Comments about gentrifiers

There are 6 comments about "gentrifiers"

CaptainVideo: What you are doing is no different that all white communities banning together to keep blacks from moving in because they are afraid that they will bring crime and lower property values. Humbolt is not......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Cay: Good for you, Chris. The "culture" of the "gentrifiers" is not to be valued more than any other culture. We must all be invited to the table. ALL OF US. Crime happens to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Dunno where you are coming from with that. I am working out there now interviewing some of the folks of the block association, which helped the neighborhood to stay solid after the blackout, like starting......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Cuban Refugees? I never heard that angle before! I always thought it was Puerto Ricans spilling over and displaced form Williamsburg...interesting. I guess they moved on from the area. Nowadays, by the way, Bushwick is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew