Blimpie Foes Aim to Deflate Plan
June 29, 2005, NY Daily News — Residents in trendy Fort Greene are waging war against a new Blimpie set to open on a leafy stretch of Lafayette Ave. Home to bistros, brownstones and mom and pop shops, there is something the now high-end neighborhood doesn’t have – national chains. “We don’t want fast food,”…
June 29, 2005, NY Daily News — Residents in trendy Fort Greene are waging war against a new Blimpie set to open on a leafy stretch of Lafayette Ave. Home to bistros, brownstones and mom and pop shops, there is something the now high-end neighborhood doesn’t have – national chains. “We don’t want fast food,” said Zach, 30, leading the anti-Blimpie charge. Zach didn’t want to give his last name. Over the weekend, Zach and his supporters distributed 5,000 flyers asking residents to block the fast-food invasion. “This is bigger than just stopping a Blimpie,” Zach said. “We don’t want our neighborhood to turn into a food court.” The new sandwich shop is scheduled to open by the end of the summer at 64 Lafayette Ave., the former site of a video store.
Blimpie Foes Aim to Deflate Plan [NY Daily News]
Fast food suck. On of the worst thing about USA
If you go outside New york you could drive for houres and there is nothing else to eat.
It is rough out there.
Fast food is bad for kids as well (they are getting very, very fat)
By all means we should fight it.
What about health food srore insted. Lets dont turn it into class war, it is about bad food versus good food.
NIMBY anyone? It’s easy to call those who oppose this chain elitists, but when there’s a 24-hour Taco Bell opening up next door to your own house it would probably suddenly seem very different.
rashers-
in light of what you are saying you have no balls to begin with so don’t worry about anything going on around…
and the post about the children, has anybody thought about the children???!!!
blimpie or not it isn’t elitest to have your own concerns about the aesthetic of your neighborhood and no, aesthetic isn’t just an elitest term- commoners use it too.
I’m sure the 7000+ high school students from Brooklyn Tech & Bishop Loughlin(sp?) wouldn’t mind having a fast food restuarant nearby.
I’d hate to have a Blimpie open up beside me, but would never have the balls to think that I have any input into that decision.
I worried about what Brooklyn is turning into. Give me crackheads over these snobby brats any day.
Yeah, plus you gotta deal with all the random bullets flying through your window when they get in a turf war with Quizno’s.
Hmm….. Blimpie or Drug dealing in front of my house.
I use marihuana for recreation purposes but NEVER it in Blimpies. Plus i think it easier to get rid of drug dealers then fast food.
I think I woud prefer drugs.
I’m sure the objection is that its a national franchiser with a bright sign.
They find crime, drug-dealing, rodents, noise and sanitation less of problem than some sandwich shop.
Get a life Zach.
This is absurd. The snobbiness and elitism of certain New Yorkers never ceases to amaze me!