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Push: Gayborhoods were established and grew up in an age when walkable and transit-oriented urban areas were less desirable than houses in the suburbs. Thus, they were affordable to a wide segment of the gay population. As cities have become more desirable, many/most gayborhoods are situated in some of the most desirable areas. Thus, they have become more expensive as demand rises--and this pushes less affluent gays out to other more affordable areas.

Pull: Meanwhile, gay ghettoes were established and grew up in an age when harrassment, violence and discrimination against gays was ubiquitous and rampant--there was safety in numbers. Gayborhoods also made it easier to meet other gay people. As society has become more inclusive and fair, 'safe spaces' are less critical and gays are integrating into the fabric of society at large. And the Internet has made finding other people rather, ahem, easy. Gayborhoods just don't have the pull they once did.