Census: Brownstone Belt Gets Richer
The Eagle takes a look at 2010 Census data for Community Districts 2 and 6, “representing most of Brownstone Brooklyn,” and finds the areas have added more residents and gotten more well-to-do since 2000. The two districts added 11,000 people during that period; although more than two-thirds of households rent their homes, that’s a decline…
The Eagle takes a look at 2010 Census data for Community Districts 2 and 6, “representing most of Brownstone Brooklyn,” and finds the areas have added more residents and gotten more well-to-do since 2000. The two districts added 11,000 people during that period; although more than two-thirds of households rent their homes, that’s a decline of 4 percent; and the “number of households in those areas that have a yearly income of less than $35,000 has gone down 11 percent. At 27 percent, this is much less than in Brooklyn as a whole and in the city.” Meanwhile, as the article notes, the wealth of the two districts “may actually be understated, due to the presence of large low-income housing projects in Red Hook, Gowanus and Fort Greene.”
Brownstone Districts Show Growth in Population, Wealth [Eagle]
Architecture has very little to do with what makes a project crime ridden or not. (on a pp basis)
And it also makes no sense that it should either. The Architecture of the projects is repeated in many middle class and higher developments in NYC and beyond – Stuy Town, Concord Village, Parkchester to name but a few.
And in So Central LA, the crime infested area is one of mostly single family homes.
Does Rob or anyone else know of an article or study discussing or supporting this statement: “in lots of cities where they razed the high rise projects and gave out section 8 vouchers, crime spread like wildfire in all the surrounding suburbs.”
“High rise projects have been shown to be inferior to low rise affordable housing.”
Actually, other factors besides architectural typology are greater predictors of public housing becoming dysfunctional. To point to an example that was widely featured in the press because of Hurricane Katrina, the low-rise public housing there had been a nightmare for years, decades even.
I agree (except grammatically) with vet, “the very statement that income would show higher but for projects is insulting they are part of our community….”
oh give it time, give it time, there is only so much BS people will take before they get all egyptian-like
*rob*
yeah, mopar, youre a regular Miss Cleo :-/
*rob*
Ha, havent I been saying this?
Rob, how goes the de-gentrification project?
Ha, haven’t I been saying this?
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folks there are multi generation
that’s not helping your argument. but i do agree with everything else you said.
*rob*
i live near one of those projects and it is fine, mostly working people, very middle class now, and no hassle but some guys hanging out at night in summer (this is called new york city remember?) actually the very statement that income would show higher but for projects is insulting they are part of our community and folks there are multi generation bklyners been local way longer than the yups race….