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"In reversal, young children making a comeback in NYC"
"by Robin Shulman, Washington Post | March 31, 2008
NEW YORK - A decade ago, 3-year-old Theo Carlston may have been considered part of an endangered species: a white, middle-class toddler in Manhattan.
But here he is: blond, soft-eyed, sweet-faced, building a fort at a members-only indoor playground in fashionable SoHo neighborhood, surrounded by others like him.
If he's got blue eyes he could be a potential "Al-CIA-Duh" terrorist!
Once upon a time, Manhattan was considered an island of adult thrills and vices. In the national imagination, it was a place of artists, musicians, socialites, Wall Street bankers - or of hustlers, runaways, addicts, murderers. But it was not on the radar of the typical white, middle-class couple as a place to raise children.
Now demographers say Manhattan is increasingly a borough of babies, and more of them are from well-off families.
Yeah, the rich are doing great these days, even if the rest of us are being shat on!
The number of children younger than 5 in Manhattan has increased about 30 percent since 2000, said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution. The increase is driven by white toddlers, whose numbers have gone up by 60 percent, according to the 2000 Census and the 2006 American Community Survey, he said.
For the first time since the 1960s, young white children outnumber their black or Hispanic counterparts in Manhattan, demographers say.
"It's surprising," Frey said. "It's a selective part of the white population, a lifestyle of people who want to have children and can afford to live in the city."
Indeed, according to Andrew Beveridge, a demographer at Queens College, the median household income for this group of children was $280,000 in 2005.
That means HALF of the group is ABOVE that income level!
How come richers aren't being affected by the shit economy, readers?
WTF?!
In a reversal of a decades-long trend of flight to the suburbs, affluent couples are deciding to stay, at a time when crime is low; some schools have improved and urban life has a new allure, said Kenneth Jackson, a professor of urban history at Columbia University.
That decision, a sign of rapid gentrification, is being repeated in several cities, such as Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and Washington, all areas where the numbers of young, white children have risen at a much higher rate than the numbers of young children overall - figures that in some cases have even decreased.
Translation: AmeriKa is becoming a THIRD-WORLD NATION -- BY DESIGN!!!!!!
In New York, Theo's parents - who work in public relations and finance, and who grew up in suburbs - said they had been looking for a more interesting, diverse, and convenient place to live.
"Right now, we're excited to be here," said Theo's mother, Jennifer Carlston, 35. "We haven't considered leaving."
Their decision, and that of parents like them, has the potential to touch most every aspect of life in the city, including real estate, education, and the composition of neighborhoods.
Already, some of the unlikeliest sections of Manhattan have become havens for white babies.
Alphabet City in the East Village - which a decade ago was famous for its post-punk scene and its heroin markets - now is rife with hipster preschools for tattooed and pierced rock 'n' roll parents, and baby boutiques that sell $112 onesies made by Italian designers.
Think that kind of stuff is for YOU and ME, readers?
I'm so glad shit-stinking elites can live so good while homeless vets and foreclosed-upon Americans sleep in the street and eat shit!!!!
Chelsea, once known for anonymous same-sex encounters on its piers, is now the site of the city's only Buy Buy Baby megastore.
Central Harlem, where preschools once catered almost exclusively to African-American children, now has white students in its Montessori schools.
The army of affluent tots is changing the physical face of Manhattan, said David Wine, vice chairman of Related, one of the city's largest residential builders.
He said demand has increased for larger apartments with three, four, or five bedrooms - a bedroom for each child, perhaps, but also maybe a play room, a home office, a family room, and rooms for guests and live-in help.
Gee, you'd never know there is a housing crisis in this country, would you?
I'm so glad the rich are being pampered while Americans get shit to eat!!
Maybe we should EAT THEM instead!!!!!!!
Do you have time to get a manicure, put-upon parent?
All this while YOUR SCHOOL is SHUTTERED!!!!
"I'm hiding in my fort!" Theo shouted as his mother discussed the city her family is helping to create."
Excuse me, readers, but I need to go puke now!!!
