Taro,
Who is this guy? I mean, did you also meet Ted's acquaintance?
I have no idea about Ted's acquaintance. This guy just works for our company, and likes to talk (a lot). So I find out things from him that I would never think of asking, because he just likes talking...
Buying into a nice neighborhood in Italy or even San Diego is a lot cheaper than moving into lower Harlem these days, believe me.
True, but if you live somewhere for a while, it's kind of home. He is looking elsewhere as well, outside of Harlem.
As far as Harlem becoming a happening place, it has a way to go, and some things working against it. Such as:
- crime
- lot of welfare types living there
- a lot of building falling under rent control regulations.
The neighborhoods that you mentioned (Soho, Tribeca) that became "happening" some time ago, or recent neighborhoods (parts of Brooklyn and Queens adjacent to Manhattan, such as Williamsburg, Astoria, Long Island City) had low crime, low welfare population and low number of rent regulated apartments.
As far as crime, while overall crime rate may be down close to an order of magnitude over the last decade or two, there are still huge differences, of maybe 2 orders of magnitude, between the good neighborhoods and bad ones.
Joe |
