Bronx has become top destination for people moving out of Manhattan, but gentrification just beginning 

Some longtime Bronx residents believe their nabes are gentrifying

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Census results released last week show that the Bronx has become the top destination for people moving out of Manhattan and some longtime residents believe their rugged neighborhoods have begun to gentrify.

But more new Boogie Downers are immigrants from Harlem, Inwood and Washington Heights, not hipsters, vegans and lawyers, according to a local expert.

The results from the American Community Survey reveal that 16,686 people left New York County for Bronx County from 2005 to 2009, more than the 15,020 who moved to Brooklyn.

Some of the migrants are white collar professionals, noted Carmen Vega-Rivera, 58, a longtime Grand Concourse resident.

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