My NYC Black Folk......Gentrification

[Wild self]

U would have to be crazy to do that commute for 30 years in the first place......

exactly. spend nearly 3-4 hours just to travel to a job everyday just to live slightly above poverty. That ain't living at all.

 

[No Homo]

Might as well live down south. Doesn't make sense when you spend all the time working at construction and sleeping.

Thats how i feel. The money isnt nearly the same for them as it is up here tho. They're basically taking an NY salary and living with down south prices. The sacrifice are those days and the commute. But look at the crazy shyt NYC prices have people doing tho just to make a comfortable living ..Just thinking about it now got me laughing

 

[Carolina Slim]

I see it like this... if u really love it that much... if u leave u will come back

I have no desire to go back

Lot of brehs stay cause theyre scared of the unknown. As soon as I got a taste of normal life I wanted out

Indeed. I miss certain things about the city, but not enough to want to live there again. And I'm a n1gga who was used to spending summers down here in NC. My wife is NY born and bred Puerto Rican, and it was hard at first for her to leave, but now, we go back to the city for a few days, long enough to get our fill of White Castle, NY pizza and Flor De Mayo , then she's like "aight, I'm good, let's go back home"

I love my ten minute commute to and from work, not having to deal with the subway at rush hour. There were times when I would get home that I felt like I had just been beat up. Now, I get home from work, and I feel like I can actually go do something.

 

[Wild self]

Thats how i feel. The money isnt nearly the same for them as it is up here tho. They're basically taking an NY salary and living with down south prices. The sacrifice are those days and the commute. But look at the crazy shyt NYC prices have people doing tho just to make a comfortable living ..Just thinking about it now got me laughing

Man, Save up some money and live down in ATL and buy a condo and

 

[BigMan]

doing more research, do yall think blacks will really be totally run out the city? like less than 5% population? i'm not so sure

 

[Wild self]

By the year 2030 it can be a possibility

doing more research, do yall think blacks will really be totally run out the city? like less than 5% population? i'm not so sure

 

[BigMan]

By the year 2030 it can be a possibility

You know that nyc is currently 24-25% black right?

 

[filial_piety]

doing more research, do yall think blacks will really be totally run out the city? like less than 5% population? i'm not so sure

Nah, if anything the middle class is being ran out regardless of race.

NYC seems to really only cater to the rich and the poor...everyone else in between is stuck.

 

[OatmealCreamPie]

This board went from talking about going back to Africa to going down south.

 

[CinnaSlim]

There's still tons of blacks/Caribbeans homeowners in Jamaica, Queens. A lot of Jews too.

It's really the border of NYC and Long Island. But its right next to the Belt Pkwy and the Van Wyck. We have Jamaica Center Bus Terminal/ E&J trains and the LIRR.

Apparently, Green Acres Mall is trying to spruce itself up. We just got a Haagen Das and a Starbucks booth. Also, they're bringing in a Chipotle and Panera Bread.

All my fam in NY & NJ, have either moved to NC or brought a house to rent out there. Im trying to save up to move out the city now.

 

[ridedolo]

There's still tons of blacks/Caribbeans homeowners in Jamaica, Queens. A lot of Jews too.

It's really the border of NYC and Long Island. But its right next to the Belt Pkwy and the Van Wyck. We have Jamaica Center Bus Terminal/ E&J trains and the LIRR.

Apparently, Green Acres Mall is trying to spruce itself up. We just got a Haagen Das and a Starbucks booth. Also, they're bringing in a Chipotle and Panera Bread.

All my fam in NY & NJ, have either moved to NC or brought a house to rent out there. Im trying to save up to move out the city now.

I'm by there a lot lately , and I see that mall got a bunch of decent stores and shyt opening. Still kinda hood over there though

 

[BigMan]

Yeah it seems like that area of queens wont see gentrification. But I think nyc will always have a large black population although it will prolly continue to decrease . Maybe to under a million

 

[No Homo]

There's still tons of blacks/Caribbeans homeowners in Jamaica, Queens. A lot of Jews too.

It's really the border of NYC and Long Island. But its right next to the Belt Pkwy and the Van Wyck. We have Jamaica Center Bus Terminal/ E&J trains and the LIRR.

Apparently, Green Acres Mall is trying to spruce itself up. We just got a Haagen Das and a Starbucks booth. Also, they're bringing in a Chipotle and Panera Bread.

All my fam in NY & NJ, have either moved to NC or brought a house to rent out there. Im trying to save up to move out the city now.

That Caribbean homeowner shyt is what i thought would save us here in east flatbush but nope..they're over here now slowly creeping in

 

[CinnaSlim]

That Caribbean homeowner shyt is what i thought would save us here in east flatbush but nope..they're over here now slowly creeping in

Honestly, the only reason we're not gentrified yet is because our distance from the city but its coming.

 

[Fat Kevin]

There's still tons of blacks/Caribbeans homeowners in Jamaica, Queens. A lot of Jews too.

It's really the border of NYC and Long Island. But its right next to the Belt Pkwy and the Van Wyck. We have Jamaica Center Bus Terminal/ E&J trains and the LIRR.

Apparently, Green Acres Mall is trying to spruce itself up. We just got a Haagen Das and a Starbucks booth. Also, they're bringing in a Chipotle and Panera Bread.

All my fam in NY & NJ, have either moved to NC or brought a house to rent out there. Im trying to save up to move out the city now.

I know exactly what you're talking about, that whole chunk of Queens bordering Nassau is probably close to 100% black. But its distance from Manhattan might be unappealing for many people.