Personally, my line of the article was, '"I was praying something like this would happen to keep them out,” Calvin Hunt, 45, a longtime resident with a drastic view, said of the newcomers the morning after the shootings.'
I'm sick and tired of hearing people describe themselves as victims. Real estate prices increae based on supply and demand. When an apartment goes condo, it's not the fault of whitey -- it's the apartment (land owner) doing with their property what they choose to do. Basic freedoms here...
“I was praying something like this would happen to keep them out,” Calvin Hunt, 45, a longtime resident with a drastic view, said of the newcomers the morning after the shootings. “When crack was happening, you could have bought these brownstones for $1. Now they cost $1 million.”
Maybe Calvin should have bought a home for $1 then and "them" would have made him $999,999.00
Very funny article. If these people marching, bitching at church, setting up weekly metings had invested in their own community purchasing homes and businesses this wouldnt be the issue. They would be excited about the change and the appreciation in their property values. Instead bitching because crime and the 99 cent store are gone.
You would think someone in public housing would welcome improvement in the general neighborhood. They get the benefit of lower crime rates and increased variety of retail options, all the while knowing that their publicly-supported living situation is invulnerable to market forces. What's not to like?
She probably does not like the fact the the new stores and shops do not take her government/welfare credit card that all of us stand up tax paying citizens are on the hook for.
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Well this sucks. Harlem is getting gentrified before Trinidad?
Hmmmm I think Trinidad will gentrify once housing prices in DC match housing prices in Manhattan.
-14th PL NE
Trinidad will completely gentrify once gas hits 8 dollars a gallon.
I find it much more lucrative to beg for spare change in Times Square
they should start making "defend harlem" shirts like those brooklyn ones:
http://www.defendbrooklyn.com/new_store/shake-head-brk.php
Personally, my line of the article was, '"I was praying something like this would happen to keep them out,” Calvin Hunt, 45, a longtime resident with a drastic view, said of the newcomers the morning after the shootings.'
I'm sick and tired of hearing people describe themselves as victims. Real estate prices increae based on supply and demand. When an apartment goes condo, it's not the fault of whitey -- it's the apartment (land owner) doing with their property what they choose to do. Basic freedoms here...
What charges are happening to the harem?
Is the older brunnette retiring?
Is the blonde that caught the sultan's eye at the banquet now in?
“I was praying something like this would happen to keep them out,” Calvin Hunt, 45, a longtime resident with a drastic view, said of the newcomers the morning after the shootings. “When crack was happening, you could have bought these brownstones for $1. Now they cost $1 million.”
Maybe Calvin should have bought a home for $1 then and "them" would have made him $999,999.00
Very funny article. If these people marching, bitching at church, setting up weekly metings had invested in their own community purchasing homes and businesses this wouldnt be the issue. They would be excited about the change and the appreciation in their property values. Instead bitching because crime and the 99 cent store are gone.
"Ms. Walker, who has lived in the sprawling General Grant Houses, a public housing complex, on and off since the 1950s"
Odd how the NYT decided not to say why this woman was living on the public dole for over half a century.
When you live in housing that someone else is paying for for 50 years you have very little right to bitch when the neighborhood changes.
But I will agree about the cheese. Give me a basic sharp cheddar over a feta anyday.
You would think someone in public housing would welcome improvement in the general neighborhood. They get the benefit of lower crime rates and increased variety of retail options, all the while knowing that their publicly-supported living situation is invulnerable to market forces. What's not to like?
She probably does not like the fact the the new stores and shops do not take her government/welfare credit card that all of us stand up tax paying citizens are on the hook for.
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