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What are now the most happening neighborhoods in the City. Not the traditional neighborhoods like the UES or Brooklyn Heights or the village. What are the neighborhoods that maybe five years ago no one would think of living in but today it has become a real gem. I've heard comments of Port Morris being one of them and I know Boerum Hill is now an area in demand. Which other neighborhoods are getting their "props and also which neighborhoods are losing their luster?
You mean like Bushwick, which is becoming an extension of Williamsburg? I, personally, don't think much of yuppies/hipsters/trendoids. The further you are from their little enclaves, the closer you are to real NYC!
You mean like Bushwick, which is becoming an extension of Williamsburg? I, personally, don't think much of yuppies/hipsters/trendoids. The further you are from their little enclaves, the closer you are to real NYC!
So what are the real NYC neighborhoods? I've always liked Middle Village myself. Which "real" neighborhoods have retained their character for the last 30 years? An area where you can go and see the same stores, well kept homes and same character and look you remember as a kid.
You would have to ask FRED I was responding to his comment. NYC is constantly changing, even the Bronx has gain a better image from 25 years ago. Now if they could only do something about Brownsville.
So what are the real NYC neighborhoods? I've always liked Middle Village myself. Which "real" neighborhoods have retained their character for the last 30 years? An area where you can go and see the same stores, well kept homes and same character and look you remember as a kid.
Not too many areas remain unchanged in 30 years. But since you mentioned Middle Village, the neighboring towns like Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth remain fairly similar.
It depends on what you mean. To me Glendale always used to be more of an upper middle class nabe while Ridgewood and Maspeth were more working class neighborhoods. But now it seems like Glendale is starting to become like the other two now and Demographics have shifted in Glendale alot over the years... I love Ridgewood though. It may not be the best area to live in at times, but to me theres no place that reminds me of old NYC in a nutshell more than this area. You got your old hard knock italian people. You got your working class European people like polish, romanian, albanian. but you also got a majority hispanic population with alot of Dominicans and Puertoricans and ecuadorians and Mexicans. Also theres a growing middle eastern population and theres sizable groups of haitians and guyanese people as well as native born New Yorkers that still got that old gritty New yorker feel to them. I complain sometimes about the gangs in this neighborhood on other posts because I wish kids would just grow up sometimes, but aside from that I would never want to move out of here.
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