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March 25, 2022 • Schneps Media
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BY MYRIAN GARCIA
Following San Francisco
and Jersey City, Manhattan
is the third Zoomer
hotspot recording a 63% spike
in Gen Z rental applications in
the past 12 months, according
to Rent Cafe.
The trend for 2022 among
Gen Z is to move back to urban
areas and cities.
The report found that in
2020, Gen Z preferred small
towns primarily in the Midwest
and the South. 2020 was
a year full of canceled travel
plans and school shutdowns.
Therefore, many Zoomers
chose to move to a more affordable
and home-like setting
in times of great uncertainty
and change.
In 2022, as cities begin to
open up, Gen Z is ready to
move out of small towns and
into large urban areas.
“Big cities are appealing for
a host of reasons—big cities
offer diverse job opportunities,”
said Nicholas Dempsey,
Associate Professor of Sociology
at Eckerd College. “Big cities
offer many amenities that
are not available in smaller
cities or rural areas, from dining
and entertainment options
to public transit, to services
like gyms and spas. And big
cities offer opportunities for
social networking—whether
Gen Zers are looking for professional
colleagues to bounce
ideas off of, or romantic partners,
they’re more likely to find
someone to connect with, in a
big, dense city.”
Zoomers are starting to exert
their influence in the housing
market as the only generation
to record an increase in
renting activity in 2021. Additionally,
compared to the data
collected in 2020, there were
220,000 more Gen Zers who
applied for an apartment the
following year.
As recent graduates in
search of jobs, Gen Z is slowly
becoming the largest renting
generation seeking areas that
will fulfill their needs.
BY TEQUILA MINSKY
At dusk in Elizabeth Street
Garden on March 18, Villagers
gathered at the grassy
area to pay tribute to and support
the people of Ukraine.
Deacon Adrian Mazur of the
Ukrainian Holy Orthodox Church
located on Broome and Elizabeth
led a service. Candles held by the
assembled lit their faces.
Council Member Chris Marte
attended St. Agnes High School
with Deacon Mazur. “The vigil
meant a lot to me to stand in solidarity
with local Ukrainians like
my friend Adrian and to pray for
his family and friends who are
fighting for democracy or being
displaced from their home country,”
Marte said. “Even though we
are thousands of miles away, we
are all connected and have to do
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whatever we can to support the
Ukrainian people.”
Keen Berger was particularly
moved by the sense of connectedness.
“After the vigil, we planted
sunflower seeds—sunflowers, the
national flower of Ukraine—to
symbolize hope and light.”
Daily news of bombardments,
death, and refugees seeking safety
weigh heavy on the hearts of
New Yorkers.
Judson Memorial Church held
a special form of service on Sunday.
In lieu of a sermon, Rev. Julie
Johnson Staples , J.D., the Transition
Minister at Judson, engaged
in an exchange with Alisa “Tzipi”
Zilbershtein, a fifth year rabbinical
student at Jewish Theological
Seminary. She is from Ukraine.
“Peace calls for deep listening
to inspire right action,” said Rev.
Staples. “In the face of this brutal
war and an epic humanitarian
crisis that has forced more than
three million people into refugee
status, making space to listen
and learn first hand is one step
we can take to become part of
the solution.”
Entitling the service segment
Queen Esther’s Battalions, Rev.
Staples informs all that there were
3200 women in the Ukrainian
armed services before Russia invaded.
Women are part of the war
effort—medics, in the troops, and
providing humanitarian relief,
evacuation transportation, and
finding food and shelter.
Tzipi then spoke, pointing out
that it took a long time to get to
this point of war—eight years, not
just the last 25 days. The last 25
days have become a new reality for
her—her time completely devoted
trying to help people in Ukraine.
PHOTO BY TEQUILA MINSKY
First reaching out to all the people
she knows in Ukraine—all friends
and relatives, she implored, “What
do you need, what do you need
right now?”
“Everyday something new happens,
and every day I’m able to
help multiple people,” Tzipi says.
The following day, Villagers
took to the streets in another expression
of support.
At Astor Place musicians, brass
bands, choruses and citizens
joined Stephan Said with HONK!
for Ukraine. To sing Glory to
Ukraine, lyrics by Said, a trumpeter
and tubas, musicians with a
French horn, recorder, flute, percussion,
with Said on guitar led a
crowd singing the lyrics attached
to paper plate sunflowers—Power
to the people and equality,
Down with fascist oligarch up
with liberty.
Villagers demonstrated solemn solidarity with Ukraine at a vigil on March 18.
Manhattan
popular
with Gen Z
Praying for peace
Ukraine burns bright in the hearts and minds of Villagers