The city of Troy was founded in the late seventeen hundredths based on commercial activities that were going on among the surrounding villages and towns. It was a place where business people gathered together to do business. As time went by more and more people were coming and settling forming a community. It was not very important place. However one thing that marcs its fame is the fact that it is the hometown of Uncle Sam. Nowadays its community consists mainly of African American people.
During the African American migration to the North, a great portion of them settled in the city of troy thus increasing its percentage of people of the color. As a result the white residents began spreading out of the center, towards the North and today, there is North and South Troy with many small villages like: Wynantskill, Lansinburg and many others. Out of all these sections, the most concentrated African American population it is found in South Troy.
Since Troy was founded after Albany, they have many things in common. For example: many of its buildings look like the buildings from the Albany neighborhoods, especially of the Arbor Hill, the street pattern are similar and many others.
One of the things that one can notice is by looking at the architecture is the physical degradation of buildings. This is an indication that its residents are not interested or unable to keep up with the innovations and improvements that are necessary. Also, the same impression one can get from observing the streets, which are not very well maintained or not at all in some parts. There are not very many places to go for entertainment, which makes it more boring and not interesting.
I familiar with it not because I am a Geographer, but because working as delivery personnel in a furniture store, very often I had to drive through or even go into the houses to drop off the furniture and it was not a very pleasant place to be in. Often time I think to myself that these neighborhoods are still in the period of social disorder of the city. I would not recommend anybody such a place to live in.