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Williamsburg Gentrification Especially Hard on Hip Babies

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The condo-ification of the Williamsburg waterfront, dream destination of scruffy Europeans and young, tattooed couples who think Park Slope is stuffy, is not all patterned papooses and $7 ice cream cones. “It’s annoying to be outside with a baby, it’s loud and dusty,” one local mother lamented to DNAinfo. “I have a mom friend who is currently trying to move out of her apartment due to construction,” another added. We hear New Jersey is lovely.

Williamsburg Gentrification Hard on Hip Babies