The New York Times > New York Region > Know Neighborhoods by Their Book Buying
"Sometimes, the sales reveal secrets. One of the most popular genres at Borders's Wall Street store, after business? Books on gambling. The only Shakespeare store in Manhattan where sex books simply do not sell? The Upper East Side.

The Barnes & Noble store on Broadway and 82nd Street sells more psychology and psychiatry books than any other Barnes & Noble in the country, a fact that depending on your interpretation, could be either a sign of robust mental health or serious instability among Upper West Siders.

In other cases, the sales figures show neighborhood change. Does the Barnes & Noble in Greenwich Village sell the most gay and lesbian literature? No, that would be its store in Chelsea, with a newer gay population. "

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- posted by liz @ 6/28/2004 11:14:00 AM