Lech, as I remember there really hasn’t been an influx into the city, net/net. Population increases have been due to higher births (immigrants) and longer life spans. Demand for Real Estate has been due to those factors, an increase in number of households due to more single households (less marriage) and a very long period of very low availability as well as smaller and smaller households.
As a follow up thought, conflict always happens at the edges where people are insecure. Where it will get ugly is the interaction between the struggling middle class people in the new construction condos in fringe areas and the poorer people who become their neighbors as gentrification rolls back.
ha this cracked me up. someone made a barbie doll for each neighborhood in atlanta. i wish they did them for nyc!!!
Buckhead Barbie This princess Barbie is only sold at Phipps Plaza. She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade handbags, a Lexus SUV, a long-haired foreign lap-dog named Honey, and a cookie-cutter dream house with a water feature in front. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic ex-husband Ken comes with a Porsche.
Chamblee Barbie This modern-day homemaker Barbie is available with Ford Windstar mini-van and matching gym suit. She gets lost easily and has no full-time occupation or secondary education. Traffic-jamming cell phone sold separately. Can swear in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese, but she’s not sure which is which. Available at Target.
Hapeville Barbie This recently paroled Barbie comes with a 9mm handgun, bowie knife, a ’78 El Camino with dark tinted windows, and a meth lab kit. This model is only available after dark and can only be bought with cash, preferably small bills, unless you are a cop, then we don’t know what you are talking about.
Dunwoody Barbie This yuppie Barbie comes with your choice of BMW convertible or Hummer H2. Included are her own Starbucks cup, credit card set, and country club membership. Also available are Shallow Ken and Spanish-speaking Nanny. Dunwoody Barbie hasn’t been affordable since the early 80’s.
Jonesboro Barbie This pale model comes dressed in her own Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a classic Metallica shirt,and Tweety Bird tattoo on her shoulder. Wants to major in NASCAR at Clayton State College. She has a six-pack of Coors Light and a Hank Williams, Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5 feet and kick mullet-haired Ken’s ass when she is drunk. Purchase her pickup truck separately and get a confederate flag bumper sticker absolutely free. Available at Southlake Mall.
Conyers Barbie This tobacco chewing, brassy-haired Barbie has a pair of her own high-heeled sandals with one broken heel from the time she chased Beer-Gut Ken out of Jonesboro Barbie’s (discontinued) house. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans, fake fingernails, strawberry lip gloss, and a see-through halter top. Comes with Barbie’s dream double wide trailer. Available at Wal-Mart. Cheap.
Kennesaw Barbie This collagen-injected, rhinoplastic Barbie wears leopard print spandex and drinks cosmopolitans to new age music with friends at the lodge. Into crystals. Comes with Percocet prescription and botox. Also cheap.
College Park Barbie This Barbie now comes with a stroller and infant doll. Optional accessories include a G.E.D. and bus pass to Kennesaw State University. Gangsta Ken and his ’79 Caddy were available, but are now very difficult to find since the addition of the infant doll.
Decatur Barbie This doll is made of actual tofu. She has long straight brown hair, archless feet, hairy armpits, no makeup, and Birkenstocks with white socks. She prefers that you call her “Willow.” She does not want or need a Ken doll, but if you purchase two Decatur Barbies and the optional Subaru wagon, you get a rainbow flag sticker free.
Alpharetta Barbie Pregnant at purchase, Alpharetta Barbie drives a new Ford Excursion and is perfect in every way. We don’t know who Ken is because he’s always away hunting or in Japan on business. Alpharetta Barbie aspires to become Buckhead Barbie. Not cheap, but still very naive.
Smyrna Barbie Into football, animals and bonfires. 98% belong to a cult, 2% are freethinking and void of any “traditions.” Does nothing but complain about Midtown Barbie/Ken.
Buford Barbie This Spanish-speaking-only Barbie comes with a 1984 Toyota with expired temporary plates and three babies in the back, without car seats. This is the only Barbie willing to do manual labor. Ken comes in a meat-packer’s uniform and is missing three fingers on his left hand. Green cards are not yet available for Buford Barbie or Ken. Available only at Value City.
Add up all the ‘hoods lech mentions and they are a small % of nyc. Hard for many people to grasp how huge this place is…..can’t blame them cause media hype focuses in a just the few.
thanks dona. for wanting to punch me to break the curse?
*rob*
Lech, as I remember there really hasn’t been an influx into the city, net/net. Population increases have been due to higher births (immigrants) and longer life spans. Demand for Real Estate has been due to those factors, an increase in number of households due to more single households (less marriage) and a very long period of very low availability as well as smaller and smaller households.
As a follow up thought, conflict always happens at the edges where people are insecure. Where it will get ugly is the interaction between the struggling middle class people in the new construction condos in fringe areas and the poorer people who become their neighbors as gentrification rolls back.
ha this cracked me up. someone made a barbie doll for each neighborhood in atlanta. i wish they did them for nyc!!!
Buckhead Barbie This princess Barbie is only sold at Phipps Plaza. She comes with an assortment of Kate Spade handbags, a Lexus SUV, a long-haired foreign lap-dog named Honey, and a cookie-cutter dream house with a water feature in front. Available with or without tummy tuck and face lift. Workaholic ex-husband Ken comes with a Porsche.
Chamblee Barbie This modern-day homemaker Barbie is available with Ford Windstar mini-van and matching gym suit. She gets lost easily and has no full-time occupation or secondary education. Traffic-jamming cell phone sold separately. Can swear in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese, but she’s not sure which is which. Available at Target.
Hapeville Barbie This recently paroled Barbie comes with a 9mm handgun, bowie knife, a ’78 El Camino with dark tinted windows, and a meth lab kit. This model is only available after dark and can only be bought with cash, preferably small bills, unless you are a cop, then we don’t know what you are talking about.
Dunwoody Barbie This yuppie Barbie comes with your choice of BMW convertible or Hummer H2. Included are her own Starbucks cup, credit card set, and country club membership. Also available are Shallow Ken and Spanish-speaking Nanny. Dunwoody Barbie hasn’t been affordable since the early 80’s.
Jonesboro Barbie This pale model comes dressed in her own Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a classic Metallica shirt,and Tweety Bird tattoo on her shoulder. Wants to major in NASCAR at Clayton State College. She has a six-pack of Coors Light and a Hank Williams, Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5 feet and kick mullet-haired Ken’s ass when she is drunk. Purchase her pickup truck separately and get a confederate flag bumper sticker absolutely free. Available at Southlake Mall.
Conyers Barbie This tobacco chewing, brassy-haired Barbie has a pair of her own high-heeled sandals with one broken heel from the time she chased Beer-Gut Ken out of Jonesboro Barbie’s (discontinued) house. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans, fake fingernails, strawberry lip gloss, and a see-through halter top. Comes with Barbie’s dream double wide trailer. Available at Wal-Mart. Cheap.
Kennesaw Barbie This collagen-injected, rhinoplastic Barbie wears leopard print spandex and drinks cosmopolitans to new age music with friends at the lodge. Into crystals. Comes with Percocet prescription and botox. Also cheap.
College Park Barbie This Barbie now comes with a stroller and infant doll. Optional accessories include a G.E.D. and bus pass to Kennesaw State University. Gangsta Ken and his ’79 Caddy were available, but are now very difficult to find since the addition of the infant doll.
Decatur Barbie This doll is made of actual tofu. She has long straight brown hair, archless feet, hairy armpits, no makeup, and Birkenstocks with white socks. She prefers that you call her “Willow.” She does not want or need a Ken doll, but if you purchase two Decatur Barbies and the optional Subaru wagon, you get a rainbow flag sticker free.
Alpharetta Barbie Pregnant at purchase, Alpharetta Barbie drives a new Ford Excursion and is perfect in every way. We don’t know who Ken is because he’s always away hunting or in Japan on business. Alpharetta Barbie aspires to become Buckhead Barbie. Not cheap, but still very naive.
Smyrna Barbie Into football, animals and bonfires. 98% belong to a cult, 2% are freethinking and void of any “traditions.” Does nothing but complain about Midtown Barbie/Ken.
Buford Barbie This Spanish-speaking-only Barbie comes with a 1984 Toyota with expired temporary plates and three babies in the back, without car seats. This is the only Barbie willing to do manual labor. Ken comes in a meat-packer’s uniform and is missing three fingers on his left hand. Green cards are not yet available for Buford Barbie or Ken. Available only at Value City.
Pete, Did you also think about any settings on the TV you might need to change/add?
*Rob*, aren’t you even going to thank me? 🙂
I effing hate computers and all these devices.
Add up all the ‘hoods lech mentions and they are a small % of nyc. Hard for many people to grasp how huge this place is…..can’t blame them cause media hype focuses in a just the few.
Sorry Rob but that did sound pretty funny.
Hey Rob, I love you. Meet me around Grand Central and I’ll punch the other side (lightly), finish off the curse and you can get on life.