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Brudesandwich t1_jdp2py3 wrote

Reply to Best Sandwiches by arca650

They could open the subway inside Andrea's and I still ain't buying that shit. Haven't had subway in years and last time I did it was so goddamn gross.

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DontBeEvil1 t1_jdoygic wrote

Reply to comment by JeromePowellAdmirer in Best Sandwiches by arca650

You understand that the sheer action of moving does not automatically equal pricing others out, right? I'm actually not solely placing the blame on people moving into a neighborhood, unlike you, who's placing it only on "NY Nimbys."

"You lost your home, oh well, not my concern, it was the NY Nimbys that did this to you. By the way, before you move away can you tell me where the nearest Whole Foods is?"

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nuncio_populi t1_jdoy5n6 wrote

Send emails to your local reps like Mukherji and Stack. Send an email to the Governor.

It might not hurt to email Fulop too given his ambitions for statewide office.

Consider signing up for the Friends of Liberty State Park listserv.

We also have a protest petition floating around this subreddit that I started based on the latest news.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_jdow46w wrote

Reply to comment by DontBeEvil1 in Best Sandwiches by arca650

OK. They can move to a new other place. You understand that there will then be people in this other place who are priced out, right?

There is no solution other than New York City and its suburbs building enough supply.

Your idea of blaming the people being priced out solves absolutely nothing.

The Heights is a higher income area than Newark and Union City and has been that way for a long time. It has always been a middle class neighborhood. Many people priced out of the Heights go to those areas. Are they now the evil problem in those areas? Or maybe you should just tell New York City to build enough housing and stop the problem at its source.

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DontBeEvil1 t1_jdovq3f wrote

Reply to comment by JeromePowellAdmirer in Best Sandwiches by arca650

I'm priced out, so I will move to your neighborhood so you can be priced out. But the real problem is the people that caused me to be priced out. Way to take zero responsibility and shift the blame. Rents are astronomical only because there are people willing to pay them. They know people will move to an area, and pay outrageous amounts for small, poorly built, cramped highrise apartments, and will continue to pay it and do nothing but complain about the flooding, thin walls, bad HVAC, noise and all their other building issues, and neighborhoods on Reddit. Also, there's lots of places other than DTJC someone priced out in NY can move.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_jdovcp0 wrote

Reply to comment by flapjack212 in Best Sandwiches by arca650

I find it funny that it's Subway (Subway!!) regarded as the "gentrification option" in this thread. If it was the Subway that already existed and Andrea Salumeria was opening up, the sentiment would be the exact opposite. The same people would be accusing the more expensive place of "gentrifying". Like all the people in the thread the other day saying we don't want good food in the Heights, it'll raise rent.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_jdouwub wrote

Reply to comment by DontBeEvil1 in Best Sandwiches by arca650

If they get priced out and are tethered to the area by their job where else are they supposed to move? The real issue is NIMBYism in New York City blocking housing supply and causing them all to move here. Plus none of the Heights McMansion conversions would even be viable if new multi unit development was allowed by right.

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