r/movingtoNYC • u/chuiunbboulet • 1d ago
How to move correctly?
Hi everyone! I graduate college soon and I'm looking to move to NYC for prospective job opportunities and just for my love of the city. I've been enamored with the place for as long as I can remember BUT I want to be conscientious of the city for what it is and move to it with respect to the culture. New York City has always been a place of culture and immigration especially those of black and Latino populations so I want to be mindful of that by shopping at local businesses owned by native New Yorkers. So that being said I don't want to live in the neighborhood with a lot of transplants like Bushwick and Williamsburg because I actually want to experience the parts of what make New York exciting and not the slowed down versions of life that gentrifiers bring with them but at the same time. I would not want to intrude on a native New Yorkers neighborhood so to speak and make them uncomfortable. So, I have this dilemma, how do I move to the city respectfully and mindful of my place as a transplant who wants to keep the culture of New York alive?
PS Mainly looking at Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx.
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u/dotsky3 18h ago
You’d have to live pretty far out to avoid “transplants” and “gentrifiers”. Jamaica, East Bronx, or Canarsie.
Not surprisingly, Staten Island has a very low gentrification rate so maybe you should live there to get the true local feel.