tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post8069815026615897593..comments2010-08-20T20:59:47.584-04:00Comments on Son of Planet PLG...: Please tell the Times: there're plenty of affordable rentals out hereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-18589891114668541422007-05-28T22:40:00.000-04:002007-05-28T22:40:00.000-04:00Jevon, this is not an issue of political correctne...Jevon, this is not an issue of political correctness. It's an issue of respect. Please think twice before you use language which is traditionally used to demean a specific minority group.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721355314922522046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-26480183574778541352007-05-23T12:08:00.000-04:002007-05-23T12:08:00.000-04:00Good Call boss. I really wasn't tryna go there.Good Call boss. I really wasn't tryna go there.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672236276766253247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-39189698382479215912007-05-23T08:53:00.000-04:002007-05-23T08:53:00.000-04:00Ed, Jevon -- I'm gonna cut off comments on this on...Ed, Jevon -- I'm gonna cut off comments on this one, or at least this specific back and forth...not because both of your input isn't appreciated, but because I get the sense this one is just going back and forth.Seth Mnookinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987170850695988758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-80577123268774533532007-05-22T21:07:00.000-04:002007-05-22T21:07:00.000-04:00Ahh Hah hah! PC police patrol this neighborhood eh...Ahh Hah hah! PC police patrol this neighborhood eh? Lighten up Ed. Don't evvvven wanna go there wit u.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672236276766253247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-60542163256598868112007-05-21T22:23:00.000-04:002007-05-21T22:23:00.000-04:00Use of the words "sissy," "bitch," and "nigga" are...Use of the words "sissy," "bitch," and "nigga" are offensive. Would you mind rephrasing that?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721355314922522046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-70139280514369022742007-05-21T14:57:00.000-04:002007-05-21T14:57:00.000-04:00Anonymous comments are for sissies. Own your words...Anonymous comments are for sissies. Own your words! Kudos to this Anonymous comment free-zone!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672236276766253247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-68491239792830941862007-05-17T09:58:00.000-04:002007-05-17T09:58:00.000-04:00There are no plans to allow for anonymous comments...There are no plans to allow for anonymous comments. As far as I can tell, it doesn't add to the conversation at all; it does, on the other hand, seem to give people a sense that they can be nastier than they might normally be. But we'll see how things evolve as we move forward...Seth Mnookinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987170850695988758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-42186395597277619552007-05-16T22:53:00.000-04:002007-05-16T22:53:00.000-04:00I would contribute to this blog, but the fact that...I would contribute to this blog, but the fact that you won't allow people to post anonymously is a huge turn off. Any chance of relaxing this policy?Ham Radio in Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16204213792487054846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-28215491656678935022007-05-16T12:13:00.000-04:002007-05-16T12:13:00.000-04:00Wonderful Ed! Glad we're on the same page.Wonderful Ed! Glad we're on the same page.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672236276766253247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-78275520926705694372007-05-16T09:14:00.000-04:002007-05-16T09:14:00.000-04:00But Jevon, I already share your same viewpoint. T...But Jevon, I already share your same viewpoint. There are low class people everywhere.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721355314922522046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-47040974779697717152007-05-15T16:46:00.000-04:002007-05-15T16:46:00.000-04:00Umm Ed, I hate to break it to you, but there are "...Umm Ed, I hate to break it to you, but there are "number of loud, uneducated, tacky people" In most "working-class" and "Up and Comming" neighborhoods in NYC. Flabush is in the nascent stages of gentrification. Give it a few more years and you'll have your wish my friend. And I'm sure "It's not necessarily a race thing", I'm quite sure it isn't... LOL Classic.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672236276766253247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-39963279462355171232007-05-13T13:30:00.000-04:002007-05-13T13:30:00.000-04:00Class-based and media-driven -- what isn't in this...Class-based and media-driven -- what isn't in this society? Here's the reality -- for whatever reason: I work for a very large real state firm, targeting rentals and young people in particular. At this time of year, especially, we are inundated with customers, primarily recent college grads. Of every 20 leads we get, 15 will want to live in Manhttan, below 96th St, 2 will consider Manhattan above 96th St., and the remaining three will entertain the notion of Brooklyn, either Park Slope or Williamsburg -- when they realize they can't afford either of those, it's off to Craigslist they go, where they pick up on places in "East Williamsburg" that are actually Bushwick or northern Bed Stuy, or "South Park Slope" that are actually Sunset Park. But hey, at least you can say you live in a neighborhood that your friends may have heard of.<BR/><BR/>So did this reality start out as a media creation or did the media just pick up on something that was already there, causing its inevitable expansion? And I agree -- only those people too intelligent to be caught up in this class-based concept of an acceptable neighborhood will come here -- and that is just fine with me! The question of why certain nasty areas with vitually nothing to recommend them are preferred to our lovely neighborhood, with all its geographic and demongraphic advantages reamins unanswered.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738357221058230301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-37704566071829834542007-05-13T10:15:00.000-04:002007-05-13T10:15:00.000-04:00Actually, Barbara, I don't think we're disagreeing...Actually, Barbara, I don't think we're disagreeing entirely. To me, the notion that recent grads overwhelmingly prefer Manhattan and can't imagine living anywhere in Brooklyn besides Park Slope is a class-based, media-driven faux reality. We both know that many young people are savvy enough to prefer cheap accomodations elsewhere, including PLG. I think the issue may be why these young ones prefer run-down loft districts in Bushwick to PLG.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721355314922522046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-91832352984088255912007-05-11T18:11:00.000-04:002007-05-11T18:11:00.000-04:00Sorry, Ed, most young people I come across (and th...Sorry, Ed, most young people I come across (and this is my job, and I deal with these people on a daily basis) do not seem to be "in the know" in this respect -- I agree, any intelligent renter would be thrilled with the deals to be had here (and with many features of this neighborhood), yet many others prefer to live in an illegal, bedbug-infested loft in an industrial zone in Bushwick, because it's "cooler" to be on the L train -- even if it is at the Wycoff Ave. stop!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738357221058230301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-3382160950518649362007-05-11T14:57:00.000-04:002007-05-11T14:57:00.000-04:00I disagree with your assessment. It's the folks a...I disagree with your assessment. It's the folks at the New York Times and the middle-aged crowd that have a negative bias of the neighborhood. The young people who are "in the know" tend to be thrilled with the bargains found in this neighborhood.<BR/><BR/>But let's not be unrealistic here -PLG needs to clean up its act in certain respects. Flatbush is dirty, and there are a number of loud, uneducated, tacky people that anyone with a modicum class would prefer to avoid. It's not necessarily a race thing. In fact, this neighborhood has plenty of classy people of all colors.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721355314922522046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818985905245976465.post-85121417931668987142007-05-11T14:09:00.000-04:002007-05-11T14:09:00.000-04:00As a real estate agent who deals with these young ...As a real estate agent who deals with these young people on a regular basis all I can say is that most recent grads have an exceptional sense of entitlement and what constitutes an acceptable standard of living, primarily due to the ever-more-luxurious accommodations offered by college dormitories. Additionally, to many people from outside of NYC, anything outside of Manhattan is inconceivable, even if it means sleeping in an office, and if it has to be Brooklyn, it's Park Slope or nothing -- I love the girl in the story who says they'll have to expand their definition of Park Slope! Yeah, like to Bay Ridge!<BR/><BR/>I have rented several apartments in PLG, and it's a rare renter who doesn't come to the neighborhood and tell me how it feels "unsafe" -- most won't even come out here. <BR/><BR/>I have stopped pushing this neighborhood, where I live and that I love, because I am tired of the implicit racism and elitism on the part of most of these young people -- too bad for them, and so much the better for the intelligent people out there, who can get some great bargains!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738357221058230301noreply@blogger.com