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[Host Samurai]

I don't like 7-11 taking business away from local bodegas. It's weird seeing all these 7-11s pop up around the city. I hope it doesn't get to Hong Kong levels

 

[entremet]

I think there are two discussions here.

Rising residential rents and gentrification.

And losing NYC landmark businesses to chains and such, making NYC look like a shitty strip mall.

They're related but not the same.

 

[bob_arctor]

Bronx may be the only borough left without gentrification. Though I did see someone on Twitter jokingly refer to south Bronx as Sobro.

"SoBro" refers to a very specific strip leading towards the Third Ave. Bridge. They have converted warehouses/lofts for rent, some cool stores and bars. Veer just off that and you end up in the projects though.

 

[entremet]

"SoBro" refers to a very specific strip leading towards the Third Ave. Bridge. They have converted warehouses/lofts for rent, some cool stores and bars. Veer just off that and you end up in the projects though.

The famous Clock Tower loft building is there.

I thought it would get more developed, but it seems the locals just go to Manhattan.

 

[Ingueferroque]

That pic is real? It looks like a really cheap CG render that real estate builders throw together.

:x

It's pretty cool actually.

 

[bob_arctor]

Yea, people aren't out and out saying this but that's certainly the feeling I get. I'd be interested in hearing how many of those people actually grew up in those areas and, more importantly, still live in them.

Sounds like a few fit into that category but many of these arguments feel very detached.

Of course I consider growing up in the South Bronx a badge of honor, no question. This does not mean I want a return of crackheads smoking rocks in building lobbies though. Or any other number of fucked up conditions we all endured. But I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

 

[Cow Mengde]

The LES had a big problem with drugs too, when punk rock was still a very popular thing.

The Bowery then was the most dangerous area in NYC.

I remember the Greyhound station near Times Square was also a very seedy place. Now, you can party in the streets with no problem.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Of course I consider growing up in the South Bronx a badge of honor, no question. This does not mean I want a return of crackheads smoking rocks in building lobbies though. Or any other number of fucked up conditions we all endured. But I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

Bro fist! It's weird how normal it is when you're growing up in it but fuck looking back now, it's crazy. Crack heads, crack vials, robberies, crack whores, burned down buildings and shootouts. Scary place for a nerd growing up.

 

[.GqueB.]

I dig this conversation.

 

[Doc Holliday]

One thing I really dug about San francisco is how hard they fight to keep the city looking like San francisco. Good luck replacing some random awning or an old billboard lol.

I mean the fact that Nyc lost cbgb's is still shocking.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

The Northeast was the only region where, on average, the share of black students in almost completely minority schools has risen since 1968, according to the report titled “Brown at 60: Great Progress, a Long Retreat and an Uncertain Future.” More than half — 51.4 percent — of black students in those states in 2011 were in schools whose student populations were 90 percent to 100 percent minorities. In every other region of the country — the Midwest, West, South and “border” states — black students today are less likely to be in heavily minority schools[/B]

New York also has the most segregated schools in our country by far. No Southern State comes close.
Those NY liberals. What are they really up to?

 

[Valnen]

You have to either be rich or have a million roommates to live in a city like that now. Or pretty much any city it feels like, honestly.

 

[entremet]

New York also has the most segregated schools in our country by far. No Southern State comes close.
Those NY liberals. What are they really up to?

I love NYC, but I got to agree with you.

It's also why a lot in the black community are moving to Southern States. Cost of living is out of control.

I've always found the liberal dichotomy very interesting in places like NYC/SF. Liberal enclaves, yet not extreme expensive for lower class minorities.

Or look at Chicago, which neglects the black areas heavily.

 

[UrokeJoe]

I think there are two discussions here.

Rising residential rents and gentrification.

And losing NYC landmark businesses to chains and such, making NYC look like a shitty strip mall.

They're related but not the same.

Seems so.

 

[DoktorEvil]

New York also has the most segregated schools in our country by far. No Southern State comes close.
Those NY liberals. What are they really up to?

Well, the schools are based on neighborhood, so if you live in a predominantly whatever neighborhood, your going to most likely be in the same public school as the majority of your area.

That's why people pay so high taxes out on LI, the school tax is the reason some of those school are so good.

 

[HylianTom]

One thing I really dug about San francisco is how hard they fight to keep the city looking like San francisco. Good luck replacing some random awning or an old billboard lol.

Same with New Orleans. The Historic District Landmarks Commission requires approval (via a public hearing) if you make any sort of cosmetic change to the outside of your house that's within the public view. Same for any new structure to be built. Shutters, fence types, light fixtures, doorknobs, windows, soffeting, and the materials. In-sane.