You gotta be kidding me. As if there are no attendant benefits in living in a community that wrestles with real struggle as opposed to financial assets.

Let's start another thread, What, and place head-to-head the affective benefits of living among people who are earning a check for a living (or an hourly). Can't imagine what you do to spend so much time forecasting doom and gloom that's rather predictable in the first place.

And then these endless cuts & pastes about cognitive dissonance. Why don't you save them for your Park Slope shrink and all the other fortuitous hunter-and-gatherers in your prime neck of the woods.

I actually lived there in the eightees, seems like you have a rather short-termed real estate philosophy. The granola set had to do their share of holding the local cops accountable before enfant terribles like yourself could prosper.

Let us do the work you weren't made to do.

Posted by: GreeneAveGuy at November 15, 2008 10:37 PM in response to Notorious Crackhouse at 474 Greene Avenue Up In Flames

There's a lot of truth to that tout de suite comparison. It's been more than a bit ironic living on this block and watching all the unfortunate fireworks over the years while police cars race to the 79th (for this reason, the block association was told, we could not have traffic calming measures on Greene Avenue) one block away.

Posted by: GreeneAveGuy at November 15, 2008 5:30 PM in response to Notorious Crackhouse at 474 Greene Avenue Up In Flames

There's a lot of truth to that tout de suite comparison. It's been more than a bit ironic living on this block and watching all the unfortunaate fireworks over the years while police cars race to the 79th (for this reason, the block association was told, we could not have traffic calming measures on Greene Avenue) one block away.

Posted by: GreeneAveGuy at November 15, 2008 5:29 PM in response to Notorious Crackhouse at 474 Greene Avenue Up In Flames

Our block, as beautiful as it is, is notorious and widely known as a major distribution hub. It has been disappointing to work with narcotics, only to be told that the DA's office in Brooklyn is reluctant to use laws to put pressure on the landlords, who in many instances (at least on our block) directly support the trade. I've watched ten years of narcotic busts and have never ceased to be amazed at how they set up shop the next day.

Heard the fire engines this morning. No idea it had gotten so out of control.

Posted by: GreeneAveGuy at November 15, 2008 12:43 PM in response to Notorious Crackhouse at 474 Greene Avenue Up In Flames