Typical problem with some lower income people in NYC (New York: low income, real estate)

[ABklynDude]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/ny...amenities.html

"Rare is the New Yorker not afflicted by real estate envy. In this city of dreams and dissatisfactions, where public housing and squished tenements sit an air shaft away from multimillion-dollar apartments, coveting thy neighbor’s home is as common as breathing in exhaust."

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[anon1]

I read that article... Great article.

[ABklynDude]

I'm pretty sick of this self entitlement attitude that some of the lower income people of this city have. The Edge has already given them a cheap apt in a hip neighborhood, but they still want more. If you can't afford one of the luxury apts then you dont get it. These type of people deserve to be driven out back into whatever Moderator cut: Langugage neighborhood they crawled out of.

[PorkFriedRice]

Originally Posted by ABklynDude

I'm pretty sick of this self entitlement attitude that some of the lower income people of this city have. The Edge has already given them a cheap apt in a hip neighborhood, but they still want more. If you can't afford one of the luxury apts then you dont get it. These type of people deserve to be driven out back into whatever Moderator cut: Language neighborhood they crawled out of.

If you read the article, everyone knows about the separation issues and only 1 person complained out of the others they interviewed.

[ABklynDude]

1 complained, the others expected it, and one said he didnt want to seem ungrateful. They should not have even expected it to begin with. This should not have even made the papers to begin with. Their basically trying get some pity for these apt lottery winners, and at the same time make the people who worked hard and saved to buy a condo look like asses for not letting these people use their amenities.

Originally Posted by PorkFriedRice

If you read the article, everyone knows about the separation issues and only 1 person complained out of the others they interviewed.

[florida_boy]

I'm sorry, but these people "win the lottery" and get lower than market rate for a great apartment, but that's not enough, they want access to the "luxury" amenities. This article is truly the epitome of what is wrong with the "system". They somehow deserve access to these amenities because they are "taxpayers".

[SeventhFloor]

Paying below market rate in one of NYC's trendiest neighborhoods?

In the words of Charlie Sheen...

Winning!

[bluedog2]

Northside piers is a total piece of crap anyway.LOL at "luxury". The place is crumbling already.

Disgruntled Northside Piers Buyers Declare War on Toll Brothers - Complaints Dept. - Curbed NY

Williamsburg waterfront condo residents complain of 'shoddy' construction - NYPOST.com

http://thewgnews.com/2011/03/18155/

[Ron.]

Originally Posted by ABklynDude

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/ny...amenities.html

"Rare is the New Yorker not afflicted by real estate envy. In this city of dreams and dissatisfactions, where public housing and squished tenements sit an air shaft away from multimillion-dollar apartments, coveting thy neighbor’s home is as common as breathing in exhaust."

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LOL...you think that is typical of low income people? I think people in general are like that, no matter what tax bracket they are in.

As it relates to the article, in one of the buildings, the Lottery winners and the unit owners live on separate sides so I can see not having access but only from a purely structural aspect.

The other building, well, like it or not they are residents and should have equal access. I think most of the owners would say they same. If I were a unit owner I'd feel the lottery winners were a part of the community, therefore they should be able to enjoy the same aminities in the building as I do.

So what if I paid full price and they got a great deal? That's life. Life isn't fair.

[anon1]

@ Abklynndude I don't understand you're obsession or hatred for these low-income folk... it seems like you're obsessed with pointing out their flaws now that they feel they are being priced out of their neighborhoods...

If you hate them as much as it shows from all your threads and posts... simply move out of Bushwick... that is your right and you dont need to live there or try to make it trendy like a Williamsburg so that you can return profit... just move into a neighborhood where you won't have to deal with hood characters, its as simple as that... but you're obsession really is unhealthy