Question for New York, Connecticut, New York people

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Not so much anymore. The ghetto is being pushed out. And there are a lot of nice places in BK and Queens. Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica Estates, Columbia Heights has some beautiful real estates well in the millions.

Heck even Harlem is being gentrified now with million dollar brownstones!

I think outta towners automatically get nervous when they see a neighborhood with blacks and puerto ricans roaming around.

Automatically think its a ghetto.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I think outta towners automatically get nervous when they see a neighborhood with blacks and puerto ricans roaming around.

Automatically think its a ghetto.

I live in Atlanta. I think we've got black people covered. I get my negativity from the movies. They seem to be plagued with aliens, bombs, and diseases. Hell, I thought it was destroyed from Independence Day. I'm also amazed how the people in the movies can "struggle with work" or not even have a job yet live in a 15 story high rise loft. I figured cost of living was cheap.

What I really mean by the negativity is that everyone seems to say "Taxes suck, traffic sucks, cost of living sucks, parking sucks, government sucks, job prospects suck, Mets suck but hey we have the Yankees".

But we talked about it some more and the only reason we'll go to NY is if she doesn't get her Atlanta or Chicago job. She should know by this week if she will get the Atlanta job. If so NY is off the list. Hopefully she will get the Atlanta job. It'd make everything so much easier.

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

What I really mean by the negativity is that everyone seems to say "Taxes suck, traffic sucks, cost of living sucks, parking sucks, government sucks, job prospects suck, Mets suck but hey we have the Yankees".

There are many great things about NYC, its just the things you mentioned aren't part of them

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I think outta towners automatically get nervous when they see a neighborhood with blacks and puerto ricans roaming around.

Automatically think its a ghetto.

Not really.

Feel free to call Brownsville, East NY, or Bed Stuy quality places to live, but I wouldn't.

Now granted, Camden and Paterson are worse, but that's NJ.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Not really.

Feel free to call Brownsville, East NY, or Bed Stuy quality places to live, but I wouldn't.

Now granted, Camden and Paterson are worse, but that's NJ.

Parts of Brooklyn? Thats what ya basing it on?

Brownsville :The total land area is one square mile,
East NY: 2 sq miles
Bed Stuy: What part of Bed Stuy? The gentrified part or the non gentrified parts?