Flushing

[Sarah]

A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; --
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[Rihanna]

A port in the south-western Netherlands; population 44,798 (2008).

[Kit]

The act of drinking very quickly and consuming a large amount of liquid. Can be [beers] or [liquor] or both simultaneously. Compared to a [toilet flushing] water.

[Kai]

Large neighborhood in north queens. The neighborhood is split into different sections. [Auburndale] and east flushing which consists of a suburban white/european upscale area, [murray hill] which consists of semi suburban korean and white residents and downtown/west flushing which is an urban low to middle income area with a large asian (Chinese, Korean, Philipino) residents as well as long time residents of Latin American, African American and Indian Paskistani and Afghan residents. There are also some remnants of the long term white (Italian, Jewish/Russian, and Irish) residents. There is also a current movement of Young Urban Professionals and College white students (queens college) moving to the area due to [low rent] and further gentrifying the area. Asians came into the area in large numbers during the 1990s. Asians make up about [50 percent] of the population and are increasing in population due to a monopoly of businesses and [rent control] kicking out long time hispanic, indian, and black residents and further lowering this population. The crime since the large influx of asian american has dropped dramatically in the downtown flushing neighborhood. The overdevelopment of downtown flushing has been an issue since the 1990s when asian businessmen began partnering up with city developers to build luxury condos and [monopolize] businesses in the main thorofare of the neighborhood (main st). One by one they began to kick the large numbers of long term residents (Latinos, Europeans, Blacks, and Arabs/Indians), as well as take over all the businesses, closing most of the long time busniesses in the area replacing them with asian businesses. Now with the new [willets] point development plan proposed by [Mayor Bloomberg] the gentrification and racial cleansing of latinos blacks and indians of flushing will be complete possibly even getting rid of the [public housing] projects (Bland houses) to completely gentrify the area. The neighborhood has changed dramatically and so are many others in nyc

[Greta]

One of the largest most diverse areas in Queens, with [a large Korean] population located in Downtown Flushing a large Heseitc population in [Kew] Garden Hills, Flushing [Meadow] Park, one of the biggest parks in Queens and home of those Mets.

[Julian]

A very interesting town in the borough of Queens, NY. Having lived here for a good 12 years I can safely say that the [Asian-American] population is large and in control, with Main Street basically overloaded with all kinds of Korean stores. Roosevelt Avenue, which intersects Main Street, is where the famed [7 train] starts and later ends in Times Square. It also makes stops to CitiField, new home of the New York Mets. Aside from the large Asian population, there are also a good amount of Hispanics/Latinos, Blacks and White living here, so youre never alone. Flushing is also home to a major bus hub which makes traveling all the more easier and interesting, with bus route going all the way from [Ridgewood] to [Little Neck] (Or Long Island). Crime rate is pretty low around here too, so dont be scared to visit once in a while. Sure, P.S 20s park is a common hangout for a lot of teens but theyre cool. Also home to New York Citys oldest high school as well.

[Sommer]

the part of [queens] where 99% of [the asian] population lives; also home to the [bland] and plain houses, which are the only projects with asian residents.