Qnsboro Mobilized Too Late
The most active want downzoning. The ones who don't want to turn these beuatiful, big (by NYC standards) into rooming houses renting to transients. I bought in this neighborhood for 1) good schools, 2) quiet & PRETTY neighborhood, 3) close to transportation, 4) walking distance to amenities and 5) near the park. I am not stuck here. I want to be here, NOT THE SUBURBS. Yet in the 12.5 years I have been here, I have seen lawns and flowers demolished, a disregard for the community, and more than one brothel in operation. You don't just buy a house; you buy a community. If you don't want a yard, buy a condo. If you want a multi-family, buy in a neighborhood that is zoned that way. Don't come in after others carefully considered what they wanted and made the investment and you think you are above the law. Too many of the people buying these house have a ''slash and burn'' mentality. They destroy this neighborhood and move on to the next. If you want to drive out the middle class, NYC will become Detroit, by far the scariest and saddest looking city I have ever been to. Stop bowing to the mighty buck.
By Tina
The most active want downzoning. The ones who don't want to turn these beuatiful, big (by NYC standards) into rooming houses renting to transients. I bought in this neighborhood for 1) good schools, 2) quiet & PRETTY neighborhood, 3) close to transportation, 4) walking distance to amenities and 5) near the park. I am not stuck here. I want to be here, NOT THE SUBURBS. Yet in the 12.5 years I have been here, I have seen lawns and flowers demolished, a disregard for the community, and more than one brothel in operation. You don't just buy a house; you buy a community. If you don't want a yard, buy a condo. If you want a multi-family, buy in a neighborhood that is zoned that way. Don't come in after others carefully considered what they wanted and made the investment and you think you are above the law. Too many of the people buying these house have a ''slash and burn'' mentality. They destroy this neighborhood and move on to the next. If you want to drive out the middle class, NYC will become Detroit, by far the scariest and saddest looking city I have ever been to. Stop bowing to the mighty buck.
By Tina
