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9. Hipsters in Brownsville.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #7)

Tue May 2, 2017, 09:54 PM

May 2017

I blame it all on the demolition of the Third Avenue El.

Once it came down, a half million working class people were pushed to Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx and the city was turned over to luxury developers and global investors. What housing was left became a post-collegiate playground.

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Anybody gone to Fordham? [View all] rug May 2017 OP

Most private colleges in this city have changed in the past 20 years. hrmjustin May 2017 #1

Yeah, Fordham's really pushing that angle too. "New York is my campus. Fordham is my school.TM" rug May 2017 #2

NYC is a city of the rich now. hrmjustin May 2017 #4

It's sickening. rug May 2017 #5

The South Bronx is now getting expensive. hrmjustin May 2017 #7

My grandparents lived on the Grand Concourse GP6971 May 2017 #8

I imagine it must have been frightening to work there. hrmjustin May 2017 #10

Sure appears so from what I've heard GP6971 May 2017 #12

Hipsters in Brownsville. rug May 2017 #9

yep! The Bronx has seen highs and lows in the past 100 years. hrmjustin May 2017 #11

Haven't been there for years GP6971 May 2017 #3

That's the time period I remember. rug May 2017 #6

My brother did! Initech May 2017 #13

Did he leave California to go? rug May 2017 #14

Yeah he went there for law school. Initech May 2017 #15

Ah, that's at Lincoln Center. Excellent law school. rug May 2017 #16