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Looks like the graffiti vandals were pretty racist too. There is a swastika graffiti on the left side of the
building. Maybe there were Jewish hipsters living in that building they were taunting?
The buildings are in Berlin. There's more swastika graffiti over there due to neo-Nazi taggers.
Im not against urban revitilization by any means......and you know what? I realize american society is not fair....life in general is not fair......I realize society is unequal and all these things......
I also realize city data forums are already FLOOOODED with threads on gentrification.....but what im about to say i dont think its been said yet......so with that established...... to any proud self described gentrifier reading this.....
- YOU ARE NOT GODS GIFT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD/CITY!!!!!!
Are you talking about a specific neighborhood, or just in general?
FYI, most neighborhoods used to be inhabited by a whole different set of people, it's all a matter of timeframe. If you're talking about a black neighborhood being changed to white, what you probably don't realize that 100 years ago it was probably white to begin with. And really, who cares? Black, White, Asian, Indian, whatever, people have a right to live where they like and can afford
Are you talking about a specific neighborhood, or just in general?
FYI, most neighborhoods used to be inhabited by a whole different set of people, it's all a matter of timeframe. If you're talking about a black neighborhood being changed to white, what you probably don't realize that 100 years ago it was probably white to begin with. And really, who cares? Black, White, Asian, Indian, whatever, people have a right to live where they like and can afford
read the rest of that post......youll get an answer......i promise......*smh*
Are you talking about a specific neighborhood, or just in general?
FYI, most neighborhoods used to be inhabited by a whole different set of people, it's all a matter of timeframe. If you're talking about a black neighborhood being changed to white, what you probably don't realize that 100 years ago it was probably white to begin with. And really, who cares? Black, White, Asian, Indian, whatever, people have a right to live where they like and can afford
Not even 100 years. For example, bushwick was a white neighborhood up until the '70s. Broadway was the racial dividing line with south of it being black and north of it being white.
Not even 100 years. For example, bushwick was a white neighborhood up until the '70s. Broadway was the racial dividing line with south of it being black and north of it being white.
Yep - and Bed Stuy, the Harlem of Brooklyn all started as Dutch land built into housing by legions of Irish & German Immigrants. It's the cycle of life
Not even 100 years. For example, bushwick was a white neighborhood up until the '70s. Broadway was the racial dividing line with south of it being black and north of it being white.
not exactly.....blacks and puerto ricans moved in in massive numbers as early as the 50s......most of these neighborhoods started going from white to nonwhite when the 2nd great migration from the south hit (the black influx). round that same time, most of NYC's Puerto Rican community moved in.
not exactly.....blacks and puerto ricans moved in in massive numbers as early as the 50s......most of these neighborhoods started going from white to nonwhite when the 2nd great migration from the south hit (the black influx). round that same time, most of NYC's Puerto Rican community moved in.
Bushwick did not have a massive black and PR population in the '50s. It was still mostly German with a growing italian population. At that point in time, it was the Italians that the Germans were worried about, not blacks or PRs. It wasn't until the '70s that they burned my pops building down, giving him no choice but to move.
Whelp for me, the potential this thread had is totally gone now.
Op, I hope you know that the way you write and speak, including accent are the first set of inputs people use to prejudge your intelligence. It is not fair but that's the way it is. The way you are writing on this forum, does not have you come across as someone who knows what they are talking about or even have a valid point. It is a shame because I thought you had few valid points to raise but failed to do so in logical manner and backed it up with false data.
Going back to writing and equating it with intelligence, I think you said it's not my writing but failure of reading comprehension on the readers' parts. Considering English is not the first language for many people on this forum (including myself) and especially since it is NYC forum. If you are smart as you think you are, wouldn't it have been better to write it in more readable manner using your superior smarts you think you have to make up for readers with lower reading comprehension to have a meaningful discussion? Instead you took the other road and basically said, LOL i write fin3, you kant read. LOL. don't talk to me. LOL.
As for false data part. It is not hard for anyone to google for census info about say Bushwick and call your bullsh*t. Quick googling and I learned that it was mostly white in Bushwick in 50s (Italians with some Germans). Minorities such as African Americans did not move in until 70s. Just to double check, I did a further digging on census data of 50s to 70s supports it.
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