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    The New NIMBYs

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! 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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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    11/16/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: This is wonderful satire. #trendwatch
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    Image of Mike Jahn 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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    Image of City_Dater 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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    Image of DennyCrane 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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    Image of hamburgerhotdog 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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    Image of AliHajiSheik 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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    Image of misslinda 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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    Image of Dickdogfood 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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    Image of Go Like Hell Machine 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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    Image of Go Like Hell Machine 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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    Image of RaptorAvatar RaptorAvatar
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
    Unfortunately, carrying a water bottle everywhere like some kind of tumorized keychain makes me look like too much of a dork to attract a mate anyways. (Or it's, you know, one of like 20 dorky things that contribute to this). #erections
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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
    Right. Like the world needs THAT GUY to have priapism. The stuff of your dreams, right girls?

    And by dreams I mean the kind of nightmares that make you jump up and turn on all the lights and check behind shower curtains. #erections
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
    If you wanna take away my BPA-laced drinking container, you'll have to pry it off my cold, flaccid penis!!!
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
    My dog is healthy as an ox, gets an erection at the drop of a pheromone, and drinks water straight from the toilet. I'm going to start following his lead. #erections
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
    Maybe their robust erections are what allowed them to get rich enough to afford fancy schmancy water bottles in the first place. #erections
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
    But some of them are so frail from ingesting soybeans and re-purified air. How can they all be schlong-hounds? It looks like it takes a mighty effort to walk down those flights of stairs in their apartment walk-ups just to recycle plastic, walk to the Food Co-op, or plant seedlings in the community garden. I'd hardly think they'd have the energy to woo the ladeeez or whomever with their unwieldy sausage rolls.
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    11/11/09

    In reply to Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
    So I should drink bottled water to get unstuck from this damned gloryhole? #erections
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    11/11/09

    @senatormayer: You could do that. You could also just ask the individual(s) on the other end to kindly "let go." #erections
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