Queens McMansions: Making Life Less Affordable in ‘The Boroughs’
December 27, 2007 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Home & Living
~ By Deborah Ng
I lived over 30 years in Elmhurst, Queens, New York. Though it’s not a place I choose to live now, Queens will always have a special place in my heart. Even now, five years after moving away from New York, I still visit often and keep up by reading Queens blogs.
When I was growing up, the trend was to buy up houses and knock them down to be replaced by apartment buildings and multiple family houses. My area of Queens was the city’s melting pot and more families moved in each month. I couldn’t believe it when …read more




