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They only seem to stay in areas within a half hour of Manhattan.
Any commute longer than that seems to repel them for the most part. As for going strong for years to come, I'm not sure since once something becomes "over" it dies out, and right now a lot of people consider Brooklyn to be "over". That's why you see other areas starting to pick up as the new "hip" areas to move to like Pittsburgh.
Agreed that there's some spillover from how costly real estate in close proximity to Manhattan, but there's also a basic national trend of putting more focus in urban areas.
There's also the trend of Brooklyn itself having developed more amenities, retail and jobs especially in North Brooklyn and in and around downtown Brooklyn, so it's not necessary for some to be within a half hour of Manhattan but just a half hour within those now--and as time goes on, that pale of settlement seems to be creeping further.
Yea, pretty much. Plus, a lot of hipsters work in media so the most familiar subject for them to turn to is themselves and their surroundings. It's why the mainstream narrative of Bushwick is that of a massive hipster enclave, which it is to some extent, but they are in very much the minority presence in Bushwick as the boundaries of actual Bushwick are much larger than the Bushwick (those areas within a few blocks of L train stops) that's commonly depicted.
Indeed and agreed. That makes total sense of the situation. Generally, hipster focused articles also tend to make the mistake of misplacing neighborhood borders. Between Lorimer st and Grand st would be mistakenly called Bushwick and by the Halsey J/Z station would be mistakenly called Brownsville. LOL
I am not jealous of the marketing machine...the borough has been raped by real estate developers. Congrats. The Bronx is going a different route completely...if you want poorly constructed, overpriced condos, Brooklyn and Manhattan are great options! If you want working and middle class housing (you know, for the "regular" people), the best bang for your buck, at affordable prices, that is what the Bronx is, and will be offering, going forward.
You can pay for the hype, I will pay for the actual value.
I am not jealous of the marketing machine...the borough has been raped by real estate developers. Congrats. The Bronx is going a different route completely...if you want poorly constructed, overpriced condos, Brooklyn and Manhattan are great options! If you want working and middle class housing (you know, for the "regular" people), the best bang for your buck, at affordable prices, that is the Bronx is, and will be offering, going forward.
You can pay for the hype, I will pay for the actual value.
I thought the new gentrification frontier was the Bronx? Didnt u want the bronx to gentrify??
I say within a year or two, you might see the hipster presence not being as significant in BK anymore. How do I know? Just through tapping into my clairvoyant powers to see into the future.
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