Closing Bell: Gentrification Indicators
Over on Nostrand Park, they’re trying to put together a list of indicators that your neighborhoods being gentrified. The author suggests three (including coffee shops and blogs) and luckily no one’s mentioned flea markets yet. Other suggestions? Photo by rymerster
Over on Nostrand Park, they’re trying to put together a list of indicators that your neighborhoods being gentrified. The author suggests three (including coffee shops and blogs) and luckily no one’s mentioned flea markets yet. Other suggestions?
Photo by rymerster
actually i’ve been thinking about this as the new yuppie palace opened for business next door. it seems that a lot of the old timers are much more apt to start talking on the sidewalk etc, while a lot of the newcomers tend to keep to themselves. not really an actual physical thing like a shop but more of an attitude to the neighborhood.
also when i first moved, people would jog in regular clothes. lately it seems like most of the joggers wear spandex type contraptions. that seems like gentrification, and it is bad.
ugh. this thread and all the reasons already states is why i am so uncomfortable living in the color of my own skin 🙁
*rob*
gastropubs. smart cars. zipcar. more cops to protect the gentrifiers. coffeeshops. health food stores. people complaining about lack of bike lanes and loud church music.
Roti joints and barber shops replaced by gourmet hot dog joints and dog grooming stores.
rob, i like our little love affair today.
RANDI is spot ON!
normally i drink 40s, but if im drinking thru a can i use a straw 🙂
*rob*
“Asshats drinking with straws.”
i completely disagree. in the hood everyone drinks everything through a straw, be it grape soda or colt 45.
i’m gonna go with “green” general store, like that stupid one on myrtle and waverly. or what about a mac repair shop? wine bar? vintage shoe emporium? vespa dealership? bowling alley?
LOL @ the muffins and muffin tops. SO true!
i forgot to add bike lanes and neighborhood specific blogs (lol)
*rob*
noise complaints, chronic snitching, real bodegas replaced by overpriced fauxdegas, no cheap 40 ounces, cigarettes overpriced by 1-2 dollars, terrible street art, annoying pedestrian malls, i can go on and on and on and on and on.
*rob*