Without a whif of irony that I could detect, we get this piece of borderline revanchism, wait--strike the borderline part--from the Times. Behold as the sun sets on the perennial losers (btw... this could describe anyplace from Bayview in SF to Santurce in San Juan, but in this case the mystery city is...Newark):
As guests nibbled Gouda and tossed around a giant rubber ball, the sinking sun cast a pinkish glow on the Colleoni, a stately apartment building facing Lincoln Park that is being turned into luxury rentals. In the foreground, a pack of stray cats roughhoused in the debris of a vacant lot, and a few paces away, recently paroled felons did pull-ups in the yard of their halfway house. At one point, Mayor Booker’s father sauntered through as hip-hop music blared from living room.
Day turned to night, someone called out for another cocktail, and nobody seemed to notice as a hungry cat howled and the halfway house residents, perhaps stirred up by the party on the other side of the fence, shouted at one another, their voices filled with joy. READ | Related
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At least they're nibbling Gouda.
Any other cheese would be gauche.
I just don't understand where it goes next. If downtown (Manhattan, SanFran, Chicago) is essentially unaffordable to the middle class, then in rings outward as far as Newark these places are becoming unaffordable too, where are people going to be living in 20 years?
I'm going to start stockpiling torches and pitchforks in anticipation of making my fortune during the inevitable land rebellion.
too true...basically new york is completely unaffordable. where next? right now even queens is blowing up...and newark...some are saying Philly is the sixth borough and i know quite a few that have already fled there in search of greener pastures. definitely think second city.
But Philly downtown is no longer affordable, either. Suburban Philly as a suburb of Manhattan? Impossible...or is it (cue diabolical music)...?
At some point, Manhattan should be turned into a maximum security prison.
"Breaking out is impossible, breaking in is insane."
manhattan will be a giant gated community soon enough.
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