A Brooklyn Culture Mafia
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Clinamenic
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This post brought the thread through 100 pages. Post #2000
Leo
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@linebaugh check it out: Gus' thread broke 100 pages!
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Proud to be post 2001
shakahislop
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It's an interesting linguistic quirk isn't it, where the word 'Brooklyn' refers to two different geographical entities, and you only know which one is being referred to by the context.
I am pretty fascinated by the whole place still. I had no idea what a distinct thing Brooklyn (the bigger version) was before I lived here. And even then it took me a long time to get my head around. I think the absolutely relentless density of the housing is really unusual. The mixture of jewish, black and puerto rican as dominent groups is quite a unique heritage, it's hard to think of equivalent places elsewhere. The way that it seems to be a complex series of enclaves. Kabul is a bit like that to be fair, but it's only groups from that region, rather than from everywhere like Brooklyn is
IdleRich
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I definitely don't know what this means, what are the two entities?
shakahislop
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There's Brooklyn the borough, which is a pretty massive area with something like 2 million people living there. But then you can also use the term 'Brooklyn' to refer only to the fancy more expensive bits, which are a pretty small part of the borough, like in the thread title.
Leo
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it became a lot more expensive over the past 10-15 years. lots of empty formerly industrial areas on the waterfront were redeveloped with dozens of modern high-rise apartment buildings with great views of the Manhattan skyline.
shakahislop
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Yeah. More accurately, it's a fairly small part of the expensive bit. That was one of the first bits of brooklyn that got expensive, and the wave has moved outwards from there. There's another cluster more or less near brooklyn bridge (that leo is talking about) that similarly got expensive, and the wave has moved out from there as well.
The only bit in that swathe, which basically runs from red hook to greenpoint, which has managed to resist is South Williamsburg. Which has done so comprehensively. It's very very hasidic. It's a pretty fascinating example of a community that has somehow managed to win the gentrification battle. I don't know how.
Leo
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everywhere in Brooklyn has become a lot more expensive than it used to be, but that's the same everywhere. two big factors: housing stock and proximity to a subway line. bed-sty isn't that close, but has great old brownstones that "newcomers"/gentrifiers bought for cheap and renovated the hell out of. and places that aren't near subway lines gentrify more slowly, since they aren't as convenient. red hook has increased in value, but would be a lot more expensive if there were subway lines cutting through it.
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When you own the land there is no gentrification battle.
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IdleRich
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So she killed someone in 1963 and was jailed, but paroled in 1984... and then returned to jail within a year after killing someone else. After serving her full sentence she's out in 2019... but soon she's done it again. Again.
So who reckons she'll manage one more when she emerges age 111 in 2050?
So who reckons she'll manage one more when she emerges age 111 in 2050?