Brooklyn's getting bigger... Census Shows Brooklyn Population Growth
And de Blasio says this supports the need for more affordable housing.
The Census Bureau on Thursday confirmed what riders of the F and L trains already know: Brooklyn is smokin’ hot. Its population surged nearly 1% last year and 3.5% over three years, making Kings County the fastest-growing borough in the city and one of the fastest-growing counties in the state.
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Seems like an oxymoron to me. If people are moving to Brooklyn in droves then they already can afford the housing cost. The question is, where are they moving from?
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This article tracks one group of Brooklynites origins:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's flow mapper, young Brooklyn residents have moved to Kings County from all over the country.
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