New York City In 2014
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NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
No one is thinking that. That's you wanting us to think that because you walked around timid thinking it was 88-94 when living there.
Most of us living there wanted the same services carpet baggers moving their now receive. But let someone like you tell it, we were quiet about it and want to live through shoot outs every day.
The number of locks on the doors of people living in That part of Brooklyn from 88 to 94 tell a different story
King Crimson
Member of a very exclusive gang
I don't know what's so hard about people to get about this.
Because that's the only aspect of gentrification, right?
for real. dudes getting mad that the areas are now safe and hospitable and not filled with crime and drugs? as if that's a bad thing? you can walk in those areas at night and not worried about getting robbed.i swear, a lot of black people need to change their thinking.
I was going to debate you on your first quote, but then I read your second one. I'm afraid I can't help you. I am starting to wonder about all the black power rhetoric you espouse now when you're able to simply the issue so greatly.why are the black people being "pushed out"? because they can't afford to live there, correct? why can everyone else that lives there afford it? because they have jobs that allow them to. so, why can't the black people get their money up? why can't they get better jobs? better education? why can't they start their own businesses? when are we going to take responsibility for our own situation? i'm not mad at the people who can afford to live in these gentrified areas. it only makes me hustle harder so i can live in nice areas, too.
Then you probably ought to get off the coli and talk to more people.
Improvement for who, and at what cost?
Answer me that.
is there no better motivation for minorities to get their money up than this?
Cause what are ya'll going to do about it?
Cause what are ya'll going to do about it?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
It's not the gentrification. It's the displacement.
↓R↑LYB
I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Anywhere I go in the city I'm surrounded by white people. My block 7 years ago was full of blacks.... Now there's so many whites here I gotta do a double take.
I look at them likethey look at me like
shyt is sad.
I know exactly what you mean. Its the main reason I have no desire to move back to NYC. Bedford ave uses be 100% black (Ricans are black too
) seeing that picture makes me not even wanna visit family anymore 
What st in Harlem is that and what st in queens?
↓R↑LYB
I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Certain areas were all black. Growing up I rarely ran into white people. I was surrounded by dudes from the Caribbean and Africa. Seeing a white person in BK used to have you like
Last time I went I saw a white family walking their dog down flatbush ave. shyt made my heart hurt to see that
↓R↑LYB
I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
for real. dudes getting mad that the areas are now safe and hospitable and not filled with crime and drugs? as if that's a bad thing? you can walk in those areas at night and not worried about getting robbed.
People aren't upset because the streets are safe. They're upset because they got rid of all of the black people dummy.
kermit da hustla
Banned
And how did they get rid of the black people?
there are black people who live there. If you mean they got rid of the blacks who can't afford it, tough shyt. This kind of thinking is the definition of hustling backwards. The higher rent should motivate blacks to work hard - not whine about not being able to afford it. 
Abstract83
Superstar
Buy raising the rent there and kicking the black people out. Yea it's gonna be "safe" but the culture/soul is gonna be gone. And my girl want us to move there 
King Crimson
Member of a very exclusive gang
Well said.
them areas look nice as hell. i never saw how the old neighborhoods look
pimpineasy
Superstar
equate bad neighborhoods with black folks brehs