When that 2545 persons return to Manhattan, they can rent apts in all the huge West Side condo buildings that now stand empty. Isnt that why they were all built, and are still being built? Doesnt everyone want to pay thousands for a studio in a desolate neighborhood w/ no services just so they can say they live in Manhattan? No?

No.

Aww shit, Queens on the come up!

It's still wack.

i sure hope it stays wack too, my rents is nice!

sorry, eventually the "real whites" or WASPs will push out the african-americans, immigrants and ethnic whites like yourself to Long Island. So start getting familiar with the LIRR if you haven't already. or as the famous song goes "would you settle for staten island?"

lol

"Though less people are coming in, the whole city's population still grew by about 45,000 in the past year. That may be attributed a net gain of 57,000 immigrants."

Are you saying that "immigrants" are not people (because as written that is what you are saying) or is this just more Gothamist garbled syntax?

I think they mean the former.

Who are you, what are you selling, and why do you keep coming back here?

Selling? Who am I?

What a peculiar pair of questions.

I am a person (non-immigrant, thus person) commenting on a blog post on the internet.

I don't see any promotion or "selling" in my post.

All this really shows is that at least 2,545 people in Manhattan were too busy working overtime to fill out a questionnaire.

Maybe they should shorten it to 2 questions. Are you alive? (yes/no) and Are you white? (yes/no/kinda/mostly/whitish/nevar!)

"Manhattan's So Over"

That is the best news I've heard in a decade. Like Manhattan really needs the dregs that populate the outer boros.

A lot of Italians, Jews, Whites from Queens have moved to the Hudson Valley while all the Asians are taking over Queens.

I don't mind the Asian influx into Queens as long as I can still read a storefront sign. When every store name turns into two lines, three squiggles and something with an "o" on top of it, it's time to move.

Just what color are Italians and Jews? I'm filling out a census questionnaire and I don't find a separate color choice for either one.

red and blue?

not to split hairs, but italians and jews aren't currently considered white?

dammit i should have gotten more entitlement aid for college then.

your "entitlement" is that you get to call yourself "white" when you are really not, genetically speaking that is.

actually, italians and jews were not originally considered to be white in the earlier censuses. the definition of "white" has continued to expand to include southern europeans (including italians), jews, and middle easterners. even some hispanics are considered "white" because hispanic itself is not a race.

Immigrants, immigrants, immigrants. That's all you have to know to account for Queens' growth. Most of the borough would be an abandoned wasteland a la the Bronx circa 1982 if it weren't for immigrants.