There are definitely some pockets in the city that have a high number of minorities owning properties. Merrick and pretty much a straight line past the Jamaica Avenue bus stop down the Q5 line is what you guys would consider black excellence.
well from this and are not going anywhere. plus there are lots of career people, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and skilled labor folks who can actually afford to rent or buy in this city gentrification or not. there are over 3 million black people in nyc, 
@ dudes going on about like we all struggling or starving.
Yah but they were giving buildings away pretty much in the 70s/80s
I never said that, but any time anyone says crime has dropped significantly since what you feel is BK's "heyday" you get emotional + throw out allegations of racism and c00neryYah but they were giving buildings away pretty much in the 70s/80s
And @NYCRebel
All I have been saying to you is all the change in these neighborhoods hasn't been bad, and its stupid as hell for people who 1 don't own any property there and 2 don't even live there anymore to anoint themselves the angry gatekeepers of everything BK
The people being displaced have to have a place in the discussion but at the end of the day money talks, unfortunately. I think its a good thing that black people are moving down south to places where they can build their wealth more easily.... the NE is a dead mission for any household making less than $200K in the long run
so we pulling numbers out our culo now or is this based on some actual intelligent thought process.You could have just asked me how I got that number instead of jumping to convenient conclusions
. Thats just the ground level. Median household income for blacks + Latinos in NYC is just under $40K.... tell me where a family of 4 making 40K can own property, send their kids to a good school, and commute into the city affordably in NYC... just based on RE rules their rent is capped at $1000/mo... no way they are getting a mortgage + paying property tax on anything in city limits with that.....
..wait what? Is this official? This is hilarious.
im surprised they didnt do that to Chelseas projects. Also, the ones in the LES and DUMBO are prime real estate.
You could have just asked me how I got that number instead of jumping to convenient conclusions
If you want to raise a family + own property + save to retire in NYC, and you work on the island (which is the case for most people here), $200K/yr in today's dollars is the ground floor IMO
You can just live here for much less, but you need a lot of money to do NYC long term. A house in a decent school district is gonna be like 350K to start. Commuting into the city is 200-400/mo/worker. Car insurance + gas are expensive (you have to drive to the train). Property tax is
We have a lot of history and roots here, but staying is not in the long term interests of 99% of us... shyt even our resident BK loudmouth gatekeeper doesn't even live there anymore and he could easily afford to
What good is an opportunity if it puts you on a path where you can't
This dude is telling people who can/can't come to BK via sattelite 
Yah but they were giving buildings away pretty much in the 70s/80s
And @NYCRebel
All I have been saying to you is all the change in these neighborhoods hasn't been bad, and its stupid as hell for people who 1 don't own any property there and 2 don't even live there anymore to anoint themselves the angry gatekeepers of everything BK
The people being displaced have to have a place in the discussion but at the end of the day money talks, unfortunately. I think its a good thing that black people are moving down south to places where they can build their wealth more easily.... the NE is a dead mission for any household making less than $200K in the long run
Our SECOND HOME we're in the midst of purchasing is in BK clown.What good is an opportunity if it puts you on a path where you can't
- buy property
- send your kids to a good school
- save for retirement
The average family in NYC is pretty much guaranteed to rent + work all their life, and then live off of Social Security and maybe a small pension if they are lucky
Meanwhile you can go down South, get a 30-40K job, buy a house, send your kids to a good school and save for retirement. It won't be glamorous, you won't drive a Lexus or have a $100/mo Iphone, but guess what... making 40K up here, you won't have any of that shyt anyway, AND you will have a shyttier quality of life AND be living in poverty in your old age.
And yea NYCRebel's wife makes good money as an engineer and he works in finance. They could have easily bought a brownstone and made good on dude's proclamations of BK loyalty/solidarity, from what he says, and yet he left