And by that I mean the city. It seemed Irish and Italian immigrants flooded the city after WWII, and today that ain't the case. The euro ancestry of Ireland is almost gone....the Italians still have Bensonhurst but Bed Stuy is almost a 3rd world country
" Tell me mom...when your little girl's on the slab...where will it tickle you?"
You have no idea what you're talking about - the borough has become thoroughly gentrified, although there are still a few old ethnic enclaves; they're shrinking. Bed Stuy has as much gentrification as anywhere else.
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Very sad, but very-much true.
E pluribus unum
You're probably thinking of the part of Brooklyn that became a ghetto in the 1960s-early 90s. The version of 'Brooklyn' that was presented in the 1970s movie 'The Landlord', where Park Slope was presented as a 'ghetto slum' and Beau Bridges plays an Upper East Side son who attempts an early version of gentrification...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAntT41i2hA
Ironically, the Park Slope area of BK has since become gentrified by the upper middle class hipsters & artists (fleeing SoHo & the Upper West Side in Manhattan after its real estate went uber sky high), and professionals & families, in the past 20 yrs or so.
Williamsburg was a dump in the 90's and look at it now. High rise condos, movie theaters, bowling alleys and overpriced bars and restaurants.
shareSo you're ok with Irish and Italian immigrants, just not immigrants of other decents?
Maybe Brooklyn is a great starting point for all immigrants.
And if Brooklyn is a *beep* hole than it's the most expensive *beep* hole I've ever seen.
It's amusing to me how people won't just come right out and say it. Well, civility is a good thing.
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