Yes Underboss is a good read.

"Fucking long haired, bearded hipsters from the Midwest, with their wool hats and Clark Kent glasses, should all fucking die. But that's a rant for a different section"

I thought a "hipster" was something women put around their waistline to attract men. Oh man was I wrong...!

"not to let glamour get in the way of the truth."

Well said, Snakes. +1

You say tomato, I say girdle .

PB might have rabies?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UBOcjnCY9f0

" Fucking long haired, bearded hipsters from the Midwest, with their wool hats and Clark Kent glasses, should all fucking die. But that's a rant for a different section lol."

I always thought that the extreme hatred people had for hipsters was strange. Granted, I dislike them too, but I still think they catch too much hatred and blame for some things. You complain about the "new Brooklyn" in your rant, but if you look at the demographics (particularly in regards to the Chinese and Carribean people) there would be a 'new brooklyn' without the hipsters. Over the course of your life, hispanics completed a similar change in much of the Bronx. I am no expert, but it doesn't seem that there were any hipsters involved in that. Where are your "goddamn ch*nks/sp*cs" rants at? Sometimes it seems that the hipsters catch all the heat because they are PC approved targets and most people don't have the balls to make the same types of rants against the Chinese, hispanics, or other new groups changing neighborhoods/cities.

Did he strike a nerve?

"Did he strike a nerve?"

A bit. I wish someone would compare the number of 'hipsters' to the number of recent immigrants whose ethnicities don't match the historic neighborhoods that they moved into. I think that they would find that those recent immigrants had much more to do with changing New York over the past few decades than hipsters. Of course, not a whole lot of people have the balls to do that because the fear being called racist, insensitive, etc.

Well, first of all, I should really apologize for singling out the Midwest. Being that you're from Missouri, I can see where that would be offensive. The truth is, these kids are from everywhere.


I can't explain New York City life to you anymore than you can explain Midwestern life to me. All we can do is try. But here's how I feel about it in a nutshell: New York has always been a city of immigrants, and we welcome immigrants here every day. Welcoming entitled hippies from other areas of the country is a different story. They're driving the property values up and pushing the blue collar people (who've been here for GENERATIONS) out at a much faster rate than a bunch of newly arrived immigrants making minimum wage in a restaurant kitchen. And lest you think I'm some poor and bitter socialist, you should know that I make my living today as a landlord and property manager of buildings in three different boroughs of this city. But what's right is right.

One of my buildings is in Astoria, which is quickly becoming gentrified with these kids. And the truth is, I'd rather keep a family that's been in the neighborhood for three generations than to make an extra three or four hundred a month renting to these kids. But I have, of course, rented to them. The upside is that the rent usually comes straight from their parents, so there's rarely an eviction. And they don't usually stay very long. Two or three years and NYC is out of their system.


I'm a lot of things, but politically correct isn't one of them. And if you think I'm short on balls, then you don't know a thing about me. I'd just encourage you to ask around about me on this board to the people who have known me for awhile. And again, StLguy, I didn't mean to single you out. As a matter of fact, I don't even recall you posting in this thread, so I certainly didn't reply to you personally. But let's not hijack this topic any further. You can pm me anytime you want .

I can vouch for PB he is as solid as it comes on this board.

if you go asking around around PB it would be like signor roberto(landlord in gf2) asking around the neighborhood about vito, and just like him you would also be coming back with your tail between your legs begging for forgiveness

I hate hipsters with a passion. Why? You may ask. Because Fuck em that's why

I wanted to respond , but PB put it so well . Obviously , NYC is safer than it was 25 years ago , and the gentrifying hipsters have helped BUT , unless you lived in or really knew the marginal outer borough neighborhoods,u wont understand. Most people (outsiders and even some NYC natives) dont realize how the changes came about . With the middle class flight of the 70s and 80s, many neighborhoods were left barren or populated with elderly (many areas of BX and BK and Queens , uptown Manhattan) The immigration of the late 80's and 90's filled the BX , and BK and Queens with vibrant communities with activity . These are the people who suffered most, by living in 'ghettos' from the citys downturn and helped turn these areas in to vibrant retail strips (The Hub , Lydig ave/pelham pkwy, Westchester ave and Brook ave all in BX. Roosevelt ave ,Steinway , 37th ave and Main ST all in Queens . Broadway , knickerbocker ave , Coney Island ave , Flatbush ave, Brighton Beach ave all in Brooklyn . In manhattan , Broadway uptown , 181st and 116 th st on the east side .) These neighborhoods are all where many were afraid to walk 20 years ago , were vibrant with with economic activity from majority immigrants who settled in these forgotten areas. Yes , change is inevitable , and these areas are now better and , just as quick , the ones who helped make changes for the better are being priced out . Unfortunately , the new residents(hipsters) , put very little into the community , before moving on . and their also OBNOXIOUS . ps I am not a NYC native myself (20 yr resident of BX, Queens and now Manhattan), so I may be a bit hypocritical but I am no hipster . What pisses me off most , is when i wanna get a newspaper, a sandwich(without pre sliced coldcuts) or a coffee and I cant find one(unless I goto 7/11 or a chain) , because of the new retail places that can only afford the rents .

25 years ago ,it seemed you couldnt walk 2/3 blocks anywhere in the 5 boroughs without a bakery selling fresh bread , now you cant walk that far with out finding cupcakes ! WTF??

The solidest.

I really appreciate it, guys. But let's get back on topic. It's not fair to the originator of this thread.

But again, thanks .

So is the whole Luchesse administration Bronx based today?

Wonder when somebody will mention who the new Underboss may be?

Also I have heard both one is Caridi is still consigliere and the other says he no longer holds that spot. Anybody have anything on this?

I know PB needs to take Jose under his wing the kid is being mislead by going to these mob trials.

lol

I missed some anti-hipster rants. My favorite.

This website says it best about Brooklyn gentrification...

www.diehipster.com

now back to crea...

Wait 5 years from now and see how many more chinese immigrents come to NEw york and start buying up property.The same thing is going to happen here like it has in Europe canada and australia. They over populate a city and start buying up in one area then they just spread.Hipsers for the most part grow out of this Phase.But chinese people who are extremly racist and cheap ( they love buying property but forgo daily nessiteis that other people cant go without)never grow out this phase.

I wish to respond to PizzaBoy and Tiger84, but I don't want to derail this thread any further, so I started another one in the OFF TOPIC section.

Here's the link:
http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=760892&#Post760892