The cover story in yesterday’s real estate section of the Times is about how neighborhoods characterized by sweetness and light during the day can look sour and sleazy by night. Brokers say a lot of people—renters more often than owners—end up hating their hoods after dusk, either because they seem dangerous or because they’re too hopping or too dead. Although the bulk of the story focuses on Manhattan locales, there’s mention of a young Bushwick renter who was robbed at 4 a.m. and who immediately moved to Williamsburg after her lease expired. Issues of crime aside, a lot of Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods are known for being pretty sleepy at night (which, of course, is occassionally equated with greater menace). Has a neighborhood’s nighttime scene—or lack thereof—ever caused you to move?
Day and Night [NY Times]
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