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ho hum. another day in the EV. But heaven forbid four popped collar suburbanite NYU snots pass out in IHOP. the horror!
ReplyDeleteIs that Ke$ha?™
ReplyDeleteI really do not understand this city.
ReplyDeletePassed out, blocking half the sidewak with your gut and pubes hanging out is okay...
But an honest business that employs people and pays taxes is vilafied and blocked by the community board - and they can do it because the business wants to serve the legal product Liquor.
This and crime affect the Quality of LIfe alot more then folks having a drink !
Amen!
ReplyDeleteIf rents weren't so insanely high because of how much bar-owners can make selling booze, instead of constant turnover and empty store-fronts, we'd have stable businesses, serving this COMMUNITY instead of outside party-goers. And then we wouldn't have scenes like this because Ave A would be a vital, diverse business district.
ReplyDeleteTalk about pro-business...the bar/booze business drives everything else OUT, which creates problems in all sorts of ways including this sort of scene.
12:28 sorry you are wrong.
ReplyDeletesadly you are probably on the community board.
if you hate bars restaurants and yes clubs, why do you live in New York City?
may I suggest Nebraska.....?
As for the ihop issue, the thing I find sad is that the East Village used to be a creative and eclectic community. Now it is more like an extended dorm quad for NYU.
ReplyDeleteMore bars? That is mot the answer. The area is already flooded in booze. It attracts nightlife instead of stable daytime community serving business.
@anon 12: 53
ReplyDeleteNo, you are wrong.
Clearly, you are either not from NYC, or else you are still a juvenile. (not a terribly bright one at that)
8 22 ......I am a born and raised new yorker in my 40s.
ReplyDeletenow answer the question, why do you live here if you hate cafe society?
Huh? you would rather have empty storefronts, rolled down graffiti scared gates and homeless encampments in front instead of bars?
ReplyDeletePlease get off the Community Board!! You are inherently biased and need to recuse yourself.
We have to fight for our neighborhood--we deserve to live in a rich, healthy, diverse community...a place with business that serve the needs of people who live here...quality groceries (not just delis), affordable (and not only to party) restaurants, services and retail of all sorts, local cultural institutions, and local bars too...all these are being driven out by the nightlife mono-culture.
ReplyDeleteBut we can all support a better future for our neighborhood.