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 live in Dumbo and we have a lot of asians here. I’d be curious to know the demographic makeup of Dumbo vs Downtown Brooklyn.
Confucius says, “Be wary of the meat you eat at Chinese restaurant. It just might be Fido.”
Yes, along with cats and dogs. HA! This is hilarious.
“New York Times article is trying to feed us into the model minority”
They eat bloggers too?
“I can’t believe eating dogs and cats is defended by the likes of out of touch individuals here”
I see you’re just trolling as no-one has defended it.
“I happen to think that there are many people who as a group are very hard working and industrious – Mexican, Jews, etc… Many groups are also very family oriented – Samoans, Continental Africans, Arabs, etc… Many groups also have high incomes – Whites?”
Ok, but you don’t think aisans are. Why not?
I do agree about the futility of ranking cultures in general terms, but saying second to none doesn’t actually say the are number one – it says they don’t play second fiddle. Too many idioms perhaps.
In response to Just Wondering:
would say the New York Times article is trying to feed us into the model minority?
Korea is a crappy country. Been there a few times. I can’t believe eating dogs and cats is defended by the likes of out of touch individuals here. We’re not in asia and as the saying goes, “When in Rome….”
Dog murderers, cat murderers… I can’t believe my neighborhood is turning into “Little Asia?”.
I happen to think that there are many people who as a group are very hard working and industrious – Mexican, Jews, etc… Many groups are also very family oriented – Samoans, Continental Africans, Arabs, etc… Many groups also have high incomes – Whites?
As far as whose culture is first or second. I tend not to put peoples cultures and history in rank order. They have all contributed to the betterment and wrecked havoc in the world.
Yes, the Asians have done extremely well for themselves and they should be proud of that but I do not feed into the model minority. They are actually the majority of the people on the planet and therefore should be doing proportionately better. There is a nasty underside to that culture that many of us never get to see. Human sex slave trafficking, indentured servitude in exchange for a free ride to the U.S. in a Walmart freighter, extortion of Asian business owners by Asian gangs in Flushing and Sunset, etc…
So, did the article have a negative impact or positive impact on Downtown Brooklyn and Long Island City?