Is Puerto Rican presence in new-york history?In Spanish harleem people don't speak Spanish anymore?

Puerto-Rican presence is a century old in New-york since the U.S took the island of Cuba with Puerto Rico from Spain.A large number of Puerto Rican have already left New-york for Florida or Puerto-Rico.

Today Puerto Ricans are slowly assimilated to the Hip-pop generation and don't listen to salsa anymore.Puerto Rican women are dating less in their community than before.It result in a reduction of the community.New-york is simple becoming less Latin with crackdown on third world immigration.

In the Bronx,heavy drug use with aids and also a large number of Hispanic men in prison have lower the birth rate of Hispanics in new-york.

The entire crew of the "Latin kings" gang has been put to jail(which is a good thing),but this created a vacuum rapidly filled by Hip-pop style new gangs.The Spanish community slowly disintegrated along with the beautiful culture of New-york Puerto-Ricans.
Young Puerto Ricans are loosing their culture and becoming part to the new Hip-pop gang culture.

I don't really care much for puerto ricans. What's even sadder is that I get mistaken for one.

You lose what you allow yourself to lose. I think it is a shame. I lived in spanish harlem and it has lost its luster.The Marqueta is no longer a great place to get your food.

Which countries have you not asked about on here? Why is the world such a scary place for you? agoraphobic - 1.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of agoraphobia: She couldn't leave the house for years because of agoraphobic panic. ag路o路ra路pho路bi路a (膩g'蓹r-蓹-f艒'b膿-蓹) Pronunciation Key
n. An abnormal fear of open or public places.
The world is such a sad sad place. depression?

I agree.Puerto Rican presence is America is fading away slowly.When walking the streets of New-York people you could listen to hot salsa music with kids running in the street.You feel like in south America and the night of New-york were always crowded with people in large numbers.You might see a few hookers, sellers who sell hot dogs,food in the streets at 3am the morning and plenty people would buy,

You may see happy couple hand in had walking from a Latin club.
Now the streets of New-york are more dangerous for an individual because the streets are empty, no vibrant night life like in the time of the Puerto Ricans and Italians.

All you may see is a young Hip-pop dude with a hidden face inside a hood camouflage with a cell phone walling and you don't know if another one is not walking behind you, trying to set you up.

Commerce are closing their light early, New-york is slowly dieing because there is no more Latin fever.Manhattans has become a Disneyland for family and it also close in most part after midnight.

I've heard about the "trend" so to speak that's occurring there & these are not my words but fellow Puerto Ricans i know are not too happy about the way other PR's are being portrayed or acting in NY, they're considered "Nuyoricans" not "Boricuas" in their eyes for a reason....
It kinda seems as if they've lost or rejected their own culture & in turn have fully embraced others....Peace!
(btw, i'm not saying it's a totally bad thing by embracing other cultures, but you should never let your once vibrant culture become almost extinct either)

i do believe they are speaking Spanish anymore because this is the United States of America and people do speak spanish but mainly english and so the people speaking Spanish are speaking English to adjust to the others who do not.