There isn't a single part of NYC where there isn't a hipster looking out of place, or a "professional" making twice the neighborhood median, not realizing that they are driving up the rent with the quickness.
in 2012, I moved from Bayside to Flatbush on East 22nd between Flatbush and Ocean. evne though there were a fair amount of white people and we were a block from all those Victorian house and Boardwalk empire was shutting down streets every other weekend for taping......there were gun shots and loud noises at night every now and then. There were people in my building not paying rent on time. There were people letting their dogs shit in the stairwell. There are pockets out there still, but sometimes there is a cost.
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