The Asian Diaspora Reaches Downtown Brooklyn
Neighborhoods with large Asian populations—Sunset Park, say, or Flushing, Queens—are seeing a demographic shift. Kids from those neighborhoods are moving away, as children are wont to do, but they’re not moving far, according to the New York Times. Developers and brokers say the next generation of young New York-born Asian-Americans is heading to downtown Brooklyn…
Neighborhoods with large Asian populations—Sunset Park, say, or Flushing, Queens—are seeing a demographic shift. Kids from those neighborhoods are moving away, as children are wont to do, but they’re not moving far, according to the New York Times. Developers and brokers say the next generation of young New York-born Asian-Americans is heading to downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City, rapidly hip-ifying areas with many a high-end condo project to be found. Asian-Americans make up 15 to 50 percent of some of those sales; at the Toren (above), half of those who have signed contracts are Asian-American. These neighborhoods are not expected to turn into mini-Chinatowns, though—those headed for high-rise land are more likely to assimilate, says The Times. And, hopefully, enough members of the elder generation will stick around Sunset Park to keep Brooklyn Chinatown Booming.
I would assume that most of the Asians moving in are yuppies – like everyone else on this blog. I doubt it’s going to be new immigrant families so there won’t be opening any restaurants in the neighborhood.
At least they’ll be more asian women to date in the area.
Wonton…i like the use of the “diu” its meaning unbeknownst to anyone and therefore perfectly acceptable!!!
there’s already a mostly asian high rise by gold street (w/ some sort of shuttle service), but guess these new buyers are the gen y/z w/ $ jobs
Diu! I take break from Brownstoner for one day and look what happpens.
Hey, it’s okay, I’m not offended. I’m used to being misunderstood by clueless gweilos.
In the great spirit of Asian friendship, CookieCutter, Just Wonder and all the rest of you are invited to come over to my new DUMBO hi rise for dinner. Bring your pets, too, they will be most welcome!
I’ll do ALL the cooking…
I guess this is what we get from the Times now that they’ve reached their limit of articles about white people moving to Bed Stuy and Crown Heights.
Exactly. It has been a slow day at work but I am out. Good night all.
Ok- I find that fascinating. I always thought “liturgical” had a specifically religious connotation. Is it because more formal language was used in religious ceremonies or services?
Thanks for the explanation dittoburg. And no I am not Prodigal Son. Again I am a girl! East River, I took the post literally because there was no other way for me to take it. I clarified, you understood. You clarified, I understand.
BTW, when you study linguistics, vernacular and liturgical are the technical terms used for both the ‘low’ and ‘high’ forms of a language. As in High German and Low German or Castillian Spanish and regional vernaculars, or Haitian Creole and French. It is no longer PC though to say that one form is more “proper” than another.
” But, criticism about Asian people eating dogs and cats in the United States gets a post deleted!”
Oh so thats why your post was deleted. Unlike all the other posts referencing the same above.
Perhaps it was deleted, inter alia, because of its profanity and juvenile and inappropriate reference to reproductive organs?