What the Census Says About Us
“Carroll Gardens is getting whiter! Williamsburg is getting smarter! And the Park Slope baby boom is real!” That’s the Brooklyn Paper’s three exclamation point recap of the census data released yesterday; we’re still a very diverse borough, but the make-up has shifted. Richer, whiter folks have displaced minority families since 2000 in neighborhoods west of…
“Carroll Gardens is getting whiter! Williamsburg is getting smarter! And the Park Slope baby boom is real!” That’s the Brooklyn Paper‘s three exclamation point recap of the census data released yesterday; we’re still a very diverse borough, but the make-up has shifted. Richer, whiter folks have displaced minority families since 2000 in neighborhoods west of Prospect Park, from the Slope to Red Hook, which “had the biggest jump in median household income — 23 percent, to $77,784 — partly because nearly a fifth of black and Hispanic families, who earn half as much as their white counterparts, left during the seven-year period.” Carroll Gardens, Park Slope and Cobble Hill have indeed had baby booms — “The number of children under-5 shot up 35 percent in the area” — and around 80 percent more college graduates have flocked to Williamsburg than lived there in 2000. Neighborhoods further out in Brooklyn grew more diverse, with white populations shrinking slightly in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst, and the Asian population increasing by 34 percent. The Brooklyn Eagle looked at the number of “now married” and “never married” folks (roughly the same size), and found that two-parent families are most common, followed by female-headed families. “Ninety-one percent of those surveyed lived in the same house or apartment they lived in a year ago,” they write, signaling that perhaps folks are moving less, or the influx of folks from other boroughs and states is slowing. And the highest concentration of rents fall between $750 and $1,500; must still be plenty of rent stabilized pads out there.
Census ‘Community Survey’ Reveals Facts About Brooklyn [Brooklyn Eagle]
Making Census of Brooklyn [Brooklyn Paper]
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Don’t tempt me Denton, don’t tempt me!
Of course you will understand when I tell you…I just wanted you for your stove! : )
BRG,
Yesterday I was having a conversation (primarily with Cobblehiller) which was about the topic at hand. Or at least related to the topic at hand.
A joke here and there is great, but you all have literally taken over every thread with nonsense. 100’s of comments in some cases of back and forth between 3 or 4 people so that the “real” comments get lost in the shuffle. That’s a shame.
It’s too much, and if you are too blind to see that, then you are even more immature than I had thought.
“The Lincoln Center area was a Harlem type of area in those days. To tell you the truth that area was not all the great until after Lincoln Center was built in the 1960s.”
It was known as “San Juan Hill” at that time. I have some relatives who once lived in the area.
“Oh no Dumbass! That was “white flight” and it brought on urban decay in New york during the 70’s and 80’s. No one made the White people to flee the city, racism was the main culprit behind that. Don’t sit up and slide that piece of crap here! And guess what??!! The same thing will happen when the Great Depression 2 sets in! The “nice White People” are going to call U-Hall and pack up and leave! Then our neighborhood will go back to the “Bad old days”! This is my main problem with Gentrification! When things don’t “work out” and the Asshats leave everything get worse!!!!!!”
What, white flight was certainly done by the late 1970s, not the 1980s. I agree it was caused by racism but here we are a generation or two later. If the Asshats were the same as their parents Bensonhurst and Howard Beach would be the hot new nabes, not BS, FG, and CH.
I’m disappointed you are contradicting yourself today. You always said in the new depression white folx would get run outta the hood which would revert to its rightful owners. I can dig that pov. But today you do a flip flop.
cobblehiller, I’m 6’3″ and I can cook. Got my nice Wolf stove hooked up. You’ll have to come over and see what I can do, that is, when I get water in the kitchen!
I agree with 11217. I’m not against a joke here or there, but it is out of control. This site used to be a great place to engage in a debate on the issues of concern to those of us who care about Brooklyn, real estate, etc. Almost every thread today degraded into the “truffles and dildos” genre, yet again, interspersed with the What’s rants.
oh, 11217, shall we rewind to yesterday!!!
At least a few of my posts, specifically the first one, actually had something to say about the topic. So far you are 0-1 not that I’m countin or anything
can we get back to the dilf in the red hoodie?
Not that I’m counting or anything, but so far Dave has 34 comments on this thread. I don’t feel like counting any others, but no one else here thinks this is getting out of control…?
Have you all never heard of aol instant messenger?
You’ve basically ruined every thread today with these asinine posts. About 5 are related to the topic thanks to a couple select people throwing everyone else off topic with their personal and rather childish banter.
Every once in a while fine, but REALLY….34 posts just on this one thread??