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I disagree. Astoria for example has been said to be the most diverse place in all of NYC, if not the world. It has a great mix of people, residential/businesses, houses, apartments, parks and activities including nightlife.
LIC on the other hand has a bland homogeneous feel to it, streets somewhat empty and desolate, more residential cookie cutter glass towers filled with young professions, severe lack of amenities. Maybe it will change but the current trend is just build 4-30 story similar rentals/condos with cheap materials and sell at Manhattan prices.
Now that I think about it, perhaps I am wrong, LIC doesn't feel like a 'neighborhood' at all
What you described is not ghetto. Ghetto or hood are large swaths of areas which look and feel like third world countries when you're in em. They don't encompass glass towers.
What you described is not ghetto. Ghetto or hood are large swaths of areas which look and feel like third world countries when you're in em. They don't encompass glass towers.
There are multiple definitions of the word ghetto. I described one, you described the other. While both are accurate, the colloquialism of the word would lean more towards your definition.
I think you're confusing LIC with Astoria. The other poster gives a more accurate picture, although I'd argue that LIC has an older demographic than he/she thinks. There are younger people but most of the folks I see are clearly middle-aged (or at least over 30) or have families, especially around Vernon Blvd.
I know both neighborhoods very well. Lived in Astoria in the past. Have family in both still, and that goes back pre-gentrification. Saying that LIC is desolate and lacks amenities is said out of straight jealousy for not being able to afford to live there these days. It has more restaurants, bars and cafes than most neighborhoods. More waterfront parks, museums and libraries than most neighborhoods. More trains that are only one stop away from Midtown Manhattan than, any neighborhood. The police department is right there. There are churches there as well. Also a bridge and a tunnel that takes you right into Manhattan. Even has an LIRR stop and ferry service. It s not ghetto by any definition, no matter how made up that definition is. It definitely has more amenities than say, St Albans, for example.
I see a lot of the city due to my employment. My vote goes for Far Rockaway, although some deep parts of the Bronx (South Bronx) and Brooklyn (Brownsville, East New York) still come close. But honestly they come up short to a place that isn't even in the city. and that place is Yonkers! By far the worst i've seen in my time on this earth has been the ghetto areas of Yonkers.
The "ghettos" of NYC are basically the suburbs compared to the most dangerous parts of the country
100%. I lived in Chicago for 3 years and there are parts of the southside and towards the western suburbs that make ENY/Brownsville look like genuinely wonderful places.
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