Open House Picks

I think most of us would be much happier if the neighborhood bashing didn’t happen but unfortunately a lot of “guests” really don’t care about the neighborhoods or real estate or much of anything. they do care about playing games on forums- i think there are professional roving trolls who purposefully write incendiary things on blogs to upset everyone.

I live in Crown Heights and love it. Yes- there are problems. No, its not perfect but the benefits and good points outweigh the negatives. I think as neighborhoods change the crime rates go up and down in any case and from year to year. One year does not a neighborhood make.

3:51 yes, all those factors that come into play are ultimately about people and every neighborhood is different. Yes some are safer than others, but it just seems that people judge places like Bed-Stuy, CH, PLG etc. without having any real experience or knowledge of them. The stats may not lie, but not only can they be manipulated, but they do not explain. So if MM and others are saying their neighborhood is a great place to live, it’s the truth. It’s not being defensive, it’s not about saving their propertty values, it’s not about being blind in rose-colored glasses.

BS more tress please!!!!

I hear you 6:03 some of the people in the “better” areas like to look down on people….

Actually, the double standard applies here as well. Tired and cliched comments like 4:13pm’s are the norm on this blog, much more so than hating on Bed-Stuy, please.

I live in Manhattan, and I can’t remember ever in my entire life hearing my neighbors or friends speak negatively about other Manhattan neighborhoods, or feel superior because they live in one area and not another. Not even on anonymous blogs is there this level of neighborhood bashing among residents of Manhattan. This is some real petty shit. And the sad part is that you’re all probably over the age of 25.

I’d like to know why it is that the opinions of those who like living in BS, CH, PLG, etc, are always assumed to be less credible than those from other neighborhoods. We are always supposed to **** every remark we make praising our neighborhoods, with some apology or mention of crime, danger, guns, or police stats. We are all called on to be constant apologists for our neighborhoods. Why? It’s a tiresome double standard that needs to stop.

Everyone knows we still have serious issues of crime, poverty, etc. No one knows better than we do – we live here. No one has ever said otherwise, no one has ever painted the neighborhoods as paradise on earth. Most have said that they feel safe, and almost everyone enjoys the friendship and support of their neighbors. And everyone loves their new home. That is the same as anyone, anywhere.

If Bed Stuy, et al, is not for you, fine. No one is making anyone live here. These communities work just fine for us, and we are more than happy here. What is wrong with that?