My NYC Black Folk......Gentrification

[ogc163]

SMFH NYC liberals never learn, still clinging to a top down approach when it comes to community development at this Fugazi "Home Ownership" they are pushing.

 

[Wild self]

Yeah pretty much. It sucks b/c people from the northeast have the most unique character/personalities. All of that is going to be watered down by those skinny jean fakkits.

thats the future, unfortunately

 

[Canada Goose]

NoBro is a no go, I am pretty sure they all own the property they live in up there. Same reason Chinatown is still Chinatown. If we owned our neighborhoods we would be able to keep em

SoBro is no go cause shyt is still live. Over by Yankee Stadium is just hideous w/the highways and overpasses and all that. I think all the trains in the BX are above ground too which is another eyesore/negative. "That shyt aint never gon pop like 10 gold chains"

And lets not forget

I feel like we hit saturation breh

The J train runs outside in Williamsburg and that area in gentrifying. Also the areas along the line up until like Gates Ave or so now have white people, in the 90s that was pure hood! So the trains running on a EL structure isn't really a negative to these people, also the BQE and the Williamsburg Bridge passes though the area. Which is noisy and pollution, same issue as the south BX with their highways.

If you think white people are unwilling to live next to the projects... You have another thing coming

Ask Chicago about that


Gentrification isn't slowing down for the next 20-30... Get used to it

Yep, in Brooklyn whites live next to the Projects, like Red Hook and Marcy projects for example. Its pretty common to see a major presense of whites at the two G line stations that serve Marcy PJs.

 

[606onit]

If you think white people are unwilling to live next to the projects... You have another thing coming

Ask Chicago about that


Gentrification isn't slowing down for the next 20-30... Get used to it

yup.....just read thru this thread and Chicago is on the same ish.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Nah folks in the South Bronx by and large don't own shyt, that is part of the problem. When hipsters come to town, if there is some ownership at least you can walk away with some money in your pocket.

Yea but have u been to the South Bronx

I wont front though... that video is a pretty good sales pitch. She got me wantin to investigate further

The question though is, she keeps saying its "affordable"... whats affordable? Everything coming up on CL is like $500K or not very "affordable" rent to own projects

3BR 3BTH NEW CONSTRUCTION BRONX

$65K minimum income, w/an $1850 mortgage

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah pretty much. It sucks b/c people from the northeast have the most unique character/personalities.

 

[The Nigerian]

Why the hell are you people lamenting the improvement of neighborhood conditions?

 

[ogc163]

Yea but have u been to the South Bronx

I wont front though... that video is a pretty good sales pitch. She got me wantin to investigate further

The question though is, she keeps saying its "affordable"... whats affordable? Everything coming up on CL is like $500K or not very "affordable" rent to own projects

3BR 3BTH NEW CONSTRUCTION BRONX

$65K minimum income, w/an $1850 mortgage

Yeah I've been there, I grew up across the street from the spot at 3:52 in the video on 163rd and 3rd and my family still lives there. That neighborhood is still grimey and those buildings may look great on the outside but inside Plus the wild ass nikkas have moved in and are chipping away at the infrastructure ALREADY. They tried to make those apartments a Co-Op City lite type of thing, difference is Co-Op is mostly older people with relatively high disposable incomes, married blue collar middle class folks who often have two incomes, retired city workers living comfortably off of their pensions. The South Bronx apartments have a very different set of folks living inside there.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Why the hell are you people lamenting the improvement of neighborhood conditions?

Partially because they come at the expense of the culture of the neighborhoods (including the dangers people celebrate as badges of honor), partially because they come with a displacement of people who have nowhere else to go

Sure safety is an important metric, and the neighborhoods improve that way, but tell that to the families that get evicted and have to move to places like Camden + Patterson

Then to add insult to injury, the folks who displace + raze the neighborhoods come in and act like they have discovered America + are doing such noble + great work. This chick in the video had the nerve to say "when you see a Duane Reade in the South Bronx, its safe to say the South Bronx has arrived"... bytch, what about all the businesses and people who were there when you got there?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah I've been there, I grew up across the street from the spot at 3:52 in the video on 163rd and 3rd and my family still lives there. That neighborhood is still grimey and those buildings may look great on the outside but inside Plus the wild ass nikkas have moved in and are chipping away at the infrastructure ALREADY. They tried to make those apartments a Co-Op City lite type of thing, difference is Co-Op is mostly older people with relatively high disposable incomes, married blue collar middle class folks who often have two incomes, retired city workers living comfortably off of their pensions. The South Bronx apartments have a very different set of folks living inside there.

$1850 a month... and your neighbors got you like

 

[ogc163]

$1850 a month... and your neighbors got you like

But LMAO @ paying $1850 anywhere near University Ave. A 3 bedroom is $1300 up here in the North Bronx.

 

[The Nigerian]

Yea but have u been to the South Bronx

I wont front though... that video is a pretty good sales pitch. She got me wantin to investigate further

The question though is, she keeps saying its "affordable"... whats affordable? Everything coming up on CL is like $500K or not very "affordable" rent to own projects

3BR 3BTH NEW CONSTRUCTION BRONX

$65K minimum income, w/an $1850 mortgage

Those requirements are insanely low and that mortgage is very very affordable for a new couple or a pair of young professionals getting thier start in the city. Here I was thinking that NYC was completely inaccessible to young upstarts.

I'm sorry but I really don't get what the big outrage over the changing demographics. Poor people don't need to be taking up prime real estate. Working people with decent incomes need that space.

Hoodboogers and government assistance leeches need to be pushed into rural communities where that nonsense is less noticeable. Can you imagine how much the government would save if they put all Section 8 recipients in backwoods, rural communities? It would make city life a lot better and it would probably improve race relations across the board.

 

[unit321]

Gentrification?
I think it's real estate developers taking advantage of low cost property, then building a nice condo/home/apartment and marketing that to middle class people who can't afford Manhattan Upper West Side but want a modern home with a bit more square footage for less money. Some people don't want to commute to Westchester, New Jersey or out to Long Island.
Haven't been in the Bronx in a long time. I visited the Bronx Zoo and made sure we left in the daylight. We took the 6 back down to Manhattan.

 

[unit321]

Can you imagine how much the government would save if they put all Section 8 recipients in backwoods, rural communities?

Basically, it would be section 8 housing but with trees. I saw it where I used to work. There are no skyscraper projects where I worked as a po-po.

 

[The Nigerian]

Basically, it would be section 8 housing but with trees. I saw it where I used to work. There are no skyscraper projects where I worked as a po-po.

I grew up in rural America and I've observed the steady build up of Section 8 housing. It's a better enviroment than the ghettos I've seen around the country. Sure, you're not connected to the city, but it's peaceful, not as densely populated, and the schools, while not the best, are better than the inner city sh!tholes by leaps and bounds. It's far easier for a poor person to get by in rural America than it is in any major city.

The city should be for working people and those that can afford it only. Being poor here is such an awful reality for someone to endure.