Bensonhurst (Brighton, Ridge, Bath: transplants, for rent, condos)

[EugeneBKLYN]

Originally Posted by Hustla718

Wow, looks like a solid working class neighborhood. Hopefully the yuppies don't screw that up (if they haven't already).

Not yet. They're infesting Bay Ridge at the moment.

[Hustla718]

Originally Posted by EugeneBKLYN

Not yet. They're infesting Bay Ridge at the moment.

Cannot wait until this city gets shaken. Be it the next crime wave or a natural disaster. Bye Bye yuppies.

[EugeneBKLYN]

Originally Posted by Hustla718

Cannot wait until this city gets shaken. Be it the next crime wave or a natural disaster. Bye Bye yuppies.

I hope thats how it works.

[scatman]

Shaking the city will NOT mean exodus of the yuppies! 9/11 was a man made disaster, and things went UP!

Y'all actually think the city will go back to the ways of the 70s. OK!

[EugeneBKLYN]

Originally Posted by scatman

Shaking the city will NOT mean exodus of the yuppies! 9/11 was a man made disaster, and things went UP!

Y'all actually think the city will go back to the ways of the 70s. OK!

I'd settle with the mid-90s.

[Hustla718]

Originally Posted by scatman

Shaking the city will NOT mean exodus of the yuppies! 9/11 was a man made disaster, and things went UP!

Y'all actually think the city will go back to the ways of the 70s. OK!

9/11 was not the diaster people make it out to be. Only few people were directly effected. It was more psycological.

Crime can easily climb and already is. History proves this point.

i'm talking about a major crime wave. Or a natural disaster such as a hurricane that would make some areas of NYC disappear. Natural, economic, social disasters are all real and will happen eventually. NYC is WAY overdue.

The yuppies will slow in time eventually. NYC future is more like L.A. Immigrant. Current trends back this.

[mead]

I'd agree if there is a big crime wave. I can't believe how stupid/reckless a lot of these yuppies are. I went down to the city to watch the fireworks and noticed a lot of these people who were getting on the subway at 86th st and points below.

A lot of them honestly just seem to lack common street-smarts. They don't handle themselves well and seem like easy targets to me. The only thing that surprises me is that more of these yuppies haven't been mugged already.

[mead]

Are you sure you don't stick out somehow? Between the husband in the band, previously living in park slope/williamsburg, wanting to shop in an organic store, growing of herbs, and feeding street cats, I would quickly come to the conclusion that you might be a little bit different than the average resident of Bensonhurst, who usually descends from either Sicily or Fujian province in China.

Don't worry about the spitting too much though, thats just a Chinese FOB thing. Even the more Westernized Chinese in Asia, in Hong Kong and Singapore, look down upon this cultural habit. The Chinese gov is actually trying to crack down on it for the Olympics in 2008 so all the tourists aren't freaked out.

Oh and the roads? Thats just normal for NYC. All of the non-interstate roads in this area are atrocious, and even some of the interstates are bad like the cross-bronx expressway. The city honestly just doesn't take care of any of its transportation infastructure. The roads are terrible with potholes and the subway stations are usually run-down and dirty, with matching dirty subway trains. You should be accustomed to this by now though I suppose.

If that congestion charge ever passes, hopefully that money will be spent properly and will be put towards upgrading the infrastructure, but I wouldn't count on it though.

Originally Posted by amy_cate

and the roads are awful - don't know where you're driving. not just on bqe and the belt, but all over that area, esp bay pkwy. holes, not digs or cracks, holes. can't swerve around them so have to try and slow down while trying to avoid the jerkoff who is running the red light, say a prayer and hope for the best. seriously can't say enough about drivers around that area in particular. countless times when crossing the street on foot, having right of way, then having someone honk and nearly run me over or give me the finger by someone running red light. nice.

ok, last post, promise. i can't be the only one who finds that area so nauseating. haha.

[briarwood]

/\ Yes, those evil yuppies. You both sound like fake-ass wiggers (Eugene/Hustla)


The 1970s are not returning. Too many solidly middle class Asians and Hispanics pouring in. I want the 20s to come back. Booming, upper to middle class, swinging clubs. If you want crime er, "realness", haul your oh-so-ghetto asses down to Philadelphia. Last I heard, they're on track for 500+ homicides in a city of less than 1.5 million.

[Hustla718]

Originally Posted by mead

The only thing that surprises me is that more of these yuppies haven't been mugged already.

Who said they haven't? PSP's, iPods, Cell Phones, robbery has come back strong in NYC and across the country. Many visual signs of value.

Originally Posted by briarwood

The 1970s are not returning. Too many solidly middle class Asians and Hispanics pouring in.

Haha! Yeah right. Don't know where you got that from.

Originally Posted by briarwood

I want the 20s to come back. Booming, upper to middle class, swinging clubs.

That would be nice. However too many changes in society since then. The cities were just in MUCH better condition. Structurally and socially. The Sunbelt is close to what you speak of. It's booming. Socially though times have changed all over America.

Originally Posted by briarwood

If you want crime er, "realness", haul your oh-so-ghetto asses down to Philadelphia. Last I heard, they're on track for 500+ homicides in a city of less than 1.5 million.

Been down there and it's the same old. I liked it better then NYC. More less desireable areas but who cares. IT'S CHEAP. No wannabe New Yorkers (Well Philadelphians) flooding the neighborhoods, getting ripped off for boxes with windows, raising the overall rent. Then again i'm a vistor so I have no real say. Not yet. As for the murders, it's more 400 homicides for the end of the year then 500+. Let the savages kill each other. It's not exactly innocent honor students getting gunned down. Nantural selection at it's best.