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I don't like calling myself a transplant because I feel like that's code word for: "white person from midwest that's a yuppie or hipster and gentrifies the hood". I'm neither white or a gentrifier. There should be a different term for people like me, but I'm content with being a D.C. cat that lives in NY.
Before I moved here as an adult I've always wanted to live here. Spent a lot of time here visiting my ppls before I made the leap. NYC has always been my favorite city. Not off no fairytale BS but I've always been influenced by the culture here. I accept the good, bad, and ugly. I love the subway system as a transit enthusiast and have been to every station in the entire system + SIR. I miss certain things about the city that were present here back in the 90's and early 00's, gentrification destroys a lot homegrown culture, thank God most of the Bronx and a good slice of Brooklyn is still real to me, so does parts of Harlem and shoutout to Far Rock.
Came here with barely anything but the grind and hard work is finally starting to pay off. No complaints but I do miss living in the Bronx. Parkchester is beautiful, one of the best spots in the X. Also miss Brooklyn too. Flatbush was a cool place to live but relying on the B46 wasn't. I live in Alphabet city now on Avenue A and its just..... "Ok". I live Avenue D much better.
I don't like calling myself a transplant because I feel like that's code word for: "white person from midwest that's a yuppie or hipster and gentrifies the hood". I'm neither white or a gentrifier. There should be a different term for people like me, but I'm content with being a D.C. cat that lives in NY.
Before I moved here as an adult I've always wanted to live here. Spent a lot of time here visiting my ppls before I made the leap. NYC has always been my favorite city. Not off no fairytale BS but I've always been influenced by the culture here. I accept the good, bad, and ugly. I love the subway system as a transit enthusiast and have been to every station in the entire system + SIR. I miss certain things about the city that were present here back in the 90's and early 00's, gentrification destroys a lot homegrown culture, thank God most of the Bronx and a good slice of Brooklyn is still real to me, so does parts of Harlem and shoutout to Far Rock.
Came here with barely anything but the grind and hard work is finally starting to pay off. No complaints but I do miss living in the Bronx. Parkchester is beautiful, one of the best spots in the X. Also miss Brooklyn too. Flatbush was a cool place to live but relying on the B46 wasn't. I live in Alphabet city now on Avenue A and its just..... "Ok". I live Avenue D much better.
Am here to say don't believe the hype about the subway unless you like riding in purgatory. My biggest pet peeve about transplants: using the term "green line" for the Lex line.
I don't like calling myself a transplant because I feel like that's code word for: "white person from midwest that's a yuppie or hipster and gentrifies the hood". I'm neither white or a gentrifier. There should be a different term for people like me, but I'm content with being a D.C. cat that lives in NY.
Before I moved here as an adult I've always wanted to live here. Spent a lot of time here visiting my ppls before I made the leap. NYC has always been my favorite city. Not off no fairytale BS but I've always been influenced by the culture here. I accept the good, bad, and ugly. I love the subway system as a transit enthusiast and have been to every station in the entire system + SIR. I miss certain things about the city that were present here back in the 90's and early 00's, gentrification destroys a lot homegrown culture, thank God most of the Bronx and a good slice of Brooklyn is still real to me, so does parts of Harlem and shoutout to Far Rock.
Came here with barely anything but the grind and hard work is finally starting to pay off. No complaints but I do miss living in the Bronx. Parkchester is beautiful, one of the best spots in the X. Also miss Brooklyn too. Flatbush was a cool place to live but relying on the B46 wasn't. I live in Alphabet city now on Avenue A and its just..... "Ok". I live Avenue D much better.
People watch YouTube videos, movies, GTA4, books, TV shows they fell in love with NYC.
I enjoy the high culture while I dislike how racist and segregated the city is. In addition to the the intense competition for resources and status. I miss southern and Midwest hospitality.
I don't like calling myself a transplant because I feel like that's code word for: "white person from midwest that's a yuppie or hipster and gentrifies the hood". I'm neither white or a gentrifier. There should be a different term for people like me, but I'm content with being a D.C. cat that lives in NY.
Before I moved here as an adult I've always wanted to live here. Spent a lot of time here visiting my ppls before I made the leap. NYC has always been my favorite city. Not off no fairytale BS but I've always been influenced by the culture here. I accept the good, bad, and ugly. I love the subway system as a transit enthusiast and have been to every station in the entire system + SIR. I miss certain things about the city that were present here back in the 90's and early 00's, gentrification destroys a lot homegrown culture, thank God most of the Bronx and a good slice of Brooklyn is still real to me, so does parts of Harlem and shoutout to Far Rock.
Came here with barely anything but the grind and hard work is finally starting to pay off. No complaints but I do miss living in the Bronx. Parkchester is beautiful, one of the best spots in the X. Also miss Brooklyn too. Flatbush was a cool place to live but relying on the B46 wasn't. I live in Alphabet city now on Avenue A and its just..... "Ok". I live Avenue D much better.
Wnyc has a segment about this. All of thr transplants love nyc. Also the Transplants have changed culture in NYC in recent decade.
I'm not really sure if I consider myself a transplant or not, because I lived in brooklyn until I was 7 and then only 30 mins outside the city until a few years ago and my whole family besides my parents and a cousin or two lives in the city, but I basically came here for graduate school and will probably leave after because it's too expensive.
I enjoy the high culture while I dislike how racist and segregated the city is. In addition to the the intense competition for resources and status. I miss southern and Midwest hospitality.
What cities do you find to be less segregated and racist? In fact I don't find the city to be particularly segregated, and while there are racists, I have to imagine it is no worse than any other US city. Most people here are open minded.
I moved here one week after 9-11. The move had already been planned and I had started paying rent on a room as of September 1, 2001. When the terror attacks happened, I had no idea what to do, but decided to come anyway. It was a very strange time. Didn't stop me from being on a high for the first year with all the excitement of finally being somewhere I felt like I belonged. However, that high definitely dissipated slowly over time and I get frustrated now along with the natives about filth, crowds, delayed trains, etc.
But I have to say that thinking about going back to a place where I was bored all the time doesn't hold much appeal either. Also I bought a coop apartment in an unhip outer borough neighborhood, so I blend in a bit with the natives sometimes. Added to that, my mother and grandparents were born in Queens, so I guess I'm sort of native-once removed.
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