This is a lesson all 30 of the Bushwick kids witnessed on their trip.
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The Bushwick kids return to the United States on August 13, but their journey will not end then.
Bushwick is recovering now, but half of the children under age 18 still live below the poverty line.
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The Crif Dog Classic took place at Roberta's, a restaurant with its own growing reputation in Brooklyn's trendy Bushwick neighborhood.
Mr. Paulino Jr. started a mariachi conservatory in Bushwick, where he lives.
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Alicia is from Bedford-Stuyvesant, a troubled community just blocks away from Bushwick.
Everything in the Bushwick apartment tends to be as exposed as Paul.
"It's venture capitalists and 23-year-old graphic designers in Bushwick, " Mr. Dash said.
Brokers in the area say the art spaces are largely concentrated in the more industrial part of Ridgewood along the boundary with Bushwick.
They have continued to blog about their journey and share what they've learned from their experiences after they returned home to Bushwick, Brooklyn.
On a more local level, New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick and Crown Heights neighborhoods in Brooklyn are rapidly changing, as are parts of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The population is about as diverse as it gets, from Hispanics in Bushwick to Italians in Bensonhurst to Jews in Borough Park, among many others.
The Crif Dog Classic will take place at Roberta's, a restaurant with its own growing reputation in Brooklyn's hip Bushwick neighborhood, just as Nathan's eaters compete in Coney Island.
On the last day of July she and her staff, along with a group of college-age mentors, took 30 kids ages 11 to 16 from Bushwick, Brooklyn, to Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The new business arrivals come after the stretch of Grand Street between Union and Bushwick avenues has seen some turnover in recent years, the result of recession woes, rising rents and a changing neighborhood.
She could have swung any other city, but relocating to NYC, even if you share a fourth-floor Bushwick loft with roommates, as Ms. Rush does, requires thousands of dollars in upfront rent and deposits, never mind the actual moving expenses.
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