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Gentrification is an unstoppable force of nature (barring accidental and planned calamities).
Brownstoner, to you it might be art.
But I would suggest that it contains a different connotation to the less well-heeled.
It’s one thing to co-exist peacefully with your neighbors as you stake your territory. It’s an entirely different ball of wax when you pronounce yourself to be the only true bull in the pen, which is an attitude that I’ve noticed in the attitudes and body language of a few (the minority, I must admit) gentrifiers.
The photo that you posted looks cool and all but I would be a little concerned about inciting a race/cultural riot. I believe we can all learn from each other; war and images of war should really be a last resort.
“Yes, longtime residents are forced to accept checks for 10 times what they paid for their home. What injustice.” (Anon at May 10, 2007 4:22 PM)
You can’t be serious. Do you actually think that there are no longtime renters displaced by gentrification? That longtime renters are not the overwhelming majority of the displaced? Your post is really cynical.
born in brooklyn, raised in nyc, currently living in a rapidly gentrifying area of BK, reader of brownstoner. clearly, i have issues.
“i just think it is so beautiful that that we can still post anonymously to this board.”
Amen. There are plenty of posts to Brownstoner that rub me the wrong way. Still, on the whole, I don’t think Brownstoner has ever been better than it is right now. Mr. B is doing a great job, and the B-stoner community is also doing a great job.
Wow. That would be like the first couple of days. We took that down the first time Apartment Therapy linked to us–and that was definitely in the first week we were up!
I am born and raised in Brooklyn and have been reading and posting since Brownstoner had a photograph of himself carrying one of his kids on the home page.
http://www.mega.nu/ampp/vashi_red_primer/index.htm
Those Williamsburg kids just want to eradicate all hispanic people in the neighbor. And after that, rich people would come and do the same things to them. Silly…
The only thing we know for certain is that every single poster on brownstoner is a gentrifier. Try to pass yourselves off as whatever you want, but why else would you be here. I include myself in the group as well. Nobody born and raised in BK is into websites like this one. Most native Nyers have moved to Florida or AZ. The natives still here are either trash and live in places like Maspeth or Bensonherst or theyre rich manhattan douches who could care less for BK.
You people are most likely all gentrification personified. Guarenteed, in fact.