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WATCH: Inside the 'Intentional Lifestyle' of Communal Living in Brooklyn

2016-09-14T13:01:44-04:00

The group-housing industry is growing in American cities. One Brooklyn company, Pure House, prides itself on providing not just group housing, but “an intentional way of living” amid the isolation of modern urban life. In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, the residents of Pure House invite James Hamblin to learn more about the trend, complete with dinner and meditation.

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This Brooklyn Neighborhood Tops the List of "Cool Streets", and It's Not What You Think It Is

2016-07-01T10:14:24-04:00

8 years ago, it would have been Williamsburg. 4 years ago it would have been Bushwick. Last year, maybe Greenpoint. In 2016 however, one Brooklyn neighborhood shines above all else according a real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.

In their new Cool Streets report, the firm analyzed neighborhood statistics and created a list of the 100 "coolest" neighborhoods in the nation. So what makes a neighborhood "cool" anyway?

"Most of the neighborhoods featured in this report are up-and-coming trade areas driven by dramatic demographic shifts and strong Millennial preference for urban living," the report says. "The renaissance occurring on these Cool Streets has been driven by an explosion of new restaurant and retail concepts that connect with the seemingly elusive Millennial consumer like no other."

Using this definition, the report names Sunset Park as the coolest neighborhood in the country.

Check out the full report for more info on how they came to this conclusion.

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Meet the Millennials: What Millennials Want in Our City

2016-06-20T11:59:07-04:00

Apartment search website ABODO recently ran a poll in which 2000 millennials chose their perfect city and its qualities.

The most eye catching result was the overwhelming plurality of millennials who chose New York City as the perfect city. Featuring many desirable qualities such as a thriving job market and quality pizza, it's easy to see why the City topped the chart.

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The Bedford Stop, a New Web Series About Brooklyn Girls Avoiding Reality

2015-11-06T12:55:52-05:00

The Bedford Stop is a new web-series which describes itself as a reality show about Brooklyn girls avoiding reality. And no, it's not the same as the one that already exists on HBO.

Alex and Sarah talk dating in NYC over brunch. Olena gets a Tinder headshot. Melissa finds lingerie in a thrift store. Everyone goes bowling.

Check out the pilot above, then more episodes here it it's your thing.

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The New Yorker Covers "The Other Millennials", Itinerant Youth in the East Village

2015-10-22T14:08:02-04:00

They’re recognizable by their overstuffed backpacks, dogs, and cardboard panhandling signs. They’ve been given many labels: gutter punks, crusties, street kids. In New York, their base is the East Village, that long-time hub for young people on the fringes; when the weather grows cold, many will hitchhike or “hop freight” to warmer cities in the South or out West.

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Mapping Out Where Millennials Live in New York City

2015-02-10T09:42:57-05:00

A new project from the University of Waterloo School of Planning in Ontario called Generationed City has been compiling data on youthification in major cities across the world, including New York City. Specifically, they have determined where millennials, defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, choose to live in relation to the metropolitan area.

The initial results may not surprise you–young adults living in New York City tend to set up shop in North Brooklyn, the Far West Side, the Upper East Side, the East Village and western Queens. [...] What’s interesting about the project in New York is that it shows some unexpected pockets of youth, like Bayonne and West New York in New Jersey, parts of the North Bronx, Forest Hills, and Yonkers.

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