The Bronx is the northern most borough in NYC. To quote a friend of mine “If you want to see the real New York, go to the Bronx.  Manhattan is too overpriced and gentrified.  Brooklyn is a mini Manhattan. Queens is becoming the new Brooklyn, and let’s be honest – Staten Island doesn’t count.  In the Bronx, you’ll find the largest concentration of Native New Yorkers.”  The Bronx isn’t a place most U.S. transplants decide to settle on.  Most people aren’t interested in moving to the Bronx when they consider moving to NYC.  The Bronx, however, is an immigrant community, filled with working class people that have revitalized the borough from within.  My grandmother still lives in the same Mott Haven apartment she moved into in 1973 from Puerto Rico. The Bronx has always been home for my family, and if you’re from the Bronx, I’m sure it’s home for you as well.  Generations of Bronx Natives live, stay and plant roots here.  It’s a place where you can know your neighbors, see the same stores year after year, and live in a diverse community.