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OMG! Ponies!
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
Look, I'm not an elitist or a classist by any stretch of the imagination but can you honestly say that something as blue-collar as a garage for garbage trucks - GARBAGE TRUCKS! - belongs anywhere near this neighborhood?

I'm sure there are better places for such a garage. Perhaps we could concentrate all of our more industrial facilities in areas of the Bronx. Personally, I think that there would be any number of benefits.

For starters, most of the people who excel at industrial jobs live in the Bronx and would benefit from being closer to their workplace. Think of the savings on their commute time. Plus, given that those people tend to have very large families, the shorter commute time would mean that they could spend less time buying fast food and more time raising their many children.

Also, Manhattan is a place known for historic buildings. This is not so with Staten Island and the Bronx. Those places are historically known for bad architecture and low property values. All the more reason to put our city's waste treatment plants, garages, and rehabilitation centers in those places.

This city depends on (in no small part) property tax revenues. If things like garbage truck garages are allowed to exist in traditionally high-income areas like TriBeCa and Hudson Square, the city's coffers will suffer.

I understand that there are a lot of naysayers out there that bemoan the supposed ills of gentrification. But the truth is that gentrification makes the city a much more vibrant and desirable place to live.

Plus, to those thinking that gentrification somehow harms minorities, consider the job opportunities for Blacks and Latinos in the childcare, food service and preparation, and housekeeping industries that are made possible by luxury condominiums and fine dining establishments. Gentrification helps the city's poor minorities.

If you look back at the city's history, you'll see that this sort of facility simply does not belong in Hudson Square. Please help keep our neighborhoods pure. #trendwatch
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eatsshootsleaves
11/16/09

@OMG! Ponies!: This is wonderful satire. #trendwatch
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Mike Jahn
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
Pre-gentrification, my son used to brag about having an apartment in the Meatmarket District. Now he just says "Village." #trendwatch
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City_Dater
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
So make them (or rather, their "people") carry their own garbage to a secure location far away where garbage trucks are sequestered to protect Rich People from the squeamish realities of city life. And charge them $5,000 a month for this service.

Having a garbage truck parking lot in the neighborhood will probably start to seem a lot less annoying to some of them... #trendwatch
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DennyCrane
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
You mean the area that already has a Department of Sanitation facility on Canal and Washington, the Fed Ex World Service Center on Leroy and Greenwich and a huge trucking facility on Washington between Spring and Clarkson? Are you going to chase them all away too?

Ugh. #trendwatch
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hamburgerhotdog
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
Ah Tribeca! Where the hellmouth known as the Holland Tunnel dumps slow moving traffic spewing exhaust, night and day honking. How dare they park a truck in that mayhem!
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AliHajiSheik
11/16/09

@hamburgerhotdog: And how dare the lingering smell of horseshit from the police stables be forced to compete. #trendwatch
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misslinda
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
Bah, this is nothing. Gimme a call when someone applies for a liquor license within the East Village's "resolution zone," then I'll show you some real NIMBYs. #trendwatch
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Dickdogfood
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
The "wonderful halo of long-gone industrial grit," eh? Yeah. The only people who love grit for its own sake are, for all intents and purposes, tourists. #trendwatch
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Go Like Hell Machine
11/16/09

In reply to The New NIMBYs
I suppose the city could raise garbage rates in the neighborhood to cover the cost of having to find a presumably further and/or less convenient location for the garbage trucks. #trendwatch
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Go Like Hell Machine
11/16/09

@Go Like Hell Machine: I take this back, as these people could actually afford it. #trendwatch
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MisterHippity
10/28/09

In reply to DC Worried About Least of Its Worries
That's Chris Cooley. He's a TIGHT END!!! #dc
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Elektra
10/28/09

In reply to DC Worried About Least of Its Worries
I have nothing even vaguely witty to say. Just: Good jesus what a rump. #dc
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unclevanya
10/28/09

In reply to DC Worried About Least of Its Worries
Pass completed! #dc
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Rufus-T-Firecrotch
10/28/09

In reply to DC Worried About Least of Its Worries
Should I save my concerns about Cooley breaking his ankle Monday vs. the Eagles and the fact that the 'Skins are going to finish 3-13 for Deadspin? #dc
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MisterHippity
10/28/09

@Rufus-T-Firecrotch: You're predicting they're actually gonna win another game this season??? OMG! Which one? #dc
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ms_priestypants
10/28/09

In reply to DC Worried About Least of Its Worries
Um, since we're on the subject of packages...can we see this from the front? #dc
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MissNormaDesmond
10/28/09

In reply to Jonathan Ames Learns What Twitter's Good For
Why is anyone giving the guy shit over this? He in fact didn't whine, he made good-natured fun of himself the whole time, including characterizing himself as whining when he patently wasn't. I don't have a TV either, for pretty much exactly the same reason Ames gives -- I suck at making big ticket purchases and put it off forever. I'm a total junkie of TV, but I'm getting it off Hulu and Netflix for the time being. Maybe I'm biased because of this, but he seems lovely to me. #jonathanames
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celery
10/29/09

@MissNormaDesmond: He was whining, but with enough self-awareness that he was whining to try to play it off as self-aware joking whining but with just enough real whine that people would get the point that he was actually whining. You know, whining. Or something.

The good news is that with so much discussion of his whining, semantic satiation has blasted the concept straight out of my mind, so now I don't think anyone is whining at all. #jonathanames
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MissNormaDesmond
10/29/09

@celery: Do you actually know him, or have access to other information than what's included here, or is this just your alternative reading? I don't mean this in a combative way, I'm just curious. #jonathanames
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blix
10/28/09

In reply to DC Worried About Least of Its Worries
Wide receiver admires tight end. #dc
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