Mott Haven is on fire (New York, Brownville: crime rates, university, living in)

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by nephi215

Maybe I exaggerated with "far" worse. But east ny and soundview come to mind.

TRue not only that but Soundview and East NY is a bit of a distance from Manhattan. Mott Haven has some gentrification compared to no gentrification in Soundview or East NY, those areas suck.

[frenchy93]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Maybe it's time to bulldoze NYCHA buildings then like the rest of the country has done.

hum..then what do you do with the thousands of people living in them?

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Poverty isn't the problem, the poverty is just as severe in Chinatown. The same teachers that teach in Chinatown schools, teach in the Bronx schools. The same dirty streets and subways exist in Chinatown as they do in Mott Haven.

The difference is one community values education as a stepping stone for entry into the middle class, the other community does not.

So true. The other day I read the NYT and there was an article about NYC Mexicans and the lack of education and less likely to excel in city schools. Mott Haven as a huge Mexican population and I can imagine the high rate of high school drop outs becuase one has to work or because of teen pregnancy which is high amongts Mexican teens in Mott Haven.

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by frenchy93

hum..then what do you do with the thousands of people living in them?

They move to places where they can afford to live.

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

They move to places where they can afford to live.

true in fact for some they move out of the city and escape poverty entirely.

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

Maybe it's time to bulldoze NYCHA buildings then like the rest of the country has done.

Actually I think that only people that work for the city should be allowed to live in NYCHA. But thats another topic.

[DA Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Bronxguyanese

Theres been a huge decline of Puerto Ricans in the area, more and more now I hear alot of people speaking Spanish in two distinct accents MExican Spanish and Dominican SPanish. Many Puerto Ricans in the area are moving out and up the economic ladder. There is also alot of generational poor blacks aswell in the area and a tiny almost invisible remenant of Irish who never left the area. On my Block the average income is 19000 dollars I make double than the average income on my block.

I'm pretty sure Mott Haven is predominately Puerto Rican is it?

[anon1]

Yea... Bronxguyanese continues to downplay the still overwhelming amount of Puerto Ricans in the area... I think that after East Harlem it is probably #2 or #3 in NYC in terms of percentage of Puerto Ricans... No question that a number of them are moving out and Mexicans and Dominicans are moving into the Bronx in general, but the PR presence is still very high in the Bronx and in Mott Haven and easily makes it presence felt moreso in this borough than in any other one by far...

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by DA Fernandez

I'm pretty sure Mott Haven is predominately Puerto Rican is it?

It still is but by the next census in 2020 it will be far different.

[DoubleXAs]

Originally Posted by nephi215

Maybe I exaggerated with "far" worse. But east ny and soundview come to mind.

See this is what I hate about some posters here. Talking out of their rectum without knowing. Let me let you in on a little secret.

Mott Haven has:

A higher murder rate than East NY, and a much higher murder rate than Soundview.

Higher robbery rates than both East NY and Soundview.

Higher rape rates than both East NY and Soundview.

Higher felony assault rates than both East NY and Soundview.

At it's worse it was worse than East NY and Soundview at their worst.

Much higher poverty rate than East NY and Soundview.

Higher Aids rate than both East NY and Soundview.

And probably more project dense than both East NY and Soundview.

The only neighborhoods than are in Mott Havens league are Brownsville and Hunts Point. Nothing else is even close.

Mott Haven is everything that is wrong with NYC. The ghetto mentality overwhelms that poor pathetic little neighborhood.

Now, let me ask you ..why oh why did you say those neighborhoods are worse than Mott Haven? You could have at least said Brownsville.

When people write without knowing...it depresses me.

I need a drink.

BRB