My NYC Black Folk......Gentrification
- Thread starter Lewis Black
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I heard this from one of the elders who I totally respect.
The "third answer" on KISS FM now WBLS is an ol' black man who put together boycotts on Madison Avenue and got marketers to add black executives who voices this all the time. I trust that dude.
He stated that Rangel and David Dinkins, the then Manhattan Borough President, were in on it. He was saying that on KISS 15 years ago before gentrification took place in Harlem!!
I will take your word for it. I grew up with a couple of folks who were probably on the other sides of those dealings.
its for reasons like my NYC brehs stated that i much prefer Detroit/Chicago's hipsters to NYC's.
Ain't many trust fund kids in Detroit, perhaps in the Chi but nothing like in NYC...the hippies here actually participate within the community and don't hide themselves away in little enclaves. I guess you could say the weirdness here is more genuine...
Ain't many trust fund kids in Detroit, perhaps in the Chi but nothing like in NYC...the hippies here actually participate within the community and don't hide themselves away in little enclaves. I guess you could say the weirdness here is more genuine...
I feel like Detroit today is where NYC was maybe 30 years ago... and by not being there I'm missing out on a big opportunity
Keep it fonky though. How many hipsters are really crossing 8 Mile Road? They don't play over there. They are too busy to even rap about it
Keep it fonky though. How many hipsters are really crossing 8 Mile Road? They don't play over there. They are too busy to even rap about it
john goodman
All Star
Philly today = NYC in 95
And I'm not missing out on shyt... Gonna be clockin math every step of the way
And I'm not missing out on shyt... Gonna be clockin math every step of the way
john goodman
All Star
Baltimore is also on my gentrification watch
Crazy amount of $$$ in that region and a crazy amount of distressed real estate
Sounds like a recipe for gentrification to me...
Also... It will eventually hit small cities like Wilmington, Trenton, Newark etc... I'm watching out on all fronts
Crazy amount of $$$ in that region and a crazy amount of distressed real estate
Sounds like a recipe for gentrification to me...
Also... It will eventually hit small cities like Wilmington, Trenton, Newark etc... I'm watching out on all fronts
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
I have a relative I don't know that went to UPenn who after not being there for 20 years, came back asked my cousin when when did the area around there turn to center city.
ogc163
Superstar
Yeah DMV prices have beeing going up overall, I'm currently in Annapolis and prices are continue to go up. My sister used to pay $500 fora 2 bedroom in a gated community when she first moved to Baltimore, that same spot would run $950-975.
Baltimore-area rental rates rise 11.9 percent in last year - Baltimore Business Journal
The Real Estate Wonk: Where home prices are rising - Baltimore homes, apartments, real estate: Buying, selling, renting and housing news from reporter Jamie Smith Hopkins - baltimoresun.com
Baltimore???? 
What is going on? Are all the jobs moving to cities and leaving rural areas??? Seems like everyone is running to the coasts
What is going on? Are all the jobs moving to cities and leaving rural areas??? Seems like everyone is running to the coasts
Down South? ain't nothing down here yo, they moving to nothing when they come down here for real. We certainly don't have the building to house them. And the South is run by Republicans so they sure aren't about to build anymore low income housing.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
I haven't read through the rest of the thread, but there's a reason why that shyt ain't getting sold like that.
It's not even just the location in terms of public transportation (the Bx36 gets you to Tremont and Burnside or to the 5 or 6 train no problem). My brother's grandma used to live on 180th and Clinton. I know that area real well. Ghetto as fukk. The bytches are BAD though (there was one girl I hooked up with while we were practicing for a quinceanera on Southern Blvd
I miss that summer, but I digress).Lots of gangs out there. You are 1 Derrick Rose jersey away from someone tryna ask you what set you claim out there and needing to get the question right. The apt looks nice so as long as you can handle your surroundings you should be OK.
I haven't read through the rest of the thread, but there's a reason why that shyt ain't getting sold like that.
It's not even just the location in terms of public transportation (the Bx36 gets you to Tremont and Burnside or to the 5 or 6 train no problem). My brother's grandma used to live on 180th and Clinton. I know that area real well. Ghetto as fukk. The bytches are BAD though (there was one girl I hooked up with while we were practicing for a quinceanera on Southern Blvd
Lots of gangs out there. You are 1 Derrick Rose jersey away from someone tryna ask you what set you claim out there and needing to get the question right. The apt looks nice so as long as you can handle your surroundings you should be OK.
45% occupancy? That would be a no.
thatbreh I'm telling you, its unlike anything I've ever seen before.
Me & the wifey use to cook food and take it to the homeless. The 1st place we went was what I expected, shelters, soup kitchen.
Then the next place we just stopped on a corner. Black people, I mean, grown old folks, teenagers and babies all started coming out of THE WOODS, just out of the night air from no where. I couldn't believe my eyes
, never hear about this stuff on the news, never hear about it in church. One of the saddest sites I've ever seen breh. 