where are the gays going

um... hmmm... it's a bit odd that some of the places i name i specifically know homos in the area that have a hard time finding the friends of dorothy... and jeez the language used in the article sounds essentially proud of gentrifying areas and i wonder how can you be proud of totally fucking over the residents that made a neighborhood somewhere you would want to live and so yea its problematic but the data they're serving up is interesting.

The Gay and Lesbian International News Network has released its top Gay Ghetto Awards for 2008. Portland Oregon and Atlanta Georgia tied for the top spot. Read on for the whole list.

1. Portland Oregon
1. Atlanta Georgia
3. Charlotte North Carolina
4. Raleigh North Carolina
4. Tampa/St. Petersburg Florida
6. Dallas Texas
6. Short Hills New Jersey
8. Chicago Illinois
8. Palm Springs California
8. Austin Texas

GLBT towns, cities, villages, ghettos, enclaves, districts, quarters, and neighborhoods are referred to with various descriptive words. But they all represent blossoming pride, celebration, and reliable real estate value.

Each year we choose our Gay Ghetto Top 10 by cross-analyzing demographics against real estate sales data to discover those especially prized metropolitan areas throughout the USA that are most in vogue with the diverse GLBT community. When the number crunching is over, we usually have 10 distinct winners, individually ranked by virtue of their popularity. But for 2008 we have some unique and special surprises – including three 2-way ties and a 3-way tie. Our top 10 are so outstanding, in other words, that they rate higher than ever.

 

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