williamsburg low rent projects
Lived in williamsburg, well, forever, rarely had a problem. I see condos going up everywhere, oftentimes they are across the street from low-rent projects. Will these low-rent projects remain forever you think or be moved elsewhere as the surrounding buildings become luxury. How does it work? Last night went to pick up some chinese take-out…
Lived in williamsburg, well, forever, rarely had a problem.
I see condos going up everywhere, oftentimes they are across the street from low-rent projects. Will these low-rent projects remain forever you think or be moved elsewhere as the surrounding buildings become luxury. How does it work?
Last night went to pick up some chinese take-out and the girl i was walking with got hit with a bb gun from one of the project windows. I looked at her ear and saw the bb stuck in there.
Made me realize as safe as i feel and as much as the neighborhood has changed, these project buildings haven’t changed at all so its hard to say that its any safer even with all the new additions
went out for chinese again around the same time
was in front of a different building on a different block and there were a lot of cops
i asked what was going on and they said someone was doing it again, had hit a few latino teens i think but no damage done that i could see (maybe hit their clothes)
I have given a lot of thought to the kids being kids argument. When I was younger, I benefited from it (albeit to a lesser degree than shooting someone). I did have a friend that stun gunned someone and got expelled, but anyway….
The difference is that for kids in the lower socioeconomic classes, they have a lot fewer opportunities to improve their lot in life. Does anyone remember the Pot Princess who went to NYU and was selling drugs in Washington Square Park? Her family weaseled her out and it didnt destroy her life. If it had been a kid from the projects, he’d have been done.
It’s happening in schools too. Safety officers arrest everyone for even minor infractions, causing mandatory suspension.
These are disadvantages, and they are distinctly unfair.
However, when individuals excuse these kids from taking those risks, they are doing those kids a disservice.
It stinks these kids shot at people and the cops should have been called absolutely. But this is because of boredom and excess aggression and it’s the stuff some boys do anywhere not just the projects. My privileged, suburban brothers did insane things when they got bored. Aggressive, energetic boys should be on a football team and work it out on the field.
thanks
yea i put 10+ years that could mean 20+ too ;0
just was unsettled/shocked by the shot to the head, was a few steps from bedford avenue on the southside. Cops helped by offering to call an ambulance.
years ago i could barely get anyone to come here and when they did they would say “this is a ghost town” and yet i rarely had any kind of problem. Now that it is condoberg i was surprised that now something like this happened.
anyway good points dtrain
also i’m not a fan of the luxury condo’s either
does “low rent project” mean public housing? if so, they will not necessarily remain forever, policy reform can get them demolished (as in chicago and st. louis). but nyc public housing is an anomaly, within the high-rise variety (i.e. it is better managed, maintained and safer than the ones that have been demolished).
however, as with everything, when there is money involved, new policies can get pushed through.
it sounds like the problem is kids being kids. doing stupid things because they don’t yet realize the effect.
unfortunately, the design of high-rise projects makes it hard to determine where a kid with a bb gun is shooting from.
kids need leisure activities that are less destructive and harmful; and they need to understand the consequences of their actions.
I’d much rather be harassed by people from the condo’s or houses as they walk by. Would explain why, but I’ve got to go. There is a condo walking by right now!
BullSh!t! Nobody is telling anyone from the projects to move anywhere! It’s just people do not enjoy being harassed by people from the projects or apt bldgs as they walk by. It’s just causing more resentment towards the residents from the projects & apts. Bldgs.
Actually, the project buildings will be lifted by derigibles which will gently float them to Manhattan (incredibly green, that), specifically the East Village, and other formerly hip places, now totally over. They will be set down in Thompkins Park, Washington Sq Park, and other empty spaces, once the playgrounds of the hip and happening. Since everyone who is anyone has moved to B’burg, no one will even notice or object.
The projects folks can go about their business, as per usual. This will give them time to ruminate on the irony of being like the Native Americans: you’re out there trying to survive, and white folks come in, build right in front of you, and then expect you to leave.
Projects are a scourge on the poor and a drag on the city. The system is so broken it is beyond repair. They are urban prisons disguised as housing that guarantee an ever growing and ever more dependendant class of perpetually poor people.