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With Chinese businesses like that usually the owner of the building is Chinese and often they operate the business or know the operator. They don't sell their p
by cylinder 10y ago
With Chinese businesses like that usually the owner of the building is Chinese and often they operate the business or know the operator. They don't sell their properties much and rent to people they know. That's why Chinatown is still pretty much the same amidst all the surrounding gentrification.
- sotojuan 10y agoAs someone who lives in Sunset Park (Brooklyn Chinatown) I am well aware and sorta happy gentrification will never happen here—realtors in the area willing to rent to non-Chinese still keep prices low :-)
- splintercell 10y agoI never understood this, why do people hate gentrification?
- sotojuan 10y agoI don't dislike it. I like cleaner streets, more cafés, more stores that take cards, amenities, etc. I do dislike my rent doubling in price. In NYC, both go hand in hand. For now since I just finished college, I'll take my super low rent. There's nothing "wrong" with where I live anyway. For a non-selfish response, Sunset Park is one of the few neighborhoods where most people people are working class. Indeed, most of the cooks, dishwashers, etc in Manhattan live here, sometimes many in one apartment (to be able to afford it). I can't imagine where they'd go if the area gentrified.