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flamingdem

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10. Good for Bourdain

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 12:20 PM

Oct 2015

He knows what he's doing. The worry would be what happens if / when he sells.

That area of NY is pretty attractive, not much of the Meat Packing biz left, the Whitney moved in and there are some great clubs.

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The way to kill a complex city is to chase out all the poor people – and their food [View all] marmar Oct 2015 OP

Hey! Something like that is happening in Detroit. Octafish Oct 2015 #1

Yep. Lots of new restaurants downtown with $20 designer hamburgers..... marmar Oct 2015 #3

Opa! Octafish Oct 2015 #22

They are trying to kill NOLALady Oct 2015 #2

Yep. And with intent, starting right after the hurricane. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #5

Young middle class couple (friends of mine) were moving jwirr Oct 2015 #15

The reason we moved here to retire. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #18

Thats a great thing about the west coast; sell & you can retire to a LOT of places easily 7962 Oct 2015 #21

You can buy one of 2 houses on my block for 100 K dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #24

Interesting situation - I really feel sorry of the poor. They jwirr Oct 2015 #23

I've been inside the ryan_cats Oct 2015 #4

Not sure why this provoked an attack on Vidal. Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #6

It's called empathy Laughing Mirror Oct 2015 #13

Wonder what they think of FDR tenderfoot Oct 2015 #20

Happening in Denver too. backscatter712 Oct 2015 #7

I grew up in NY wilt the stilt Oct 2015 #8

Happening in Pittsburgh too........... mrmpa Oct 2015 #9

I wondered that also - where are those who are being pushed jwirr Oct 2015 #16

Good for Bourdain flamingdem Oct 2015 #10

There are, broadly speaking, two theories on how to make a buck: malthaussen Oct 2015 #11

They're trashing Seattle too - by design. A generation from now WestSeattle2 Oct 2015 #12

NYC subway in 1960 was 15 cents. pangaia Oct 2015 #14

Report: Nation's Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization whereisjustice Oct 2015 #17

Cities gotta preserve Da Funk. ancianita Oct 2015 #19