Atlantic Yards: Time to Take a Shower
Regardles of whether you’re for, againt or somewhere in the middle on the Atlantic Yards project, it’s hard not to be disgusted by the transparent dog-and-pony show that’s gone on in recent days culminating in FRC “accepting” the city planning commission’s recommendation of a 8% cut in the scale of the project. Kinda makes you…
Regardles of whether you’re for, againt or somewhere in the middle on the Atlantic Yards project, it’s hard not to be disgusted by the transparent dog-and-pony show that’s gone on in recent days culminating in FRC “accepting” the city planning commission’s recommendation of a 8% cut in the scale of the project. Kinda makes you feel like you want to take a shower. Opponents have been warning of this political gamesmanship for a while–ask for the moon and then look like you have compromised when you agree to a smaller size. It’s pretty disgusting stuff and frankly we had thought Amanda Burden (who had always struck us as a pretty straight shooter) was above that. Apparently not.
AY Developer Acepts 8% Reduction [NY Times]
“Eryximachus – you know this is not a sustainable pattern of development, don’t you…or do you?”
This question doesn’t mean anything. As long as people keep having sex and reproducing, we will need to build more housing
Posted by: Eryximachus at September 28, 2006
shows how out of touch with reality you are…you have it ass-backwards, the US would have a stable or negative population growth but economic planners assume you need population growth to grow an economy, so they encourage it – it is obviously not sustainable, but they dont, like you, care. YOu’re quite short-sighted.
Eryximachus yes or no question: do you want Brooklyn and New York to have the population density of Hong Kong?
Yes.
Posted by: Eryximachus at September 28, 2006 3:29 PM
thank you. Your views speak for themselves.
Eryximachus
“Oh, I will keep posting it you self-centered rich plantation owner. The good of the many outweighs the needs of the few. A few stubborn homeowners have no right to make the lives of THOUSANDS of other people miserable because of their self centered attitudes. Why anyone would need to be bribed to hold such a viewpoint is beyond me.”
Rich plantation owner? LOL you have resort to this crap? You sound very, very unstable Eryximachus.
So according to you, any developer has a right to take homes from people if it will provide homes for more people?
One moment you’re a free market capitalist chastising people for not taking economics 101, in the next post you have no regard for the basic foundation of any economy – right of ownership.
You’re either a. stupid b. trolling (good job!) c. both
PS, I rent, 1200 a month
Eryximachus
“Oh, I will keep posting it you self-centered rich plantation owner. The good of the many outweighs the needs of the few. A few stubborn homeowners have no right to make the lives of THOUSANDS of other people miserable because of their self centered attitudes. Why anyone would need to be bribed to hold such a viewpoint is beyond me.”
Rich plantation owner? LOL you have resort to this crap? You sound very, very unstable Eryximachus.
So according to you, any developer has a right to take homes from people if it will provide homes for more people?
One moment you’re a free market capitalist chastising people for not taking economics 101, in the next post you have no regard for the basic foundation of any economy – right of ownership.
You’re either a. stupid b. trolling (good job!) c. both
“Eryximachus – you know this is not a sustainable pattern of development, don’t you…or do you?”
This question doesn’t mean anything. As long as people keep having sex and reproducing, we will need to build more housing. When builders finish with one project, they move on to the next one. No endeavour lasts forever. Such is life.
Eryximachus yes or no question: do you want Brooklyn and New York to have the population density of Hong Kong?
Yes.
you burped:
“you’re accusing us of being ‘rich and privileged’ while justifying subsidizing a billionaire developer…you have some nerve.”
Some rich people simply take from the poor and steal their opportunity. Others building them homes. At least he is doing some for the community. What has your convictions done for your neighbor who can’t afford the nice house you have there plantation owner? Nothing. Put up, or shut up.
“Oh, so this is your justification for giving a billionaire the right to eminent domain to take property away from middle class home owners and business. This is so stupid I wasn’t even going to respond to it, but please, keep posting stuff like this so all can see what low-lifes Forest City Employees (which is what you probably are) and cheerleaders are.”
Oh, I will keep posting it you self-centered rich plantation owner. The good of the many outweighs the needs of the few. A few stubborn homeowners have no right to make the lives of THOUSANDS of other people miserable because of their self centered attitudes. Why anyone would need to be bribed to hold such a viewpoint is beyond me.
No one who owns a home that costs more than $1MM is middle class by ANY stretch. I don’t know what planet you are living on. Why don’t you provide us your home address so we can put a price on your humble abode.
Umm, people need jobs. Temporary jobs are better than none at all. We need more housing in this city for the economy to continue to grow.
Eryximachus – you know this is not a sustainable pattern of development, don’t you…or do you?
Eryximachus yes or no question: do you want Brooklyn and New York to have the population density of Hong Kong?