Gentrification in Brooklyn: Rising costs, changing neighborhoods

[@kakishisfriend1126]

Its only getting coverage now because the old gentrifiers are getting pushed out by the new richer gentrifiers 😅

[@kimmygxld]

True

[@circesoul2218]

😂

[@toniclanton7368]

Facts ! 😂

[@waynecameron8253]

EXACTLY!!

[@stobo7182]

Facts

[@Militantreturns]

You're about. 15 years late with this

[@qadashchaayah144]

For real. I don't even know whether to laugh or shake my head.

[@wturner777]

@@qadashchaayah144 Or even cry. Housing is way too expensive coast to coast.

[@JoshJ-dr8gz]

20 years*

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

Word

[@Michael-se2ff]

Rising costs, for real? That's been the story of Brooklyn since the early 2000's.

[@qadashchaayah144]

It's 15-20 years too late to conplaing about this now. When even the "gentrifier" is complaining that the rent is too damn high, then you know for sure that something is horribly wrong.

[@oneday123456]

the root problem is that nyc is the only city you can live in, in the us without a car. so anybody in the us or the world who wants to escape car culture in the us can only move to nyc. the nyc population grows by 100k every year. however the subway never expands. so you have wealthier and wealthier people pushing out the people who moved to nyc before them. extending the subway system would help. spread out nyc past the hudson into nj and more into the boroughs. however this does not deal with the core problem that nyc is the only truly walkable city in the us. until la, chicago, boston become truly walkable, i dont mean for a couple of blocks and then you need a car, people will keep gentrifying nyc

[@alotta128]

We don not want the subway system extended into the outer boroughs 🤢. You don’t see how NYC’s constant construction is destroying the environment? Neighborhoods closer to the subways have more rats than outer boroughs. I live in one of the 5 boroughs and it takes me 90 minutes to reach lower Manhattan. I have to take a bus to a train. I literally don’t see any rats in my neighborhood compared to when I’m in Bedstuy or Harlem. Jesus, protect us. NYC “expanding” is already the problem.

[@oneday123456]

@@alotta128 then you will be displaced by wealthier people. nyc is the only walkable city in the us. so the world rich are all coming to the us and you are too poor to outbid the world on your apartment

[@johnv339]

​@@alotta128 Many parts of my hometown Bay Ridge, Brooklyn have become unrecognizable. Overdevelopment is a HUGE problem. The zoning laws of 1916 were written to stop that very thing from occurring. Apparently the zoning laws are blatantly being violated, or just plain rewritten. Developers wield a lot of power and the politicians are their little bitches. Democrats and Republicans are all scum. Also, a lot of history is being lost. Public School 31 in the Bronx was demolished and that was a "landmarked" building! It's not worth the paper it's printed on.

[@johnv339]

@@alotta128 ​ @alotta128 Many parts of my hometown Bay Ridge, Brooklyn have become unrecognizable. Overdevelopment is a HUGE problem. The zoning laws of 1916 were written to stop that very thing from occurring. Apparently the zoning laws are blatantly being violated, or just plain rewritten. Developers wield a lot of power and the politicians are their little bitches. Democrats and Republicans are all scum. Also, a lot of history is being lost. Public School 31 in the Bronx was demolished and that was a "landmarked" building! It's not worth the paper it's printed on.

[@Dusty_617]

Wait until people find out that corporations and private equity have a huge hand in increasing prices. Corporate greed

[@Centurion305]

BlackRock has been paying for both Biden and Harris's campaigns by the millions. They know what they are doing and who will allow the corporate greed to continue

[@chiquita683]

Wait until people find out that the city charges property taxes that land owners have to pay even if their property is fully paid off. This is extortion

[@BilldoeTruth]

Priceshellter NYC staff are hateful oppressor and very dangerous 😢

[@Kriscs123]

@@chiquita683naw it’s venture capitalists

[@stache1954]

@@chiquita683 there have always been property taxes even before income tax.

[@samrah25]

There is no housing shortage. Housing is unaffordable period.

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke]

Obviously.

[@jimbo1637]

Why is it so hard for people to understand that as population increases, either the number of homes increases at the same rate, or the price will increase since demand is going up faster than supply?

[@aminah761]

Exactly

[@wturner777]

It's those strict zoning laws and minimum parking requirements are what's making housing unaffordable anywhere. Heck, it's making it more difficult for small businesses to set shop.

[@Mr_B79]

Exactly

[@1builtGTR]

All the yuppies sharing a $4000 2 bedroom apartment with 5-8 “roommates”

[@CrackedShells]

Dollar Tree Sex in the City characters

[@michaelciccone2194]

24 / 7 drug parties and constant racket!

[@nickcooler2658]

Just buy a house with that money

[@candicesacks2211]

Rents in general are too high period!

[@aminah761]

Yesss way to high paying thousands for apartments is ridiculous

[@mariowalker9048]

Lol nyc was going through this 15 years ago

[@alexskatit4188]

If the market can bear it, then it is not too high.

[@TheGoodfellas.]

I lived in BedStuy from 2008-2013. Putnam & Tompkins. It was the best place and neighborhood I’ve lived in throughout my years in New York City. My neighbors were Black and this was their neighborhood they cherished. They were welcoming & nice. I respected this and it’s sad to see Gentrification moving them out.

[@shonuf5152]

Absolutely disgraceful!! Makes me sick. But the time is near when people will build and have occupancy of their own. Plant vineyards and eat their fruitage. They will not for someone else to inhabit. - Isa. 65:21, 22

[@MOUSE-u7t]

That so called Historian Chick doesn't care at all the way she's talking. Nothing but excuses.

[@kissmills]

When every race is saying cost is getting out of hand, it’s definitely not that complex

[@LokiTheGodofMischief]

Less basketball people

[@qadashchaayah144]

​@@LokiTheGodofMischief From eay things are looking with the high rents, less pigskin people as well. How do you like them apples? 😏😂

[@BilldoeTruth]

Complexeshellter NYC staff are wicked and treacherous 😢

[@sergpie]

@@qadashchaayah144 Footballs are brown. Nice self-own.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@sergpiebut who plays it more?

[@rodgibelfond7463]

I grew up in east Flatbush from the 70s, my grandmother, my aunt all lived in the neighborhood, rent was from 300-600, times were hard, but we managed to survive, now my moms old apartment goes for over 2000,yet the building is in shambles, that’s crazy. My wife and I pay less than 2000 for 2500 square feet home, with full basement and half acre land, quite subdivision in small Georgia town. It was the best thing we did, I still love my old hood,just sad to see its impact on citizens

[@shonuf5152]

Before I even saw it, I knew you were gon say Georgia. Shhh....we're full and running over. Won't be too long before we face the same issues in Georgia and SC because of the mass influx. Everything is already more than it used to be.

[@missraeray]

You should see East Flatbush now. They are starting to gentrify the outskirts

[@rodgibelfond7463]

@ I couldn’t believe what I saw when I visited last year, the neighbors who still lived there told me about the crime, but the building is a shame

[@bennyhundo9131]

2k a month aint bad.. grind harder, nigga

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

At the end of the day, nobody cares if you clap, sing and protest. You don't want gentrification? Then hold on to your house and don't sell it. I'm a black man who lives in a wealthy area. When my wife and I pass, we're giving our house to our children. We've already taught them just how important it is to own property, so they're going to make sure it stays in the family. I don't care if it takes two or three family members to do so, pay that mortgage every month and pay it off and don't lose your house!

[@Bklyn112]

I have done the same but many of the homes that sold were heirs property. The parties who didn't want to sell didn't have a choice. If one of your children wants to sell and the other doesn't, guess what? The sale will be forced.

[@stache1954]

@@Bklyn112 Unless you can get a mortgage to buy their share.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

@@stache1954I thought all homeowners paid mortgages. I don’t know haven’t studied the field

[@stache1954]

@@roderickstockdale1678 You can pay cash or pay off the mortgage and not refinance.

[@dirtyroofer3678]

Bought many homecash Check out homepath plenty of cheap homes nation wide

[@k29king1]

Bedstuy where I live is probably the fastest affected area of Gentrification in Brooklyn. Was just talking to and teaching my kids today about Gentrification as they asked me about how and why the neighborhood has changed so fast and why everything has become so expensive, and I told them what many fail to say or wont admit that the root cause IS GREED PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke]

Actually the reason is clean plain and simple (you're just mad that brooklyn isn't ghetto anymore. Obviously)

[@ossoduro7794]

My progeny has been enlightened about how lines used to be read, and rightfully so.

[@Militantreturns]

Bedstuy started to. Change about. 15. Years. Ago. I wouldn't say. That's fast

[@Militantreturns]

​@@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke Brooklyn Is still very ghetto. Lol. Downtown isn't. As. Ghetto. BUT STILL SEE GHETTO STUFF. ALONG THAT AREA gentrifier

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke]

@@Militantreturns bedstuy started to change when your mumma left

[@kiaraditmasa]

I moved out of Flatbush because of gentrification and to Cleveland where I am a proud home owner of three bedroom home with a patio and garden.

[@nickcooler2658]

Smart move sister

[@Matthew-p2h]

this is the story of New York City. It's been 'gentrifying' for four hundred years.

[@NG-iu9xn]

👀 #this 💯

[@traviscarter1023]

Cap

[@shonuf5152]

But it seems it's worst now than ever. The South will be heading thst way due to the population explosion.

[@Matthew-p2h]

@@shonuf5152 Why is "gentrification" bad?

[@acomedybyec1437]

@@shonuf5152remember Covid gave them a helping hand

[@doublepromo8240]

I lived in NYC my entire life until I moved to NJ two years ago. I do pay quite a bit more monthly in rent but I have the same square footage and it's in a brand new building with all modern appliances, I see magnificent sunsets, I have all the necessary amenities and am near shopping and transit, and it's significantly quieter than NYC. However, more and more buildings are being constructed everywhere in my neighborhood and most of those apartments are smaller than mine but the rents are way higher, thus the rising cost of living out here. I actually wanted to move into one of the newer buildings but can't justify paying the increase. Like they say in the video, this isn't just gentrification, this is greed by building owners. And if you take a good look at where all the new buildings are going up whether in sections of the boroughs of NYC or in NJ, what else do you see near all these buildings? Storage facilities and it doesn't matter when it's Life Storage or Cube Smart, Safeguard Storage, they are independently owned and it's the owners of these buildings that own these storage facilities. They purposely make apartments nice BUT smaller, and people moving in don't want to get rid of all their stuff so they'll rent a storage locker, basically higher rent to live in the building PLUS a monthly storage fee for the stuff they can't fit in their apartment. So now you're paying $2,500 or way more a month for rent PLUS $100+ a month for storage.

[@5KBently]

Aside from the humble bragging you're doing, Why tf would you even consider moving when you're already living in new building with a nice view, lower priced rent, etc? Do you hop from apartment to apartment like the way people upgrade their phones every two years?

[@giovelli4831]

Where in NJ if you mind me asking please?

[@shellym9504]

Definitely happening in FL as well...

[@TheSwayzeee]

Same here, my wife and I bought a house in Stratford, CT. Of course monthly payment is a bit higher, but we a 3 bed 2 bath for a great price, huge lot, the whole deal.

[@LolaSemone]

@@giovelli4831All over northern NJ

[@bnwo]

Many people are leaving NY.

[@shatikaconward7247]

Including me TEXAS her I come

[@dirtyroofer3678]

But many such as I won't sell off our property.

[@Ray03595]

@@dirtyroofer3678As you should. Rooting for you 🙏🏾

[@dirtyroofer3678]

@@Ray03595 no ill keep it i got a lot ill leave for the kids . I started with nothing let them keep it moving.

[@TheDarylMack]

I left Brooklyn permanently 27 years ago . I really didn’t want to but now I’m glad I did. I’m am a homeowner in another state.

[@phalynwilliams4119]

They have been complaining about high rent for decades and the politicians haven’t really address it. Many Manhattanites used to move to the other boroughs to combat high rent. Now the high rent issue has spread throughout the boroughs.

[@jonc718]

20 years too late to complain about it now..

[@myisharodriguez9972]

Exactly

[@Militantreturns]

@@jonc718 the nets. Change downtown. The first season. In Brooklyn was. 2010. So it's hasn't been 20 years. You're wrong

[@TheDarylMack]

@@jonc718 I remember hearing about gentrification is coming and saw it happen way back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I grew up in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn from 1987 to 1993 . I went away to school and came back in 1996 and left again in 1997 . I now live and own a home in Rhode Island.

[@ariah8884]

Yes I can’t even walk through my neighborhood, bedstuy anymore because it makes me nauseous how much gentrification has wiped out almost everything and everyone I grew up with.

[@LokiTheGodofMischief]

Good

[@ariah8884]

@ your brain couldn’t process more than 4 letters but you were just dying to say something spicy huh 😂

[@wgoood2]

We had Decades to buy up our neighborhoods and we didn't. Can't get mad when outsiders come in and do what we should of

[@ariah8884]

@ also outsiders came and committed deed fraud and stole peoples properties. Don’t forget that part.

[@paceyourself5652]

@@wgoood2self hate is strong with you, huh

[@RonnieMyers777]

20yrs late, NYC people are gentrifying NJ now

[@Militantreturns]

@@RonnieMyers777 about 15 years

[@nunyadambusiness3530]

@@Militantreturns more like 25 years. parents rent in 2000, went up from $610 to $800 (31% increase) so they had to move. now? old place listed on zillow for $3,600. thankfully am blessed enough to take care of them now.

[@Militantreturns]

@nunyadambusiness3530 that's not gentrification. That's. A rent hike doofus. I suggest you research what gentrification is

[@scrappytbc7335]

I saw the plans for this in 1994. This is part of a policy, not a reaction. I'll say no more.

[@jazzyj3618]

Basically They Want Y'all Out of Brooklyn 🤷

[@bbpersonalpage1613]

Yep, sounds about white.

[@krnpowr]

They want y'all out of NYC.

[@__________________________7025]

@@krnpowrand it’s the Jews who are behind this.

[@romeysiamese6662]

She worries about people “not being able to afford places to live”…that ship has sailed. Not sure where they will go….it’s expensive Everywhere!

[@TiffanyTolliver-y2b]

Brooklyn is very expensive for no reason because the sad part is it is still the same and it still looks the same after all these years.the only difference is they cleaned up dumbo and downtown area,and they also put the Barclays and more eateries downtown.but other then that,for them to go up that highly on the cost of living because of gentrification is ridiculous!the only difference is they have more police ONLY because of how gentrified it is now🤦🏽‍♀️

[@kevindagame]

It's bad where I live. I used to live in Brooklyn myself now live in Indiana. Whenever I come back I see how different is. Sadly the neighborhood I live in Indiana went from black to Mexican and a few whites

[@ossoduro7794]

Sounds like an improvement for your Indiana neighborhood.

[@chatta718]

@@ossoduro7794ever since yall came from Europe it’s been a problem

[@MarcusBarrett-zi8od]

If you don’t position yourself from now. Indiana will be no different. This is happening nationwide.

[@5KBently]

@@ossoduro7794 You must not be smart. Living with a bunch of section 8 illegals is not an improvement.

[@stache1954]

@@ossoduro7794 Yeah how is that sad.

[@sagekujo]

Tom from Georgia does not care if rent is $4-5k. His dad got money you don’t.

[@residentevil4life]

this is news? I work in NY and it seems that everyone and their grandma wants to live in Brooklyn over even Manhattan because of the 'vibes". The fact that even the majority of celebrities who live in NYC choose Brooklyn as their home only makes it more viable for gentrification.

[@kathyf1964]

My grandparents who lived on 13th street and 5th avenue (Park Slope) are rolling over in their graves! Last I checked their brownstone sold for $2.5M in 2022🤦🏻‍♀️. When my Dad sold their home back in 2000 he got $263,500….what a difference 20+ years makes!

[@ddhh1270]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Don't blame him, he did what he thought was best.

[@crb4059]

And how much inflation has occurred from then till now?

[@kathyf1964]

@ ALOT!

[@zxcccccc1]

The thing is you have to live to see it and you can own a 2 million dollar home without a parking space.

[@RogueAesthetica]

The orthodox Jewish community is the major driver of gentrification, housing inflation, and displacement in black and brown neighborhoods in nyc. It seems to me largely unnoticed because they are not flashy people. It's a flex for them that they completely dominated the housing market and have a firm grip on almost every neighborhood. But it's a big hardship on everyone else, including white people who also can't afford to stay in the neighbors they used to live some comfortably in. And if you try to buy a house or rent an apartment, you will see they control all aspects of the process, from being the listing agents, the brokers, to mortgage lender, the building developer, and even the lawyers involved. They will push prices as high as our elected officials will let them. And it's all fair game in capitalism, but something has to give.

[@naptime0143]

You can see the difference between poc and the jews in crown heights

[@acomedybyec1437]

Bingo! Sick and sad

[@Queenc782]

No lie told!

[@FoougieTV]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@UptownSigma]

The missing element in the room. The thing no one wants to mention. Realtor in the Bronx. Recently started doing business in BK. Folks get mad at me for door knocking.. I get it. but BK is a whole different world than the BX. In theBX we know Jews own the buildings. but they drive back to BK we dont see them daily. In BK you see it much clearer. Its wild. BUt the game is the game. How are we gonna play it?

[@edj9013]

This was a done deal when the Barclays center was built and all the manhattan residents came across the bridge. Its a wrap now, there is no walking this back

[@Militantreturns]

@@edj9013 yawn

[@santurcedc]

Rachel is considering moving down South to South Carolina. Well, I am sorry Rachel, gentrification is happening in the South. Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina is experiencing gentrification as large and small cities are all over the United States of America. We've seen gentrification here in Washington, D.C. for the last 20 years and it continues. 😪😪😪

[@microbios8586]

Yeah, in Atlanta too. KZbin showed me this video after having watched a video about the same exact dilemma in Atlanta. We are screwed!

[@danielwilliams3686]

I can imagine. I’ve heard and seen that Houston and Austin are experiencing the same fate in Texas.

[@tymalleco3522]

Yes it’s an issue. Prices change stores change and it’s not fair.

[@lisabrightly]

All the neighborhoods featured here have been expensive for decades 😒

[@jasontomica8938]

That's totally false, not true. Whatsoever. Brooklyn has never been super expensive, like it is now all the housing projects and all the low-income housing have always been affordable since the 70s. When I lived there but nowadays, the generification is horrible and many states all the way to california and florida

[@lisabrightly]

@jasontomica8938 they interviewed people in Park slope and surrounding areas for this fluff piece. I paid $1, 200.00 for a one bedroom in Park slope, 24 years ago. My friend had a share up the block at the same time. She paid $1,000.00. In 1999 I lived in bed Stuy, I had a garden apartment - it was $900.00. In 2002 I had a studio in Crown Heights, it was $900.00. "Cheap" where? These prices weren't overinflated either, they were standard. The last cheap neighborhoods I know of were Bushwick and Brownsville. In the year 2000, I was seeing apartments around there for $600.00 . I have no idea what they cost now but they were the last two holdout areas. I'm sure those prices are long gone.

[@mclarenfan2]

@@lisabrightlywhat are you complaining about? That’s good

[@ThePeterReyes]

​@@lisabrightlyMy father was paying $450 for a three bedroom in Bushwick in 1987 and brought a house in Ridgewood queen then sold it for $100,000 in 1994

[@BilldoeTruth]

Decadeshellter NYC staff are dangerous and treacherous 😢

[@phalynwilliams4119]

Gentrification is all over including Europe. If you shut your eyes 👀 while listening to the news 🗞️ the residents who are getting squeezed out sound just like the rest of us except for their accents.

[@lt3074]

This has been happening all over the country for years. Its disgraceful!

[@gaoussoujames274]

Being from Bushwick I can relate. They have officially took over everywhere

[@12point131]

I rarely watch “local” news anymore, but damn…. It’s the same stories as 15 yrs ago. “Gentrification”, “Apartment fire in the Bronx”, “3yr old falls out of 5th story window”, “he was a good kid”.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

If you didn't buy a house 20+ years ago when they were so affordable and easy to qualify for you missed out on the best of times to become a home owner and pass that house on to your children and grand children. I bought a house working as a hairdresser back then. So many thought it was fun to rent, well it's not fun now. These older people had every opportunity to step up and buy a house back then. Too late now, I feel sorry for the young people today.

[@nycny1090]

This started in the 80s. Park slope/Windsor terrace were working class neighborhoods. Just about every last person from that period had to move away due to the price hikes. Who are these people replacing us???

[@dirtyroofer3678]

Park slope 1980 wS crack heads and hookers bought brownstone in 83 for 35 k

[@kennydude7971]

You cant sell your building to the highest bidder. Not good enough, the owner MUST give the building to the tenants and keep paying the property taxes. But first, renovate, ALL the units. New appliances are a must. Dont forget to come by and shovel the snow during winter.

[@WhatIsThis-zq4hk]

Also the landlord must give every tenant a new Mercedes as well. This will definitely encourage more housing construction!

[@impassable]

Its part of life..I lived many years in California but couldn't afford it anymore and moved to another state, bought a small house and Im good..

[@mkhanman12345]

It is not.

[@mkhanman12345]

It is not.

[@jayoils123]

Not it’s not

[@TannyYem]

Until they gentrify your new neighbor. Everyone doesn't have the luxury to pick up and jump states. Careful what you celebrate now

[@venusa4871]

@@impassable Screw it! We must ignore greed, be quiet, and go with the program..

[@deowil1]

The US is a corporation 28 USC 3002 (15)

[@jarvisaddison8560]

Been saying this for a decade it's a corporation not a country

[@Misc003]

Every country is a corporation. The game has always been monopoly.

[@joannebutcher3601]

By a building in New York that's expensive.

[@baseman3]

$12 for a bag of rice the price is going to go up since congestion pricing starts in January

[@stache1954]

Grocer has to pay rent. She doesn't understand that.

[@dirtyroofer3678]

I work in Manhattan every week I add 1500 toward every contract for tickets towing etc just cost of doing business, customer has got to pay

[@stache1954]

@@dirtyroofer3678 Right and they choose to pay or not.

[@dirtyroofer3678]

@stache1954 exactly

[@teebone2157]

That policy was canceled already

[@yereviltwin]

Truth be told the city shot itsself in the leg. There is alot of 4 to 6 multfamily rent stablize building for sale going cheap. But alot of small investors like myswlf are not willing to take the risk cause there is no profit and the current owners will end up selling to larger investors who has the money to demo the building and put up this large condos or luxury rental that only the high earners can afford .

[@officialalonzo263]

Sadly my city Washington, D.C. has been going through this for over a decade😢

[@newdirectionconsulting8744]

Nigga get money

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

I heard Chocolate City ain’t so Chocolate anymore

[@officialalonzo263]

@@MrWARBUCKS24 you heard right!

[@benjaminingram4857]

Sounds like a problem everywhere in nation it is about greed and price gauging.

[@NeoDon1]

The WEALTH GAP Has and Will Be "America"

[@johnadamfaheyfahey2372]

This started to change for the worse in 2006.. It’s corporate greed..

[@watermelon520b]

there are pros and cons to gentrification. i inherited a house that my parents paid very little for when i was born and sold it for $700k+ after my mom passed unexpectedly. the area was once working class and now it is being built up. a lot of new yorkers complaining about gentrification did not purchase property when they could have…it was not always expensive to buy apartments or even a townhome in manhattan or the outlying boroughs 30 or so years ago. now the ship has sailed, so to me this is just bad financial planning, short-sightedness, and laziness. renting just puts money in the pockets of landlords at the end of the day and the sooner you can get off that train the better.

[@BritneyWaldron]

Exactly! Poor financial planning.

[@pray618-ww3ee]

I agree. However, we also have to consider widespread discriminatory lending practices that prohibited many people from home ownership.

[@acomedybyec1437]

The housing crisis of 08 Obama bailed out Wall Street, now WS buying up all these properties and laughing!

[@LisaHill-r5f]

I agree to an extent with your comment . However , the “ I inherited a property from my parents “ , is kind of out of touch with the average working civilian in Brooklyn. Unfortunately , many ppl who lived in Brooklyn back in the day came from poor families with little to no financial literacy. You were fortunate to have parents that looked out and it paid off for YOU. The only thing the residents can do is move to another state , and buy property some place else.

[@marlenejennifer3514]

@@LisaHill-r5fthat part about just move to another state. That’s the issue moving to other states now drive up the cost of living for the natives of that state. Even more so the people that promote moving overseas are driving up cost of living for those people in overseas countries. It’s never ending. Red lining is a thing but it doesn’t barre you from owing a home. It can slow you down but not stop you. I have family in Brooklyn it’s bad financial planning. Doing everything else but focusing on building. I get it NYC has all the shiny things to spend your money on but I’ve witnessed too much living above means from New Yorkers

[@nycbenefits]

Some of these neighborhoods, you never step foot in back in the days. Now it's much safer and cleaner. People need to to adapt to change, it's part of life.

[@chatta718]

Nah stop colonizing

[@cptfreeman8966]

These neighborhoods aren’t safer y’all are just more comfortable being there now

[@lynwill9946]

It continues to turn into a country of half versus have nots

[@theonly1258]

Born raised in BK…..moved a while ago ….when I go there now it’s not like a neighborhood….its expensive, transient, people don’t speak , overcrowded, the parking situation is even worst

[@Babu-kr3cr]

It is just stressful like a mall that was poorly designed.

[@sbss924]

More corporations are buying out apartment buildings and charging high rents, thus mom and pop start charging high rents also. Even in the "hood" rent is too high. It's greed. Pure greed. People are going to have to fight back. Yes, buy the building.

[@dirtyroofer3678]

Do you realize every expense is passed on to a tenant .buy your own building youll be crying like me 100k for property tax in queens

[@12point131]

The city is complicit in the high rent, there are so many statutes that prop up overvaluation even if a building hasn’t had tenants in years NYC real estate is a Ponzi scheme that too many people rely on … it will never be allowed to fail.

[@SoSikWitIt]

@@dirtyroofer3678 well when ever we get red lining back ur property taxes will be alot lower ur in a high value place so your going to have high taxes

[@carisowealthy]

Been happening the past 20 yrs

[@Militantreturns]

@@carisowealthy no it hasn't

[@carisowealthy]

@ yes it has

[@Militantreturns]

@carisowealthy elaborate. ? Around. That time. Bruce rattner. And jay-z. Weren't. In the picture. And the nets was still in jersey. So let's. See. What your reasoning is

[@rccurry7431]

Hmm SEEMS like NYC Operating like A Business instead of A City with Opportunities for Working Class Or Homeless Bottom line ➡️ RENT TOO DAMN HIGH.

[@Eyeris625]

rent is too high because the salaries are too low, wages need to go up to keep up with the changes

[@djxcel23]

Ppl have lived in these neighborhoods forever they don’t invest into it and never take action to protect themselves, when ppl come in and so just that. Its a problem

[@Bklyn112]

The people who lived in these neighbors did invest in them. They invested their money, blood, sweat and tears in community building. They are the ones who advocated and created block associations to make sure that essential services were delivered when the agencies funded by their tax dollars didn't do their jobs. They created neighborhood patrols, ambulance corps and served on school boards. Block associations banded together as neighborhood associations that later became economic development corporations. The Bed-Stuy Restoration Corp and Flatbush Development Corp are just two examples. The people that "came in" wouldn't have come, if it weren't for the work of the people who were already there. The people that "came in" don't have the same sense of community nor do they have respect for what community meant before they "came in". Typical though.

[@RooRoove]

Rent is too high everywhere. That's nothing new.

[@onceagain6184]

Sad !

[@SL-lz9jr]

Sadly, even as a new gentrifier myself, I can barely afford to live out here too. It really is a crazy time and I do truly feel bad for those who have even less than me. We're not gonna survive if this keeps up. And it's not even NYC. Even small US cities and suburbs are outrageously expensive now. It's expensive to own and to rent. No escaping it.

[@Ellecramfraiche]

Equality for Flatbush ❤

[@Militantreturns]

@@Ellecramfraiche go home gentrifer

[@LaEscuelaDelEncanto]

It was never our neighborhood. We’re renters. When it’s time to move, move. It sucks but it’s not the end of the world. People relocate halfway across the globe to come here. We’re complaining about moving to another neighborhood or boro? It’ll be ok people

[@wesley939]

You clearly don't understand how this works 🤣😅

[@MarcusBarrett-zi8od]

@@wesley939 He makes a lot of sense. When you are a renter you have very little leverage.

[@BilldoeTruth]

Suckshellter NYC staff are hateful 😢

[@BilldoeTruth]

​Workshellter staff NYC are racist 😢

[@Bklyn112]

You apparently don't know the history. My family has one property in Brooklyn since the early 1800's. During the Great Migration, Black families came up from the south and those who could, purchased homes even though they were not given government backed mortgages to do it. Later families from the Caribbean came and did the same. Families who refinanced to improve their homes were put into mortgages with conditions that made them loose their homes. Other homes were taken by eminent domain or by fraud. The people who come here from across the globe CHOOSE to come here. They can always go back home. That's very different from being forced out of your life long home whether you own it or not.

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Interesting

[@zgarry4939]

I was 2nd wave gentrifier in Bedstuy living in the same apartment from 2010 to 2019. The whole thing is very scary. I was a barista and work in set decoration and window dressing. Now my friends who are lawyers and doctors and architects/designers now live there. They used to make me walk them to and from the Bedford Nostrand G train. When my landlord renovated my building in 2019, I moved to battery park city as rent was damn near equal for split and I wouldn't be running anyone out. Now I live in the capital and they are trying to raise rents to crazy high without the shops, bars, and services that come with gentrification.

[@chiquita683]

0:25 uh these arent the victims of gentrification

[@BilldoeTruth]

Victimshellter NYC staff are abusive and dangerous 😢

[@mickeydooley2230]

Why? Because they aren't oogaboogas?

[@fignewtoneater]

they just said they can't afford to live there. that's literally gentrification.

[@w.w.8215]

Rent is too high they say. How many are on Section 8 and what are their portion?

[@TimmellDontrell87]

I’m definitely feeling it over in Jersey City (born and raised)…gentrification is happening all over…

[@chriszamora574]

Rent strike across the country.

[@BilldoeTruth]

Accrosshellter NYC staff are hateful 😢

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

​@@BilldoeTruththat exactly 💯💯💯 True friend

[@bryans4891]

Shes not technically gentrifying she is... Now the people who gentrified 10-15 years ago feel they are getting pushed out

[@danieldelacruz7305]

It has gotten out of control in Queens and especially in the Bronx

[@danielfiore8865]

Seems like ive seen this story 5X already. Comments are exactly the same.

[@beckinfidelis3916]

Aw changing neighborhoods! 🙄 Now they know how we feel!

[@ossoduro7794]

Only difference is that we always IMPROVE neighborhoods and they incessantly IMPAIR them.

[@artistmi5361]

@@ossoduro7794oh well, now it’s so expensive that you can’t live there either 😂

[@rexquintonchief5666]

They ain't gonna change Brownsville probably, cuzz Imao 😂

[@jer1776]

If you dont want your suburb changing you should care about this. The people in the cities have to move somewhere cheaper. Maybe its your 90% white burb.

[@Bklyn112]

@@ossoduro7794 Surely you jest! Is that what the Lenape would have said about you?

[@nicholasthompson7690]

I had to completely leave NY. Cost of housing is insane.

[@teebone2157]

The problem. Is greed bottom line just because somebody can come in and buy a $500000? Condo doesn't mean everybody around. Them needs to immediately raiseing prices, including stores, raising prices on products.

[@Naswillshine]

This is sooooo late! I feel the same about NJ.

[@adanactnomew7085]

When little gets built, existing housing gets more expensive.

[@MichaelLewis-mg4go]

To top it all off these jobs/careers are not paying and these fortune 500 companies are stealing wages and fringe benefits in the process like goddamn smh something needs to be done everyone must start to stick together

[@MrCySy]

I live in the South and they've already done it and the bad part is the areas we were pushed to move they want back

[@Electronzap]

You need high income parts of the city to pay for the subsidized parts of the city.

[@jamesbrown9721]

Same thing is happening in Boston, but people were warned. It seemed liked nothing else worked to clean up these drug & crime infested neighborhoods--and that also includes South Boston with the Irish gang nonsense. But moving educated & wealthier people into the neighborhood ultimately did the job. This is a warning for North Philadelphia & Baltimore. You better start getting it together, or their residents will find themselves moving out

[@kwbaby4297]

Yea those row homes I can see them taking over.

[@Sassyellechica]

Gentrification in Bklyn has been going on this is nothing new. Its not just BK its everywhere. The cost of housing due to this record inflation has got up not just hete but all over. Certain neighborhoods that were once prodomitly white are going back to that. This city is crap to begin with. Honestly if ppl can move out of NYC sometimes they are better off. For a better quality of living.

[@nicholasthompson7690]

I had to leave for good in 2022

[@Mar-wg7io]

Former new Yorker. So sad😢😢😢😢😢

[@nathanielsingleton6302]

This is nothing new. Been going on for 20 yrs now

[@Billylove2113]

It’s corporate America, not always race. It’s all over the U.S.

[@northeast8215]

How is this news? Brooklyn has been very expensive for many years at this point. Plenty of space up in the Bronx, though!

[@jerijordan_]

This is happening in all the cities

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Same thing is happening in Miami.

[@Militantreturns]

@@thedirtybubble9613 who cares

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@Militantreturns Evidently you did to reply back.

[@Militantreturns]

@@thedirtybubble9613 why are you watching ny area news ?

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@@Militantreturns Because it's a free country?

[@MeMyself-y5n]

Weird how, on the one hand, prices on basics are rising astronomically and, on the other hand, more of an underclass is being created with not only Americans being priced out, but also large numbers of poor migrants being invited in.

[@pamelamays4186]

My aunt lived in Brooklyn way back in the day

[@ToxcynTV]

Ive been in NYC my entire life and its always been this way. The migrant surge didnt help. Deal with it.

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke]

When has there not been a migrant surge

[@Zizazap23]

@@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke The migration surges have always settled down. That's why Nyc was once known for being Italian, Jewish, Black, Irish, and Puerto Rican at one time. While people are constantly moving into the city, it does not qualify as a "surge" at all. I saw the 70'-late 90's in Brooklyn firsthand growing up there.

[@TannyYem]

Translation a white nepo baby who live in Manhattan all my life always had silver spoon in my mouth and don't over or innerstand what's it's like to have colonizers come and take over everything. B/C of my complexion I can get a job w/o even being qualified for it. Can get a more than decent liveable salary. And can afford w/e crazy amount of unaffordable rent. Stfu

[@chatta718]

It’s been a migrant surge since Ellis Island

[@jonc718]

​@@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke I can tell you don't live in NYC area, my local (Brooklyn) home depot, daily, I see least 20+ migrants daily waiting for work.. normally its just around 2....

[@waynecameron8253]

Late to the dance on this issue!Left Brooklyn early in the 2000's,and I saw this coming since then. No one cared when the original people were being strategically forced out. This did not happen out of the blue,and it is all BY DESIGN!!

[@quitaulla1569]

They will NEVER choose people over profits, never ....

[@ponuni]

you try choosing people over profits. go work for free in the name of the people you fool!

[@quitaulla1569]

@ponuni You are the fool one ignorant idiot. You didn't even understand my comment.

[@42luke93]

They build these skyscrapers and still the same amount of parking spots and room on streets nowhere to park.

[@jesusdelacruz1576]

Now this is being talked about?!!?!

[@stx82]

Even the gentrifiers are being pushed out. They thought it couldn't happen to them when they were displacing others years ago.....

[@elsmokeguod3354]

Everyone owes me a apology I told y’all they want all blacks in the Bronx

[@deeplearningpartnership]

Bronx is the same.

[@altheacbarnes2522]

well, when you go to these areas - PA or NC dont vote the same as you did in NewYork -

[@stephan24297]

What sucks more is high rents for old buildings and houses. It sounds crazy but I think increasing crime will drive prices back down.

[@12point131]

You may be right,but i doubt it. There are like a million new “citizens” … quite a few will be successful and be able to afford whatever rent the landlords set.

[@seymorefact4333]

❗❌⛔ Even if they can buy the building. The taxes, repairs, etc will only INCREASE! Within a few years the neighborhood will be a crime scene. ⛔⛔🚫⚠☢☣. 😭😭Its NOT GREED! I'm an investor in private equity. We have bills to pay too. The docking fees for my yacht has increase 30%. Landing fees for my Gulfstream also increase by 15%. Fuel, staffing, insurance, repairs has increased for us too!😭. GET OVER IT!

[@Phoenix-pv4wn]

🍪

[@TheEviIOyo]

once blacks are largely gone, wages will rise and rents will stabilise. it happened in my town

[@__________________________7025]

Where u from I never heard of that.