I have lived in this city my whole life and have seen the way gentrification has changed it. I'm not necessarily against transplants, as 75 percent of my good friends, roommate, and boyfriend are not native New Yorkers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People who gentrify are usually new transplants to a city, changing it to suit their particular cultural needs and whims.
I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.
If you aren't born here, to be a real New Yorker, you have to bring your talent, be a successful mentor, and support the New Yorkers who made the city by giving back.
New York has changed amazingly; it's gentrified everywhere, and it's a much gentler place.
Gentrification is a form of immigration, though almost nobody calls it that.
I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.
A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city.
I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.
I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.
When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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