Also, I love that the Salkin managed to conveniently forget about all of the, you know, successful comedians working in Brooklyn. Have these people even heard of Union Hall? He whiffed it yet again. All the whitewashed comedians live in the whitewashed neighborhood. I wonder what these sound like as they go to press. (*whoosh*).
@Foster Kamer: Foster, Foster, Foster. You failed to figure out what the secret of this article really is. It's actually gussied-up real estate porn all over again. Look at how many times he talks about rent, neighborhood features, and living situations. It's all about cheap rent in Astoria.
Twelve years ago, when I moved to Astoria, realtors advertised it as 'New York's best kept secret'. Now there's a gastropub and an organic burger place on my block.
@Private Hangnail: I just ate at the burger place last night. I'm a lifelong Queensie, and I'm super happy that queens is still not considered hip. The better to keep the hipster riff raff out.
Oh, God. I can't believe I didn't look at the byline. I can't believe I didn't look at the byline. I cannot. Believe. I did not. Look at. The byline.
My week is off to a bad start. File under "Opportunities, Missed." Also, out of the 14 official months I lived in Astoria, eight of them were the most depressing in my life. Greeks, Gays, boyfriended Girls. To think I gave up a master bedroom with my own bathroom under the BQE a stone's throw from the Walt Whitman Houses ($650) to live in a railroad 1.5br/1b in the most lukewarm neighborhood in this city ($875) still embarrasses me. Depressing.
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Also, thank Jesus for rent control.
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My week is off to a bad start. File under "Opportunities, Missed." Also, out of the 14 official months I lived in Astoria, eight of them were the most depressing in my life. Greeks, Gays, boyfriended Girls. To think I gave up a master bedroom with my own bathroom under the BQE a stone's throw from the Walt Whitman Houses ($650) to live in a railroad 1.5br/1b in the most lukewarm neighborhood in this city ($875) still embarrasses me. Depressing.
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