, still has plenty of Ricans-maybe, not Dominicans? The Bronx is chiefly Dominican nowadays...
The Bronx is so Latin American-i don't find it as diverse as Queens.
Is there a culture the Bronx has that Queens doesnt? Like as for the Boricua angle....Queens, still has plenty of Ricans-maybe, not Dominicans? The Bronx is chiefly Dominican nowadays...
The Bronx is so Latin American-i don't find it as diverse as Queens.
It's not so much that Queens is totally lacking Black and Caribbean culture, just that it's more concentrated in the Bronx. It's the most melanated borough, so to speak.
Is there a culture the Bronx has that Queens doesnt? Like as for the Boricua angle....Queens, still has plenty of Ricans-maybe, not Dominicans? The Bronx is chiefly Dominican nowadays...
The Bronx is so Latin American-i don't find it as diverse as Queens.
There are plenty of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in Queens. Corona and Far Rockaway have a lot of Dominicans, and every other Latino neighborhood in Queens seems to have a sizable amount.
The Bronx has a lot more West Africans than Queens, though.
It's not so much that Queens is totally lacking Black and Caribbean culture, just that it's more concentrated in the Bronx. It's the most melanated borough, so to speak.
Queens has some of the blackest neighborhoods in NYC, while The Bronx's black neighborhoods are shares with Hispanics.
It's not so much that Queens is totally lacking Black and Caribbean culture, just that it's more concentrated in the Bronx. It's the most melanated borough, so to speak.
Yea but Queens is like way bigger. So the overall number of black people is very similar. It's not lacking for black people at all 382k black people in Queens 411k in the Bronx.
Brooklyn is blacker at 30% than the much smaller Bronx at 29%
Everything you can find in the Bronx-you can find in Queens, and in good number. The Bronx does have a higher concentration of West African and Dominicans sure but....I guesss whatever floats your boat
Right, and even with that, there's still more Queens by population and land area than there is the Bronx-that's how much larger and more populous Queens is than the Bronx with about 2.5x the land area and 1.6x the population with the parts that I mentioned earlier generally having less population density or none in the case of the airports. That's what I mean when I say there's much more of Queens and so it overlaps a lot of what might be argued as the Bronx's strong suits where Queens has something akin to anything the Bronx has in neighborhoods, but then has an even greater diversity and number of neighborhoods. Queens does have the large mass of density and mid-rise buildings that the Jackson Heights/Elmhurst stretch has that's very dense and is arguably built a bit like a leafier and less rundown South and West Bronx and still have even more of low-rise attached rowhome portions, SFH one small lots or on larger lots, beach bungalow neighborhoods, mid-century high-rise building complexes, new high-rise secondary business district, etc and a good chunk of those also offer better than just your standard fast food restaurants with an ethnic eatery or two as you describe it. Try using Yelp looking for restaurants with addresses in different parts of Queens and filter for their walking distances and you'll see most parts of Queens has quite a bit more than that.
As an aside, I'm guessing that if you took a one mile radius from every subway stop in Queens, then the land area within Queens would probably amount to more land area and population than what the borough of the Bronx has. I'm trying to figure out if there's an easy way to check that.
And remember, you were talking about LA Koreatown and how you can get that international medley in the close quarters of an urban environment, but Koreatown is the densest urban neighborhood for Los Angeles while Queens has an entire Bronx's worth and then some land area and population of such.
True. Though Jackson Heights/Elmhurst don't personally remind me of The Bronx, the mix of architecture is different.
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Don’t forget Flushing!
Yeah Flushing is cool, though it's not in my personal top 5 of Queens neighborhoods.
Yea but Queens is like way bigger. So the overall number of black people is very similar. It's not lacking for black people at all 382k black people in Queens 411k in the Bronx.
Brooklyn is blacker at 30% than the much smaller Bronx at 29%
Queens's black neighborhoods (mostly in the Easteen part of the borough) are very black while Queens West of Jamaica (generally speaking) has few black people.
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