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White girl from Florida
Gets free education grants and scholarships just for being a girl
Gets easy internships just for being a girl
Gets easy jobs just for being a women
Gets promoted to better jobs by other women colleagues
Moves to East Harlem
Gets brand new apartment with high luxuries and anything else she ever needed
Writes home about how gritty life is and how awful poor black city people are
Starts a non profit in NYC for protecting other spoiled American women from the phantom patriarchy
White girl from Florida
Gets free education grants and scholarships just for being a girl
Gets easy internships just for being a girl
Gets easy jobs just for being a women
Gets promoted to better jobs by other women colleagues
Moves to East Harlem
Gets brand new apartment with high luxuries and anything else she ever needed
Writes home about how gritty life is and how awful poor black city people are
Starts a non profit in NYC for protecting other spoiled American women from the phantom patriarchy
U picked Florida?
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"The man who sleeps on the floor, can never fall out of bed." -Martin Lawrence
I live in a new building in East Harlem. I'm the first tenant in my apt. The building has doormen, a hard-working super, two nice elevators, "Juliette" terraces, rooftop access, a gym, and free Internet access.
Oh, and now "low-income" people. People who feel entitled to living here because they grew up in Harlem. I've had a few interactions with someone of them, and after I did, I felt like I needed a SHOWER. I didn't realize how much I loathe these people. Their ****ty attitudes, and ****tier behavior. Treating this building and the hard-working people in it, like the projects they just came from. They're paying pennies on the dollar for their apartments. I wish I cut my 2 year lease. Now I understand why condos are so sought after.
"Low-income" tenants. The "low" stands for low-lives. Low or little respect for the social contract others have to abide by. And what's crazy is that these low-lifes will remain here, long after I am.
God, forgive me. I hate that I feel this way. I hate that I'm letting this turn me into a person I don't like. I don't have a lot, but what I do have, I've worked hard for. And, really, I just want serenity when I close my door. And what I'm going to do to ensure my piece of serenity and peace of mind is buy home security cameras. I really don't feel like my apt (and cat) is safe when I leave for work.
What is the criteria to get one of these apts? I've been looking into it, and apparently, these people have to work. And that's bull**** I know they don't. Not all, of course. But when I'm lucky enough to work from home and have to do errands, I see them coming in and out during the day. (And don't be ridiculous: they're not working from home, too.)
I'm done spewing for now. In my dreams, one of these "20%ers" is reading this, and if you are, I just want to say No one gives a f**k that you grew up in Harlem. The world is changing, including the world around you. Ingratiate yourself. Have some ****ing manners. Act like an adult, not a farm animal. Stop letting your friends in to use this gym we're lucky enough to have.
I need a shower.
With the exception of bringing friends to the gym, you did not mention in your post what else specifically these people are doing that is offensive. You can complain to the building management (including unobtrusively taking a picture of "friends" at the gym, or whatever other problems are happening). Anyone violating terms of a lease can be fined or evicted (and companies that own and manage rental buildings DO pursue fines and evictions - it is hard for small scale landlords, but fairly routine for larger companies).
What makes it their territory? The OP is paying rent to live in that place - how is that "invading"?
It’s their neighborhood and NOW it belongs to the OP as well. Referencing the fact that they’ve grown up/lived in the neighborhood for decades not that they own the area. It would be the same sentiment if OP moved to Mott Street in Chinatown and began complaining about their Chinese neighbors.
OP couldn’t afford an apartment outside of East Harlem and is now complaining about the choice they’ve made.
It’s their neighborhood and NOW it belongs to the OP as well. Referencing the fact that they’ve grown up/lived in the neighborhood for decades not that they own the area. It would be the same sentiment if OP moved to Mott Street in Chinatown and began complaining about their Chinese neighbors.
OP couldn’t afford an apartment outside of East Harlem and is now complaining about the choice they’ve made.
Tsk tsk - poor people problems.
The neighborhood is called Harlem, which suggests that some Dutch people grew up/lived in the neighborhood for decades, and now it belongs to anyone who legally resides there. The OP is not complaining about his/her choice, but about some other tenants in the building bringing their friends to the gym, and apparently doing some other things that bother the OP. I can't say whether all of the OP's complaints are legitimate (as the gym complaint seems to be) since the OP did not specify what those other problems were.
Tangentially related to this, according to NYPD, the same 2,000 people who have a record of multiple arrests (more than 10 on average) commit more than 99% of ongoing crime. While crime is usually attributed to poverty, there are many more than 2,000 poor people in NYC who do not commit any crime... so actually, the solution to NYC crime is not a matter of dealing with poverty, but a matter of locking up those 2,000 gentlemen (and ladies) permanently.
Likewise, the solution to ******-** behavior of certain poor people should target those people individually (by booting them out of a new mixed-income rental building if they bother other neighbors), not blaming the behavior of specific individual jerks on "occupation of their territory".
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