http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/nyregion/thecity/04domi.html?pagewanted=1
Here is an article in NY Times about Washington Heights and how it has been changing. I went to the Heights 2 weeks ago for the first time in over a year and I did notice a lot more hipster type transplants there and wondered if there would be tension between the Domincans and the newcomers.
Perhaps a sign of the times I don't think it was by accident that an empanada vendor (in fact I am pretty sure it was the same one mentioned in the article on 181st) tried to charge me $3 for 2 empananadas. I thought for sure that they used to be $1 each but sat back and watched 3 Dominicans pay $1 each for theirs. I then pointed out the "mistake" to the guy who sheepishly gave me back my dollar pretending it was accidental but boiling inside knowing he was caught.
I am seeing similar transformation around where I live in Jersey City - many older Irish Americans, followed by immigrants from Latin American countries, and now people moving out of more expensive parts of Manhattan.
Here is an article in NY Times about Washington Heights and how it has been changing. I went to the Heights 2 weeks ago for the first time in over a year and I did notice a lot more hipster type transplants there and wondered if there would be tension between the Domincans and the newcomers.
Perhaps a sign of the times I don't think it was by accident that an empanada vendor (in fact I am pretty sure it was the same one mentioned in the article on 181st) tried to charge me $3 for 2 empananadas. I thought for sure that they used to be $1 each but sat back and watched 3 Dominicans pay $1 each for theirs. I then pointed out the "mistake" to the guy who sheepishly gave me back my dollar pretending it was accidental but boiling inside knowing he was caught.
I am seeing similar transformation around where I live in Jersey City - many older Irish Americans, followed by immigrants from Latin American countries, and now people moving out of more expensive parts of Manhattan.