My NYC Black Folk......Gentrification

[shonuff]

Dead, I don't see it.

But, deep hibernation; most likely.

take a look at lexington ave from east 51st down to grand central
shyt is a ghost town and nothing is open at all

 

[ogc163]

 

[DPresidential]

Damn.

You're right about the bleek outlook.

 

[ogc163]

https://youtube.com/shorts/OW7g6TKo2mQ?feature=share

Walked from 79th to 116th on Sunday and this was the norm as well

 

[morris]

sheeet...Union Sq only has a few empty bldgs but on a warm day looks the same as before

Covid kicked out the extra weak; a lot of places were closing in Midtown pre-Covid; (RIP Ginger's and Caesar's Palace Pizza)

 

[ORDER_66]

Yeah its not looking good alot of these stores sitting empty

 

[88m3]

https://youtube.com/shorts/OW7g6TKo2mQ?feature=share

Walked from 79th to 116th on Sunday and this was the norm as well

I mean it was Easter Weekend


edit: also passover and ramadan

 

[shonuff]

I mean it was Easter Weekend


edit: also passover and ramadan

Thats still NOT normal for NYC esp on a weekend with nice weather

About the only time streets are light or empty is new years day Christmas day and maybe the Friday right before 4th of July that will fall on a sat or Sunday

 

[ogc163]

Rents near NYC subway stops skyrocket, even as ridership is still down

NYC is on it's way to becoming DC 2.0, a grey, vanilla, and boring city filled with nothing but yuppies.

 

[mson]

Winning the pandemic made Brooklyn bigger, richer, and more exclusive. Wealthy millennials are leading the charge.

It does feel like there are more twenty something
White and Asian people in NYC than ever before.

This city was tailor made for the A.D.D generation

 

[ogc163]

 

[ogc163]

 

[ogc163]

NYC’s Population Plummeted During Peak COVID — And It’s Still Likely Shrinking

Recent Census numbers show deaths and move-outs drove a 300,000-person drop through last summer. Even now, more are moving out than in.

www.thecity.nyc

 

[ogc163]

 

[360dagod]

New york is done🏳