Iris, Che was a psycopath, being white doesn’t mean you’re on a permanent vacation, and life is fucking hard for everyone – even the owner of Beauty Bar – like – what if he doesn’t make it? I know – then you cum in your pants and he goes out of business and it becomes the disgusting street it was before.

It’s fucking tired – all this bitching about gentrification. Move to Philly.

Really, if a person’s ability to afford a $7 cocktail leads you to believe they necessarily have a trust fund, you are not rational and can’t very well be argued with without great frustration. And yes, the “majority of people that live in the Bushwick/bed-stuy are of lower incomes” — and the vast, vast, vast majority of the businesses in these neighborhoods cater exclusively to them. In light of this undeniable fact, what’s the problem with this particular establishment, exactly? Jealousy is an ugly emotion.

Frankly, your complaint at having been shoved out by your landlord when you paid $450/month elicits the opposite of sympathy from me. If you pay nothing, you get nothing. That’s true in every other situation, why not housing? And delighted to burst your bubble, but “affordable housing” does in fact mean EXACTLY that you “receive government help.” Who the hell do you think pays for it to be artificially cheap? Baby Jesus?

I do agree on education right now… but I do have to say that I believe that it takes a person who WANTS to be educated and progress, to get out of the living situations that they are in. Because the government already provides schools or colleges at low cost, if not the government completely funds it. So there really is no excuse to not go to school… and even with all the given opportunities to be educated and to advance in life, some people still refuse to go. Its sad, but true.

YES WE DEFINTELY NEED MORE SCHOOLS, NOT SAYING THAT WE DON’T. Just wanted to be clear on that.

EXUSE ANY TYPOS. ON IPHONE.

when i say cunt… i mean fabulous. I do agree that it may make the neighborhood better but trust me when I tell you this… because I have lived here all my life I know it wouldn’t matter if it made the neighbor look or feel better because there are still landlords who refuse to provide repair services or do the necessary duties as a landlord, reason being because they want to frustrate tenants to the point that they want to move out so that they can sell the apartment to someone that can give them more money.

Perfect real example, is my previous landlord for that same very building, Anna should know this, people had to fight with the landlord to get things done. Landlords have also done these type of things to senior citizens or to people who havd lived in buildings for long periods of time so that they can sell out to someone for more money. I was living in that building for $450, the girl next door who had just moved into the same roach and rat infested, paid $1200 for the apartment.

I work for HPD, I couldn’t tell you how many times I have taken calls about people that weren’t provided services because they refuse to sell out their apartment to the landlords, so these people endure unlivable conditions, the same nonsense, with these landlords whether they pay little rent or not.

Jenn, when I say affordable housing I don’t mind PUBLIC HOUSING, those are 2 different things. Majority of people who live in affordable housing pay at least $800 – 1000 for a 2 room or 3 bedroom apartment, so these are working class people and do not receive government help.

Perfect real example, is my previous landlord for that same very building, Anna should know this, people had to fight with the landlord to get things done. Landlords have also done these type of things to senior citizens or to people who haved lived in buildings for long periods of time so that they can sell out to someone for more money. I was living in that building for $450, the girl next door who had just moved into the same roach and rat infested, paid $1200 for the apartment.

I work for HPD, I couldn’t tell you how many times I have taken calls about people that were provided services because they refuse to sell out their apartment to the landlords, so these people endure unlivable conditions, the same nonsense, with these landlords whether they pay little rent or not.

Jenn, when I say affordable housing I don’t mind PUBLIC HOUSING, those are 2 different things. Majority of people who live in affordable housing pay at least $800 – 1000 for a 2 room or 3 bedroom apartment, so these are working class people and do not receive government help.