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Fewer People Are Abandoning the Bronx, Census Data Show
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Karsten Moran for The New York Times
Danielle Jackson, a co-founder of the Bronx Documentary Center, moved from Brooklyn to the Bronx in May.
By SAM ROBERTS
Published: March 14, 2013
Danielle Jackson has lived all over New York City since she moved from New Jersey in 1998 to attend New York University. Last May, she moved from Flatbush to the South Bronx, where she co-founded a photography gallery a year earlier.
"My rent was being raised, I wanted a bigger apartment and the commute was killing me," she recalled. Ms. Jackson found a two-bedroom apartment in Mott Haven for $50 less a month than she would have paid for less space had she renewed her lease in Brooklyn.
•Great mass transit, well served by both rapid transit and bus lines.
•Parkland, Bronx Park is centrally located. Enormous parks along the northern border, smaller parks scattered throughout. A beach, an internationally renowned zoo and botanical gardens, Yankee Stadium. Bronx River and South Bronx Green ways in the works. Harlem River Green way under planning.
•Density. Such density supports a diversity of amenities. Walkability.
•Diversity, many different kinds of people are represented in the Bronx. Racially, economically, sexually, linguistically, ethnically, religiously diverse.
•Architecture. Art deco, Tudor style, neo modern green architecture, even modern era public housing.
I read this article and it was extremely shoddy journalism, especially for the NYTimes. I know 2 of the people quoted in the article, and they should not have been referenced or included at all (for reasons I do not want to say on here). Needless to say, if you knew these people, they are not people you would want quoted in your article.
Fact checking is kinda important, and there was none of that on the part of the author. Embarassing for the NYTimes.
I read this article and it was extremely shoddy journalism, especially for the NYTimes. I know 2 of the people quoted in the article, and they should not have been referenced or included at all (for reasons I do not want to say on here). Needless to say, if you knew these people, they are not people you would want quoted in your article.
Fact checking is kinda important, and there was none of that on the part of the author. Embarassing for the NYTimes.
Well, the only real point is that the Bronx grew faster 2010-2012 (+1.7%) than the state of New York (+1.0%) and comparably to the nation as a whole (also +1.7%). The people quoted are just filler to make the article more than two lines long, as they are in pretty much any report like this.
•Great mass transit, well served by both rapid transit and bus lines.
•Parkland, Bronx Park is centrally located. Enormous parks along the northern border, smaller parks scattered throughout. A beach, an internationally renowned zoo and botanical gardens, Yankee Stadium. Bronx River and South Bronx Green ways in the works. Harlem River Green way under planning.
•Density. Such density supports a diversity of amenities. Walkability.
•Diversity, many different kinds of people are represented in the Bronx. Racially, economically, sexually, linguistically, ethnically, religiously diverse.
•Architecture. Art deco, Tudor style, neo modern green architecture, even modern era public housing.
Its in between Manhattan and Westchester, two places one can go to for employment purposes. Another good thing about the Bronx.
Well, the only real point is that the Bronx grew faster 2010-2012 (+1.7%) than the state of New York (+1.0%) and comparably to the nation as a whole (also +1.7%). The people quoted are just filler to make the article more than two lines long, as they are in pretty much any report like this.
The Bronx has grown faster than the state as a whole for every decade since 1980, in the 90s much faster. Still hasn't gotten to 1970 levels. I think the difference is the net-out migration is lower. Previously it was meant up for by children.
I think this is even more true of the elderly. A young person in his 20s can more easily leave town by just hopping on the next bus out of town, and at that age can endure hardship greater.
An old person who has retired but only has social security income probably isn't going to leave, because they can't afford to. And unlike a much young person, they are too used to having some degree of stability.
Even of younger people, these days unless you have something lined up (a job offer, school, family or friends who will let you stay with them for awhile, considerable savings/assets) its probably not a good idea to just move, unless you want to experience homelessness. I'd say this is true for people around the world.
Also, leaving NYC doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a better deal, particularly when you have to factor in increased transportation costs. Minimum wage jobs or close to them will be tight living in any part of the country, and being jobless is all the same everywhere.
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