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This is probably the first time a literary magazine has won our Map of the Day prize! The Morning News put up a nice set of maps by Dorothy Gambrell measuring the bohemianess of various neighborhoods in NYC. The formula she used:
[(% of persons 18–24 with some college or associate degree or higher) + 7(% of persons 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher)] / [median household income in dollars]
All data was taken from the 2000 census, so some recently popular neighborhoods like Prospect Heights and East Crackden Williamsburg might not be accurately depicted. Read their background interview with Dorothy-- in it she identifies the neighborhood that's most crawling with BoHo types-- drumroll please.... it's Morningside Heights!
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Didn't the Morning News publish those maps, oh, on February 9th 2004?
A little late to the table today Dobkin?
Doesn't the Morningside Heights hot zone just point to the somewhat obvious fact that there are many thousands of grad students at Columbia, and that there's not much else up in Morningside Heights except for Columbia?
You need a real job.
Gerritsen Beach & Mill Basin...bohemian?! Maybe by 2025.
Youth + College Degree + Household Income does NOT dictate how artistic a community is (assuming you're using the word Bohemian correctly). This is a *yuppiness map,* not a Bohemia map.
If you used this formula for Berlin, for instance, the map would probably be all blue. That city has an overflow of non-college educated, low-paid artists, and many people say Berlin is giving New York some real competition for "Bohemianess."
I have to agree with Bohemian CRAPsody. The red places on the map are hotbeds for yuppie-dom. It's quite awful.
If you read the artist's statement, you'll see she defines a bohemain as an older, financially stable hipster. Does that mean that older hipsters are yuppies? Well, yes. Shot in the dark: everybody who's posted here (including me!) is actually a yuppie.
The word "Bohemian" doesn't match her personal definition. Bohemians are artists who do not live normal lifestyles. Her definition is not even close.
Of course, we're all free to make our own definitions for words. For example, let's make the word "cat" mean "dog." I'll make a map called "CAT MAP" and put locations of dogs (now called "CATS") on there. People will be understandably confused.
(PS: I'm Puerto Rican and never went to college, but yes, I do make art sometimes.)
PPS: Yuppie=Young Urban Professional
ie: 20-something, well-educated people working in higher-than-average paid professions
the redder the neighborhood = the more academic degrees + the _less_ income. surely a terrible way to define "bohemian," but still an interesting measure. wonder what it would look like on a state-by-state US map? the barista poets and waiter-actors make much more in NY than elsewhere.
i don't see the czech republic anywhere on this map.
liars!
ok the cat map post was pretty damn funny
Why would you want to be a bohemian anyway? It is NOT fun..you cannot pay your bills..you live day to day praying that the next job will last long enough so you can have some money in your pocket..your lucky if you get to eat..every piece of clothing has paint/charcoal on it..you hope your phone isn't turned off..it isn't fun to be a gypsy.
Good one dhex!
I'm inclined to agree that there's something wrong with this map or its interpretation. My neighborhood is yellow and if there's a single bohemian living here, I have yet to see him or her.