The Hipsters and NYC

[the next guy]

What do hipsters do for a living.

Play music and write poems. Work at Starbucks and Dunkin Dounts.

 

[the next guy]

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.

Agreed. Blacks are getting chance to exceed like never before. We need to push forward.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Play music and write poems. Work at Starbucks and Dunkin Dounts.

How can they afford the rent. How much is it.

 

[the next guy]

How can they afford the rent. How much is it.

Barely. Some parts of NYC are like 2000 per month. I think the coffes shops pay like 9 an hour,(Can someone local help me?)

 

[daze23]

there's nothing new about kids coming from kensucky to nyc to go to art school and shyt. its just that they used to go to Manhattan, but now it's too expensive there

all this talk of what neighborhoods were "traditionally" is just silly. shyt changes. and most likely that "tradition" isn't more than 100 years old, if that

here's a pic from Queensbridge from around 1940

at some point it's just like cats are mad because the world keeps turning. in some circles they call those people "conservative"

 

[88m3]

Barely. Some parts of NYC are like 2000 per month. I think the coffes shops pay like 9 an hour,(Can someone local help me?)

Rents all over the place


At 9 dollars an hour off the books you wouldn't be able to afford a 2000$ a month apartment lol.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Barely. Some parts of NYC are like 2000 per month. I think the coffes shops pay like 9 an hour,(Can someone local help me?)

These folks are college educated generally, working ~30-50K jobs and living with roommates.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

These folks are college educated generally, working ~30-50K jobs and living with roommates.

Yeah..

Grown ass men and women living with 3 other people havin to bring chicks and dudes to their room to fukk like they 16 years-old..

 

[88m3]

These folks are college educated generally, working ~30-50K jobs and living with roommates.

Yeah..

Grown ass men and women living with 3 other people havin to bring chicks and dudes to their room to fukk like they 16 years-old..

It's pretty comical, its typical in Europe though.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

It's pretty comical, its typical in Europe though.

Imagine you come home and shyt and your nasty ass, lazy roomate ate all of your nice leftovers that you brought home the night before..

 

[daze23]

Imagine you come home and shyt and your nasty ass, lazy roomate at(e) all of your nice leftovers that you brought home the night before..

I don't have to imagine that

 

[the next guy]

Rents all over the place


At 9 dollars an hour off the books you wouldn't be able to afford a 2000$ a month apartment lol.

These folks are college educated generally, working ~30-50K jobs and living with roommates.

Roomates? Lol. I think that should be over after 23!

 

[The Real]

Roomates? Lol. I think that should be over after 23!

To be fair, in NYC, most young people have roommates because it's hard as hell not to unless you're making a top salary. The rent/general cost of living makes it necessary.

 

[88m3]

To be fair, in NYC, most young people have roommates because it's hard as hell not to unless you're making a top salary. The rent/general cost of living makes it necessary.

wha yah gon lie te yut?

 

[the next guy]

To be fair, in NYC, most young people have roommates because it's hard as hell not to unless you're making a top salary. The rent/general cost of living makes it necessary.

Fair enough.


How come Staten Island hasn't blown up like that though? No Subway?