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Post by geoff738 on Feb 24, 2016 18:47:29 GMT -6
I sincerely hope people from LA don't ruin it... seems like they're trying. I was in Nashville last Christmas and was told 25,000 people are moving in to the city each year - that's nuts. 100 people, or close to it, are moving to Nashville per day. That actually doesn't seem too bad. At that rate it'll take 30 - 40 years to add another million. Toronto is adding that in 10 years. Maybe less. Where they all gonna go? Cheers, Geoff
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Post by Martin John Butler on Feb 25, 2016 9:10:44 GMT -6
"Where they all gonna go?"
It won't be Starbucks at $4.50 for large coffee.
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Post by rocinante on Feb 25, 2016 10:20:51 GMT -6
You know whats weird; the bodega in Bed-Stuy I used to go to to go get some illegal substances now sells green juices and wheatgrass. You could get purple drink for 50 cents there that did wonders for a dry mouth. If I walked by a Cadillac on fire I wouldn't have even thought it weird. Now some kid with a loft studio is trying to find parking for his Volt while drinking a pabst blue ribbon and getting foam in his beard.
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Post by donr on Feb 25, 2016 10:29:45 GMT -6
Kinda wished I'd moved to Nashville in the mid '80's when I was contemplating it.
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Post by scumbum on Feb 25, 2016 11:04:22 GMT -6
We've had family friends since way before i was born that had a restaurant in little italy NY, on mulberry st, it was called Paolucci's est 1947, the food and atmosphere were right out of the movies, totally amazing, i'd try to go every time i'd visit the east, and Danny would sit myself and whoever i brought with me and say "loosen the belt" haha, and proceed to drop off dish after dish of the best italian food you could imagine, then at the end of the night he'd say with a big smile hands out to the sides...."Anthony!!! so great to see you! tell your father I said hello, and to come visit me!", a big hug and whisper in my ear "just tip my waiters and we're good", which would be a well spent $200, and believe me that was nothing for a few and a 4 hour drink and feast! Great times!! Anyway, they jacked his rent from $3,000 a month, to $20,000 a month and trashed him and his family's 60 year old business, along with about everyone else in the area, NY used to be something special, big monied wall streeters and zero sum faux culture speculators have all but ruined it. Thats really sad........
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Feb 25, 2016 12:13:16 GMT -6
we should get an NYC hang going, since there are a few of us on here besides myself and Martin
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Post by rocinante on Feb 25, 2016 12:37:51 GMT -6
we should get an NYC hang going, since there are a few of us on here besides myself and Martin I'd love to but as I now reside in to minnehopeless it is hard. I visit 3-4 times a year. I miss the east coast tremendously though. I miss the humor.
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Post by joseph on Feb 25, 2016 18:45:45 GMT -6
As long as you can still say "Hey, I'm walking here!" crossing the street, you'll always be in New York, existentially.
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Post by joseph on Feb 25, 2016 18:52:52 GMT -6
We've had family friends since way before i was born that had a restaurant in little italy NY, on mulberry st, it was called Paolucci's est 1947, the food and atmosphere were right out of the movies, totally amazing, i'd try to go every time i'd visit the east, and Danny would sit myself and whoever i brought with me and say "loosen the belt" haha, and proceed to drop off dish after dish of the best italian food you could imagine, then at the end of the night he'd say with a big smile hands out to the sides...."Anthony!!! so great to see you! tell your father I said hello, and to come visit me!", a big hug and whisper in my ear "just tip my waiters and we're good", which would be a well spent $200, and believe me that was nothing for a few and a 4 hour drink and feast! Great times!! Anyway, they jacked his rent from $3,000 a month, to $20,000 a month and trashed him and his family's 60 year old business, along with about everyone else in the area, NY used to be something special, big monied wall streeters and zero sum faux culture speculators have all but ruined it. Thats really sad........ To be fair, this problem partly arises because of property taxes. Honestly I blame all the non tri-state transplants treating it as an after college theme park, but it's also foreign LLC investment.
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Post by scumbum on Feb 28, 2016 10:24:21 GMT -6
To be fair, this problem partly arises because of property taxes. Honestly I blame all the non tri-state transplants treating it as an after college theme park, but it's also foreign LLC investment. Honestly I blame Obama..........because I like to blame him for things .
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Post by tonycamphd on Feb 28, 2016 10:37:51 GMT -6
To be fair, this problem partly arises because of property taxes. Honestly I blame all the non tri-state transplants treating it as an after college theme park, but it's also foreign LLC investment. Honestly I blame Obama..........because I like to blame him for things . your not the only one...
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Post by ericn on Feb 28, 2016 11:17:34 GMT -6
To be fair, this problem partly arises because of property taxes. Honestly I blame all the non tri-state transplants treating it as an after college theme park, but it's also foreign LLC investment. Honestly I blame Obama..........because I like to blame him for things . It's New York it's real estate Blame Trump, oh no he's going to sue me !
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Post by scumbum on Feb 29, 2016 20:16:42 GMT -6
Honestly I blame Obama..........because I like to blame him for things . your not the only one... Ha , you see even cookies have issues these days .........blame obama !! I should get a tattoo that says "Blame Obama" ,
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