Poor/Working Class White Culture in Urban Areas (fit in, house)
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There have been a few threads on this board concerning present day poor/white working class neighborhoods in urban areas , however the aim of this thread will be to discuss the culture of people who live in such neighborhoods and fit into the category of poor/working class white .
I'll start off with the issue of present day Boston Townies ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestown_Townies ) . It's widely accepted that the present day Charlestown neighborhood of Boston has lost a great part of it's townie population , yet I assume it still has pockets of it left here and there . Has Townie culture changed over the years ? Do Irish immigrant traditions still play an important part in the culture of Townies ? If so then what are those particular traditions ?
There have been a few threads on this board concerning present day poor/white working class neighborhoods in urban areas , however the aim of this thread will be to discuss the culture of people who live in such neighborhoods and fit into the category of poor/working class white .
I'll start off with the issue of present day Boston Townies ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestown_Townies ) . It's widely accepted that the present day Charlestown neighborhood of Boston has lost a great part of it's townie population , yet I assume it still has pockets of it left here and there . Has Townie culture changed over the years ? Do Irish immigrant traditions still play an important part in the culture of Townies ? If so then what are those particular traditions ?
Chicago used to have large Polish (northwest side), Italian (near west side), Ukranian, and Irish (south side) white working class neighborhoods. They're not as characteristic as they used to be, although you can still find some of the culture/traditions of the neighborhood still there, though it's not as prominent as it used to be.
Bridgeport (a neighborhood in the south side) is probably the biggest, most characteristic white working class neighborhood remaining. Mostly police officers, firemen, and other blue collar workers; largely Irish and Italian, although demographics are changing.
Ukranian Village is still pretty working class. Lots of stores along Chicago ave are still completely in Ukranian language, so tradition has held on to an extent, but it is quickly becoming gentrified/yuppified. Little Italy/Tri Taylor neighborhood was once very blue collar Italian, but that culture/tradition is not that strong there anymore. Polish are spread out all over the city/suburbs without any dominant neighborhood anymore. Wicker Park used to be a completely Polish and Mexican, blue collar neighborhood and now is almost completely gentrified hipster.
Philadelphia has a very sizable "townie" population still holding on in neighborhoods like Fishtown, Port Richmond, Kensington, pretty much all of Northeast Philadelphia, Manayunk and Roxborough...all of which is rooted in what is historically poorly educated, blue collar Irish and East European though a large chunk of South Philly still offers up the Italian version as well.
Baltimore has a townie population in the southwestern, North Central sections of Baltimore. The latter is gentrifying, though, so they won't be around much longer.
The more "remote" as sections of the outer boroughs in NYC house some areas like this. Mostly with a strong ethnic presence established a few generations back that just never moved.
New Haven has this in Wooster Square, which was always nice but is now attracting the hipster crowd. Also Morris Cove and Lighthouse Point.
Are there any cultural traits that distinguish poor/working class urban white people from their rural counterparts in 2017 ? Like ( f.ex ) is there a style of music that poor/working class white people in urban areas are more likely to listen to ? Do many of them tend to dress a certain way ? Also how closely do ethnic people of this category hold on their roots ? I know that the ability to speak a foreign language has mainly eroded among members of the post WW2 generations , but have other traditions survived ? Is it common for poor/working class ethnic white people in urban areas to eat their ancestral cuisine , celebrate their ancestral holidays , and so forth ?
What is poor/working class urban white culture like in the South , Plains States , and West by the way ? You don't really hear about urban poor/working class whites in those areas which is why I'm asking .
The more "remote" as sections of the outer boroughs in NYC house some areas like this. Mostly with a strong ethnic presence established a few generations back that just never moved.
New Haven has this in Wooster Square, which was always nice but is now attracting the hipster crowd. Also Morris Cove and Lighthouse Point.
The only part of NYC that I think might have a lot of working class whites is Staten Island, but even then I'm pretty sure most white people on Staten Island make a decent living. And the areas I'm thinking of aren't even urban, even though they're part of NYC.
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The only part of NYC that I think might have a lot of working class whites is Staten Island, but even then I'm pretty sure most white people on Staten Island make a decent living. And the areas I'm thinking of aren't even urban, even though they're part of NYC.
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Chicago used to have large Polish (northwest side), Italian (near west side), Ukranian, and Irish (south side) white working class neighborhoods. They're not as characteristic as they used to be, although you can still find some of the culture/traditions of the neighborhood still there, though it's not as prominent as it used to be.
Bridgeport (a neighborhood in the south side) is probably the biggest, most characteristic white working class neighborhood remaining. Mostly police officers, firemen, and other blue collar workers; largely Irish and Italian, although demographics are changing.
Ukranian Village is still pretty working class. Lots of stores along Chicago ave are still completely in Ukranian language, so tradition has held on to an extent, but it is quickly becoming gentrified/yuppified. Little Italy/Tri Taylor neighborhood was once very blue collar Italian, but that culture/tradition is not that strong there anymore. Polish are spread out all over the city/suburbs without any dominant neighborhood anymore. Wicker Park used to be a completely Polish and Mexican, blue collar neighborhood and now is almost completely gentrified hipster.
Doesn't Canaryville still have a sizeable working class Irish population?
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