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10 years ago I would've said Brooklyn, but Queens gets it. I don't know who voted the Bronx, suprised it wasn't the Bronx spokesman (Bluedog), lol that man loves his borough.
Id say brooklyn is the second most diverse borough after queens. Jews, west indians in cwh, dominicans in bushuick, mexicans in sunset park, to the aas in brownsville east ny, italians, russians, and chinese in bensonhursts to the yuppies of dumbo to hipsters in williamsburg.
Ethnic enclaves are areas that are culturally distinguished from other areas. For example, Flatbush is an ethnic enclave of West Indians. Washington Heights is an enclave of Dominicans.
Which borough has the most?
Queens, of course. From the Chinese and Korean neighborhhods of Flushing to the Indian and Latino sectors of Jackson Heights to the many middle class black enclaves of SE Queens to the Guyanese neighborhoods in Richmond Hills, Jamaica and Floral Park and lets not forget the old guard whites of Italian, Jewish, Irish, Polish, Germans and Greeks living in Bayside, Whitestone, Douglaston, Middle Village, Kew Gardens, Forest Hills, Howard Beach and Astoria. (loved that run-on sentence.)
The other boroughs are predominately one or two groups with other sprinkled in or closed off to a certain area. Brooklyn, mostly white or black Bronx, mostly Latino, Staten Island, mostly Italian and Manhattan, mostly whites and Asian in the south and blacks and Latinos in the North.
Queens is by far the most ethnically diverse. Take a train ride on the 7 or E or F train in Queens.
Who voted for the Bronx? The next boro after Queens would be Brooklyn then I'd say Bronx would be a prince at 3rd. I would expect some votes for Brooklyn but not the Bronx.
Yeah, I definately would've said Brooklyn after Queens. Jews-Crown Heights, Borough Park, South Williamsburg & Midwood. West Indians- Crown Heights, Flatbush and Canarsie. Black Americans-Bed Stuy, Brownsville and ENY. Puerto Ricans-Bushwick, South Williamsburg, East NY (Highland Park) and Sunset Park. Dominicans-(see P.R.'s). Mexicans-Sunset Park. Russians-Brighton Beach, Gravesend. Polish-Greenpoint. Chinese-Sunset Park (around 8th and 9th ave), Bensonhurst. Middle Eastern & Pakistani- Bay Ridge, Atlantic Ave west of 4th ave, Kensington. West Africans-Fulton (around Nostrand and Franklin). Italians-Bensonhurst, Carroll Gardens, Gravesend and Bay Ridge (parts of it).
Areas that are a toss up, Fort Greene/Clinton Hill- Afro-American and Yuppie. Prospect Heights-West Indian and Yuppie. Kensington/Ditmas Park/Windsor- everybody. Even with all this Brooklyn does not beat Queens, thats a testament to Queens' diversity.
Last edited by twist07; 01-24-2011 at 08:58 AM..
Reason: the toss up
Yeah, I definately would've said Brooklyn after Queens. Jews-Crown Heights, Borough Park, South Williamsburg & Midwood. West Indians- Crown Heights, Flatbush and Canarsie. Black Americans-Bed Stuy, Brownsville and ENY. Puerto Ricans-Bushwick, South Williamsburg, East NY (Highland Park) and Sunset Park. Dominicans-(see P.R.'s). Mexicans-Sunset Park. Russians-Brighton Beach, Gravesend. Polish-Greenpoint. Chinese-Sunset Park (around 8th and 9th ave), Bensonhurst. Middle Eastern & Pakistani- Bay Ridge, Atlantic Ave west of 4th ave, Kensington. West Africans-Fulton (around Nostrand and Franklin). Italians-Bensonhurst, Carroll Gardens, Gravesend and Bay Ridge (parts of it).
Areas that are a toss up, Fort Greene/Clinton Hill- Afro-American and Yuppie. Prospect Heights-West Indian and Yuppie. Kensington/Ditmas Park/Windsor- everybody. Even with all this Brooklyn does not beat Queens, thats a testament to Queens' diversity.
Yeahhhh!!!!!!!! Let's hear it for Queens. It's no longer the place that Archie Bunker built or where blacks get attack when walking on the Cross Bay Blvd. I love the new Queens. Now if we could fix up ENY and Brownsville, Brooklyn could get some props.
Yeahhhh!!!!!!!! Let's hear it for Queens. It's no longer the place that Archie Bunker built or where blacks get attack when walking on the Cross Bay Blvd. I love the new Queens. Now if we could fix up ENY and Brownsville, Brooklyn could get some props.
haha, dag I completely forgot Queens used to be like that. Big ups to Queens! Brooklyn is till my favorite borough though.
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