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85. Or move in and then give 'em hell every way possible.

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Tue Jul 22, 2014, 11:15 AM

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NYC Approves Apartment Building With Separate Entrance for Poor People [View all] onehandle Jul 2014 OP

Unfuggenbelievable. lpbk2713 Jul 2014 #1

What the hell does that mean? brooklynite Jul 2014 #71

Why on Earth would DiBlasio be ok with this? n/t. Ken Burch Jul 2014 #2

to get the low-income units Enrique Jul 2014 #5

It reflects badly on poor folks too, when they let themselves be made doormats! IrishAyes Jul 2014 #21

I doubt they're "letting" themselves be doormats. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #25

Take it how you will. I believe in fighting for my rights, IrishAyes Jul 2014 #29

I couldn't agree more. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #32

Try to wrap your head around this: IrishAyes Jul 2014 #36

Again, you're blaming the victim here. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #37

Actually there's enough blame to go around. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #48

I think you misread what I said. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #65

But you're saying on the one hand everyone should, then making exceptions for those it would IrishAyes Jul 2014 #67

Yes, and Rosa Parks and MLK and others made sacrifices that they felt they were willing to make. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #68

GET REAL. AS IF poor women would get anywhere with your "revolt." WHY DON'T YOU START IT? WinkyDink Jul 2014 #39

How would YOU know what I have/have not been up to over the years, IrishAyes Jul 2014 #57

Stop twisting my words - or don't you know the difference between starting something IrishAyes Jul 2014 #59

You have to ask yourself Android3.14 Jul 2014 #50

Thank you. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #58

It's called "leverage." They have none. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #38

Exactly. nt F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #40

See #60. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #61

Wrong again, buster. What you don't see is not necessarily non-existent. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #60

He likely wasn't in office yet. silverweb Jul 2014 #8

I would like to think he is'nt Betty88 Jul 2014 #77

I know who the mayors were before that...don't patronize me. Ken Burch Jul 2014 #96

Wow mindem Jul 2014 #3

Let them eat cake. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #4

I will let my signature speak for itself. edhopper Jul 2014 #6

What do you people expect - TBF Jul 2014 #7

Yeah and I hear Airbus is designing their beds. bluesbassman Jul 2014 #11

Not too far from the truth actually. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #15

I was being sarcastic but I do understand TBF Jul 2014 #18

I think it is already too late for that too or will be by the time the adjustments TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #63

... TBF Jul 2014 #69

Those guys might find themselves sitting atop an ash heap, too. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #84

But they make up for it by making those apartments postage stamp size, not hollysmom Jul 2014 #34

I lived in a couple of these buildings. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #42

I had travel trailer hollysmom Jul 2014 #47

No doubt with separate water mains as well IDemo Jul 2014 #9

Yeah, in a way jmowreader Jul 2014 #14

great idea Adam051188 Jul 2014 #10

Let's see leftynyc Jul 2014 #12

I saw two NY officials interviewed about this on CNN. onehandle Jul 2014 #17

There's a small street that dead ends on the east site of the lot... Princess Turandot Jul 2014 #33

Although there is a different entrance, Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #13

Out of sight, out of mind kcr Jul 2014 #51

Not defending it - just explaining the mindset. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #74

Translation: HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #16

See my post #13 above yours. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #19

My jaw dropped when I read the headline. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #20

I'm sure the lobby elevators won't stop at the poor floor BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #22

I would prefer a separate entrance So I wouldn't have to rub shoulders with the rich. Denis 11 Jul 2014 #23

Preach! WinkyDink Jul 2014 #41

That's what I was thinking too! n/t PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #89

Next up, they will live and work underground their whole lives ck4829 Jul 2014 #24

Tell that to F4lconF16. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #31

and be called the Troglytes - the rich will live on floating islands above the Earth aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #52

tick tick tick randys1 Jul 2014 #26

tock tock tock onehandle Jul 2014 #46

The French Aristocracy never saw it coming either. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #62

I'd put up a sign on that entrance. hobbit709 Jul 2014 #27

I like your thinking, but this place sounds like Jamastiene Jul 2014 #44

That's a stupid idea. I'm poor and I live in an apartment building. If my building had a Louisiana1976 Jul 2014 #28

Of course they do! NYC is battleground central in the Class War. Rex Jul 2014 #30

For some reason.... daleanime Jul 2014 #35

That is sickening. Jamastiene Jul 2014 #43

Disgusting. oxymoron Jul 2014 #45

Dickensian solutions for our times! Generic Other Jul 2014 #49

What's the difference between this and buying an airline ticket? badtoworse Jul 2014 #53

Not the same thing at all... devils chaplain Jul 2014 #55

To everyone ready to "fight" in this thread...what are you going to do? brooklynite Jul 2014 #73

Great points JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #76

Well... devils chaplain Jul 2014 #83

Of course there are perks. badtoworse Jul 2014 #75

Sunk costs, most all... the big "perk" is not being confused with the little people... devils chaplain Jul 2014 #82

The doorman needs to be paid, the red carpet needs to be kept clean,... badtoworse Jul 2014 #87

wow, what other amenities await them? Takket Jul 2014 #54

By 'thinking' as some of the like-minded posters in this thread, that's how. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #64

UNREC brooklynite Jul 2014 #72

The more things change, the more they stay the same ... Scuba Jul 2014 #56

Pigs. rug Jul 2014 #66

There'll always be an England... brooklynite Jul 2014 #70

There'll always be an England? ALWAYS? IrishAyes Jul 2014 #86

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” RKP5637 Jul 2014 #78

SMH Mr Dixon Jul 2014 #79

Very likely, the low-rent apartments will be completely separate MineralMan Jul 2014 #80

Sweet! They use them to get the tax breaks, then... Frustratedlady Jul 2014 #81

Or move in and then give 'em hell every way possible. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #85

Anyone who has a problem with this needs to understand.... NCTraveler Jul 2014 #88

exactly... Takket Jul 2014 #90

+1 geardaddy Jul 2014 #94

What's amazing about this thread is that NOBODY knows what the apartments are like... brooklynite Jul 2014 #91

I mentioned several times that these are legitimate $5,000 per month apartments... Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #92

Or, you could just get the fuck out of NYC and live like an adult human being somewhere else Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2014 #93

Here's a hint...some people WANT to live in NYC brooklynite Jul 2014 #97

some life, Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2014 #98

So, more room for the rest of us... brooklynite Jul 2014 #99

Somewhere in Hell geardaddy Jul 2014 #95