LGB Historylgbtqiaborhoods in decline

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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

But in May, Jones, 67, left for a small home with a garden and apple and peach trees 75 miles away in Sonoma County after the monthly cost of his one-bedroom apartment soared to $5,200 from $2,400.

There's your problem. A lot gaybourhoods were set up in cities that eventually became expensive. Most of Ireland's gay scene is confined to Dublin, the most expensive city in the Eurozone. Most gay people cannot afford the cost of living in these cities.

And yes, the gaybourhoods got ruined when they became woke and trans-centric. Rent is not the only factor.

[–]Virginia_Plain 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

For all the talk about "rich cis gays," I don't really see it much. There are certainly groups of men who can afford to do all the cruises and circuit parties and whatnot, but they are a minority of a minority. I am a truck driver dating a guy who works at a food production facility. We are keeping our heads above water, and this is in a small city in the Southern United States with relatively cheap rent.

In general the idea of major cities (New York, London, etc.) as a place easy to "be yourself" as an emerging young person--regardless of whether you are gay--died with the 20th century. Sounds like a fun time for older friends I knew who got to experience it, but that's not the reality anymore.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Unfortunately a lot of gay people are stuck in the past, so they're still perpetuating the myth that most gay men can thrive in the city. Sadly, in my country there is no gay scene outside of Dublin.