The Hipsters and NYC

[the next guy]

that was what i was trying to get at. The culture here in the D, people getting on board with that shyt. all races. nikka better get it together and realize that this racial shyt is on its way out the door once the last remaining baby boomers die out and leave office.

Gen X and Y just dont see shyt that way

The D needs this though. IMO, It was time for the D to move on

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/f...all&adxnnlx=1349195695-otTjSwZD30EsNiVOYci4qw

THE rooftop party was in full swing when midnight approached on a warm Friday evening. Kerry Doman, 29, founder of an event planning business; Justin Jacobs, 28, head of a citywide recreational sports league, and Ara Howrani, 29, a photographer who runs a commercial studio, knocked back beers, while a group of office friends from a nearby dot-com chatted about the scratch-and-sniff wallpaper in their colorful new headquarters.

In another circle, a group of real estate brokers excitedly discussed the renovation of a 1920s office tower called the Broderick into a 127-unit apartment building with a restaurant, lounge and retail stores.

“I want the penthouse,” Jeffrey Hillman, 37, said jokingly as he pointed to the building’s ornate Baroque-style top in the distance. “I’ll fight you for it,” retorted Hank Winchester, 37, a local TV reporter.

The scene might have been run of the mill in Seattle or Williamsburg, Brooklyn, or other urban enclaves that draw the young, the entrepreneurial and the hip. But this was downtown Detroit, far better known in recent years for crime, blight and economic decline.

Recent census figures show that Detroit’s overall population shrank by 25 percent in the last 10 years. But another figure tells a different and more intriguing story: During the same time period, downtown Detroit experienced a 59 percent increase in the number of college-educated residents under the age of 35, nearly 30 percent more than two-thirds of the nation’s 51 largest cities.

 

[88m3]

I can't really understand comparing a blank slate imo (Detroit), to Brooklyn or the whole New York City..

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

And guess where she's moving when she gets that 900? Down South.

Meaning minority families are LEAVING their communities, not generating wealth in those communities, and thus it's not really a community anymore is it?

How is it not still a community? When grandma leaves does the place cease to exist?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I can't really understand comparing a blank slate imo (Detroit), to Brooklyn or the whole New York City..

Yep NYC is pretty much at saturation. It was weird to be in the mix of it during this period. I saw rents in neighborhoods jump by ~$500-1000 over the last 2 or so years.

 

[Gallo]

I like this new NYC to be honest. The fashion and the high prices are the only two things that bug me. I'm disgusted but it also feels great any time I'm back in that place full soft pandas. I'm like the big bully at these lounges/bars/clubs and they are in awe when they hear my stories because they are so damn safe.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

just came back from London a few days ago. Now that is one gentrified place..

 

[88m3]

Yep NYC is pretty much at saturation. It was weird to be in the mix of it during this period. I saw rents in neighborhoods jump by ~$500-1000 over the last 2 or so years.

Yeah everyone is getting chased around the city. They've got to do something about the rent and re market. It's got to stop at some point or the city is literally going to be on some modern day slavery/indentured servant steez. With all of the service industry workers living in public housing(it's nearly at that point already in some parts of the city). Also real estate is starting to pick up which is just asking for trouble. All of these Europeans and other foreigners trying to escape their own poor economies are going to end up bubbling and tanking the market again.

If I stay in the city long term now I'm going to try and buy.

 

[the next guy]

Yeah, i see the irritation. The ethnic hoods are what made NYC, NYC to begin with.

However, to play devil's advocate, could one argue that this is what the next logical step is? I mean for decades NYC was plagued with crime, drugs and general unhappiness. With these Hipsters moving in it seems those negative elements are being reduced. SO I ask why aren't more native New Yorkers on board with such positive changes. Sure the fashion is bizarre and the dudes a passive aggressive putzes but murders gone down, property values up, more food banks and programs.

If one had the ability to participate in these changes why not? They seem to be making NYC a bit more of a sunny place to live in. And the chain store element can be eliminated with proper market projections. If i had the bread im opening a second hand clothing store in BK with the quickness.

just wondering

This is a good idea.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah everyone is getting chased around the city. They've got to do something about the rent and re market. It's got to stop at some point or the city is literally going to be on some modern day slavery/indentured servant steez. With all of the service industry workers living in public housing(it's nearly at that point already in some parts of the city). Also real estate is starting to pick up which is just asking for trouble. All of these Europeans and other foreigners trying to escape their own poor economies are going to end up bubbling and tanking the market again.

If I stay in the city long term now I'm going to try and buy.

You better buy now bruh, you are spot on about the foreigners looking to put their money somewhere good

NYC is kind of a microcosm of the country in general in that its middle class is being hollowed out and its lower class is being helped more and more by govt aid. Me and wifey are NYC middle class and we are feeling the squeeze

 

[Squirtle]

that was what i was trying to get at. The culture here in the D, people getting on board with that shyt. all races. nikka better get it together and realize that this racial shyt is on its way out the door once the last remaining baby boomers die out and leave office.

Gen X and Y just dont see shyt that way

A world with no racism :ohh:

 

[the next guy]

A world with no racism :ohh:

It's coming man. Hopefully people adjust because without that strife a lot of people gonna be left out in the cold.

 

[Guess Who]

It's coming man. Hopefully people adjust because without that strife a lot of people gonna be left out in the cold.

I see it too...but people want to hold onto the "struggle."

We as black people need to stop defining ourselves by the struggle. The hell do I want to define myself with strife for? Why should I want to embrace strife? All that happens then is MORE strife. And strife makes me unhappy. I don't want to be unhappy.

Times are changing and if people don't adapt with the environment they get left behind.

 

[88m3]

I see it too...but people want to hold onto the "struggle."

We as black people need to stop defining ourselves by the struggle. The hell do I want to define myself with strife for? Why should I want to embrace strife? All that happens then is MORE strife. And strife makes me unhappy. I don't want to be unhappy.

Times are changing and if people don't adapt with the environment they get left behind.

If you don't struggle how will you ever become anything?

 

[ridge]

stayed in bushwick recently off graham...its funny cuz i stayed on varet, and its all hood and spanish nikkas then you go up like 2-3 blocks to montrose ave and it all white hipsters

 

[Mr. Somebody]

What do hipsters do for a living.