'Constantly feeling on edge': Anti-LGBT hate crimes are rising, the FBI says. 'The gayer the block, the faster it rises in value,' Amin Ghaziani told USA TODAY. Ghaziani is a professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia and author of There Goes The Gayborhood? Neighborhoods such as San Francisco's Castro district or New York's Greenwich Village have cultural and historical significance for the LGBT community and house a large LGBT population.Ī home in the Castro district values at nearly $1.8 million, according to the housing app Zillow, while comparable homes in other neighborhoods in the city average $1.3 million.
For better or worse, iconic 'gayborhoods' are getting way more expensive, pricing out LGBT people in the process.
