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Is anyone out there familiar with Ridgewood Queens ?
It appears it is on the upswing, but can anyone else verify?
There are lots of various Eastern European groups are settling in Ridgewood. The area seems to be more and more Euro-middle-class and less working class. I've also noticed more new businesses, renovated homes and new construction in the area. Not exactly gentrifying, at least not yet, but may have the potential to become more upscale then it is now. Home prices are quite high as are rents.
A second question has to do with Bushwick. If Ridgewood is on the upswing and Wiliamsburg and Greenpoint already gentrifying what does the future hold for Bushwick which is between the two areas. Will this upswing flow over into Bushwick?
A second question has to do with Bushwick. If Ridgewood is on the upswing and Wiliamsburg and Greenpoint already gentrifying what does the future hold for Bushwick which is between the two areas. Will this upswing flow over into Bushwick?
Is Bushwick going to get better?
Portions of Bushwick have been semi-gentrified for the past few years already. The closer you are to Williamsburg in Bushwick, the more you'll see gentrification. The closer you get to the northeastern section of Bed-Stuy or East New York, it's arguably "non-existent".
why is it that everything is seen as needing to be gentrified? Seriously, to all you newcomer resident types, do you really have a problem with plain old working class communities in the outer boroughs? Does everything have to be the next Williamsburg, Park Slope or Soho, and have an influx of sushi fusion joints and cliche coffee houses? We have enough yuppy and hipster neighborhoods in NY...why dont you people go gentrify Detroit, a city that could probably actually use it.
Ridgewood is fine as is, and thank you NJ Chutzpah and Jax for not being clueless like many on this forum
why is it that everything is seen as needing to be gentrified? Seriously, to all you newcomer resident types, do you really have a problem with plain old working class communities in the outer boroughs? Does everything have to be the next Williamsburg, Park Slope or Soho, and have an influx of sushi fusion joints and cliche coffee houses? We have enough yuppy and hipster neighborhoods in NY...why dont you people go gentrify Detroit, a city that could probably actually use it.
Ridgewood is fine as is, and thank you NJ Chutzpah and Jax for not being clueless like many on this forum
Southern Brooklyn and most all of Queens seems to fit this mold. The majority of the gentrification is aimed directly at the ghetto (Central Brooklyn and Harlem), and frankly, I won't be sorry to see it go. I wouldn't fret over the loss of working class hoods...
Southern Brooklyn and most all of Queens seems to fit this mold. The majority of the gentrification is aimed directly at the ghetto (Central Brooklyn and Harlem), and frankly, I won't be sorry to see it go. I wouldn't fret over the loss of working class hoods...
Working class is not the hood
working class, blue collar and middle class are synonymous
well I guess there is no more middle class, it is just upper, and lower from now on
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