The Real Problem With City Life Today
Xochitl Gonzalez talks about “old Brooklyn,” crime in New York City, and the gentrification of pizza.
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In a recent Atlantic article, Xochitl Gonzalez, the author of our Brooklyn, Everywhere newsletter, argues that the sound of gentrification is silence. I called Xochitl to talk about the article and the New York she once knew.
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What Brooklyning Means
“New York in the summer is a noisy place, especially if you don’t have money,” Xochitl Gonzalez in ’s latest print issue. “For the broke—the have-littles and have-nots—summer means
