arnyk wrote: > Reading between the lines, I get the feeling that this is also JA's > neighborhood. My first reaction is that like most of the close in NYC > area, its a smelly $#!^ hole. I've spent enough time in NYC that my > brain filled in the sounds and smells that go with the pictures. So I'm > thinking who are you, Detroit-boy to cast stones? Fact is that the > population density around here is low enough that the place blows clear > due to the natural forces of nature. There are just too many sources of > pollution (IOW people) in the near-in NYC area for that to happen > there.
Bed-Stuy is undergoing gentrification, as are many parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan now being completely unaffordable for most people. https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160510/bed-stuy/bed-stuy-ranks-no-7-citys-top-gentrifying-neighborhoods-report I suspect that Herb has a rent-controlled apartment, and it would be almost impossible for him to move to another place. I have a friend in Brooklyn in a similar situation, although he's in the rather nicer section of Brooklyn Heights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107118 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
