However Zukin also talks about the rise of the creative and hipster people using creativity and forms or artistic rebellion to stand out from the crowd. The article posted below talks about a tourist attraction of graffiti and in Zukin’s words “hipster” made art which generates money for the local and poorer people in Bushwick. The people in Bushwick struggle to make ends meet and pay for costs such as food, electricity, and rent and gentrification and displacement of poorer communities isn’t helping with that. This graffiti style attraction grants tours for people wanting to know more about the art in Bushwick and has people walking throughout Bushwick’s streets exploring the different art forms that people or the “hipster” revolution has made throughout Bushwick’s walls. The money generated from tourism is used to help the local residents as well who have been affected by gentrification and the changing times in Brooklyn, some who may have been displaced from their original neighborhoods.
This new “ghetto” tourism describes Brooklyn’s changes as the poorer and working class people display a form of artistic talent to stand out and generate money for themselves. This can be seem in subways, city streets, and local neighborhoods as well with the rise of “hipster” art and forms of expression meant to both inspire and serve as a source of rebellion. Brooklyn’s changes due to gentrification has inspired new forms of art and the rise of this “hipster” generation and Bushwick has become a shining example of this new creative form of art leading to tourism and revenue for locals.
