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> he and his family live on Sutton Place, which is not the UES.
That's lame, dude. There is no functional difference between Sutton place and UES - Sutton Place borders the Upper East. It's the same thing. Nice area- just borders some dogsh*t as the Queensboro bridge area is awful and Midtown East is not particularly endearing.
Seems to me it's a diplomat and pied-a-terre set of blocks.
Can a name get any more West Indian than "Winston Brewington?" He's gotta be a Bajan with a name like that.
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Plenty of her neighbors, however, of all races and creeds, are perfectly happy where they are, like Winston Brewington, a 27-year-old black man, who grew up on the Upper East Side and recently moved back to the area with his girlfriend.
UES as a whole(except for west of Lex) is cheaper rent-wise than most Manhattan neighborhoods besides uptown and the financial district.
My wife and I don't like it(black/white interracial couple) because we didn't like the "feel" of it and it feels pretenious in some areas. We actually looked at some apts up there a few years ago and our broker kept asking me if I had good credit as if all Blacks have bad credit. Some of the building managers had the same attitude. Though, i've spent times up there where I didn't feel uncomfortable as well.
A colleague of mine who is Black lives up around 80th and 2nd with his brother and loves it up there. The White women that go to the local bars tend to hit on both of them constantly and they've made tons of White friends. However, he grew up around Whites therefore there may be a better comfort level for him.
Honestly, it's just preference but I would never live up there and would never live in a co-op. We're staying on the westside.
UES as a whole(except for west of Lex) is cheaper rent-wise than most Manhattan neighborhoods besides uptown and the financial district.
My wife and I don't like it(black/white interracial couple) because we didn't like the "feel" of it and it feels pretenious in some areas. We actually looked at some apts up there a few years ago and our broker kept asking me if I had good credit as if all Blacks have bad credit. Some of the building managers had the same attitude. Though, i've spent times up there where I didn't feel uncomfortable as well.
A colleague of mine who is Black lives up around 80th and 2nd with his brother and loves it up there. The White women that go to the local bars tend to hit on both of them constantly and they've made tons of White friends. However, he grew up around Whites therefore there may be a better comfort level for him.
Honestly, it's just preference but I would never live up there and would never live in a co-op. We're staying on the westside.
Why take it personal? They always ask everyone if they have good credit.
There is an excellent book on black social mobility and the black professional class called Blue Chip Blacks. Read it.
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