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Hey Come Clean–sorry if that was a rude remark but I get awfully sick of people ready to flee at the least bit of adversity. I do take it personally in that this is my home and has been almost my whole life and I am invested in it on many levels. I am glad for you that you can flee at any given moment. I of course can’t and won’t. And no I don’t think you personally need to go out and figure out the answer to rising crime. But I really don’t see how your post furthered the conversation either. It feels like unnecessary piling on.
The problem first and foremost is defining in a city like Brooklyn what “middle class” neighborhoods are. Almost all neighborhoods in Brooklyn contain a cross section of people from all rungs on the economic ladder. Secondly, people fleeing the city is exactly the wrong approach for these kinds of times. Mostly people just need to be good neighbors and they will see that their neighborhoods will be nice places to live whether the DOW is up or down. Say hello, engage with your fellow Brooklynites. Pick up a piece of trash. Its not too hard.
But again, sorry for picking on you directly. Your post was reflective of a broader attitude that I find tedious.
“When you’ve got a great company like GE selling with a 6% dividend, and you’ve got time on your side, it screams BUY, if you’ve got cash around.”
Yes, I’d have to agree.
Come Clean…”But hey, that’s why I’ve been happy renting and not having kids. Gotta be ready to flee at a moment’s notice if necessary, and owning real estate is a great way to stay both physically and psychologically locked into a place that you may have to leave.”
Makes it all sound like Nazi germany or Zimbabwe. Now I know we’re getting close to a bottom.
“Come Clean-it is that kind of attitude, cavalierly expressed on a site like this that makes me feel like you are an anti-social person. Why not spend some time thinking about how to prevent that from happening?”
Good lord. No need to take it personally. Do you really care where some anonymous poster ranks on the sociability scale? How ’bout you address the substance of my comment.
Indeed, AFTER I wrote it I checked the Times and saw that they have an article entitled “Keeping Wary Eye on Crime as Economy Sinks.” What a coincidence!
And while I appreciate the implication that I have the potential to somehow prevent a mass crime wave from being the natural consequence of a massive surge in unemployment, I’m sorry to say I’m a humble NYer not quite up to such a task.
But hey, that’s why I’ve been happy renting and not having kids. Gotta be ready to flee at a moment’s notice if necessary, and owning real estate is a great way to stay both physically and psychologically locked into a place that you may have to leave.
Ready to serve Lechacal. Though I love Marty because he always gives me those great Brooklyn lapel pins.
Wasder for Boro President. Move over Marty!
Come Clean-it is that kind of attitude, cavalierly expressed on a site like this that makes me feel like you are an anti-social person. Why not spend some time thinking about how to prevent that from happening?
As the economy plummets, the crime rate does the opposite.
We’ll see what that does for property values.
People who bought into established, middle class hoods will be the best off. Those who tried to be pioneers are in for a rude awakening.
sebb- by all means dump all your money in the stock market and brooklyn condos. show you’re right!