Voyeur wrote:
Another blast from the past to calm Earl Morgan's nerves - a NYT story from June 2005 calling Bergen-Lafayette "the last undiscovered area in the New York metropolitan area."

Among the amazing projects that were about to transform the neighborhood: "thousands of new homes and apartments. The largest will be a 932-unit glassy, sail-shaped triple-tower complex on the edge of Liberty State Park." - Never happened

"A former rope factory named Whitlock Cordage is being converted into a $45 million 330-unit mixed-income housing project." - Never finished

"How hot is Lafayette? So hot that a 1,000-square-foot, two-bedroom condominium at a converted factory that closed for $285,000 on April 15 was put on the market one day later for $419,000. So hot that a two-family home on a double lot that sold for under $200,000 three years ago is getting offers of $750,000 today. So hot that a five-story 14?-foot-wide row house that two years ago went for $190,000 sold last month for $335,000." - So hot that on Trulia today east of Grand Street almost half of the homes are selling at auction following foreclosure and there are 19 properties in notice of default.

In short - Earl, I think you've not got too much to worry about from the invading white horde...

Voyeur wrote:
Another blast from the past to calm Earl Morgan's nerves - a NYT story from June 2005 calling Bergen-Lafayette "the last undiscovered area in the New York metropolitan area."

Among the amazing projects that were about to transform the neighborhood: "thousands of new homes and apartments. The largest will be a 932-unit glassy, sail-shaped triple-tower complex on the edge of Liberty State Park." - Never happened

"A former rope factory named Whitlock Cordage is being converted into a $45 million 330-unit mixed-income housing project." - Never finished

"How hot is Lafayette? So hot that a 1,000-square-foot, two-bedroom condominium at a converted factory that closed for $285,000 on April 15 was put on the market one day later for $419,000. So hot that a two-family home on a double lot that sold for under $200,000 three years ago is getting offers of $750,000 today. So hot that a five-story 14?-foot-wide row house that two years ago went for $190,000 sold last month for $335,000." - So hot that on Trulia today east of Grand Street almost half of the homes are selling at auction following foreclosure and there are 19 properties in notice of default.

In short - Earl, I think you've not got too much to worry about from the invading white horde...

JGJDNYCJC wrote:
This thread raises some valid trends but is also missing a trend.

The folks moving to JC today frequently prefer urban living to suburban living, especially given the different types of work we do compared to 30-40 years ago that require longer hours, shorter commutes, quick access, more flexibility and creativity, and virtual work schedules.

Will the majority of folks hightail it to the burbs after a set time? Yes, always, because that's where the more sought after schools are located. But many choose to stay for the same reason that they choose to remain in Brooklyn or Queens -- proximity, diversity, short commutes, architectural variety, various other educational enrichment options. Frequently it's people with money who can buy private education or otherwise fund enrichment programs for their kids privately.

PS 16 is a crowded school in part because it has been able to bounce back quicker. PS's 37 and 5 are, anecdotally speaking, following suit as those feeder areas gentrify.

As with many things in life, follow the money.

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Gentrification is inevitable as we become an increasingly urbanized country with people leaving the suburbs and flocking to cities.

Maybe, maybe not. These things have historically been cyclical and there is a school of thought that we are in another cycle. I do think there are factors that likely give this cycle more legs but the same evolutionary pull that drives young people to cities also leads them out once they breed. Unless and until the JC public schools can credibly compete with suburban schools, that isn't likely to change in a meaningful way...


Have U.S. Cities Reached 'Peak Millennial'?
The demographic case for preparing now for the next urban population decline, even in growing cities.

NATALIE DELGADILLO @ndelgadillo07 Mar 16, 2016 58

For all the talk of city-loving Millennials, some surveys show that plenty of them actually prefer the suburbs overall, and still plan to move there eventually. Census data released last year suggests that the suburban shift may merely be being delayed, not foregone: while Americans aged 25 to 29 are moving to the suburbs today at a slower rate than they did in the mid-1990s, those aged 30 to 44 are moving there at a faster one.

USC urban planning professor Dowell Myers is among the doubters. At the University of Texas City Forum last month, he ventured that cities have reached ?peak Millennial,? or the highest influx and presence of Millennials living in urban areas?and, he argues, it?s only going down from here.

What is ?peak Millennial??

In 2015, those Millennials born in 1990?the largest cohort born in any one year?turned 25. Myers argues this is an important milestone, marking the year that Millennials begin to take their housing and work situations more seriously. Many of them have already made the jump from their parents? homes or college into a city-center, where they?re living independently and focusing on their careers. ?At this age, you?re likely a single adult who?s been out of college for a little while,? Myers says. ?And you?re starting to get more serious about establishing your independent adult life.?

This group of Millennials, along with all the ones that came before, Myers says, have been flowing into cities and causing a spike in the urban population. But from now on, there will be fewer young people moving into cities, because there will simply be fewer of them period. If you imagine the inflow of young people to cities as a faucet in a bathtub, Myers says, that faucet has been turned up higher and higher for the last decade or so. But now, it?s finally being slightly turned down by the dip in total youth population numbers. Additionally, as the largest group of Millennials grows older, many of them will begin to make the shift into suburban family life.

See rest of story: http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/0 ... ties-dowell-myers/473061/

VanVorster wrote:
Gentrification is inevitable as we become an increasingly urbanized country with people leaving the suburbs and flocking to cities.

hero69 wrote:
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brewster wrote:
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hero69 wrote:
where is irvington? i thought newark was the area's armpit.

Irvington is between Newark & Maplewood. Picture Newark without the glamour.

that's sad because newark is ugly.

brewster wrote:
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hero69 wrote:
where is irvington? i thought newark was the area's armpit.

Irvington is between Newark & Maplewood. Picture Newark without the glamour.

hero69 wrote:
where is irvington? i thought newark was the area's armpit.

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hero69 wrote:
speaking of gentrification. has it started in paterson and east orange yet?

I was on Lyons Ave in Irvington yesterday by the White Castle. It hasn't started there. When it does, it'll be close to the end. Because that's the very last place anyone would want to live.

hero69 wrote:
speaking of gentrification. has it started in paterson and east orange yet?

iGreg wrote:
Did Earl Morgan just complain about White People moving into the hood ?



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http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/ ... -neighborhoods-and-lives/


http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/ ... -tensions-start-to-mount/

marullos88 wrote:
Yeah, Earl Morgan made some "interesting" comments here.

JGJDNYCJC wrote:
http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/ ... -neighborhoods-and-lives/


http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/ ... -tensions-start-to-mount/