Chinatown Household Survey
Housing: Where to buy?
WHERE WOULD YOU BUY A HOUSE OR APARTMENT?
WHY
BUY OUTSIDE CHINATOWN?
q While the largest proportion (33%) of
respondents were not certain where to buy a
home, Chinatown was the first choice (20%) of those who indicated a
location. Brooklyn
was the second choice (14%), followed by Queens (11%).
Why buy outside Chinatown?
q High prices were the first deterrent (35%)
for those respondents who indicated a preference for buying outside
Chinatown. Traffic
& parking ranked third (13%) among the reasons for buying outside
the area, followed by health & safety
concerns (12%).
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