New York Magazine
Two loud young women enter a Banh Mi sandwich joint. They are talking about real estate. The alpha girl's phone rings and she answers it, freezing out her submissive friend who stands to the side, obediently mute.
Alpha Girl is apparently talking to a real estate agent. She says, "I want to be in Soho or Tribeca, more west than east, and I want at least 2 bedrooms, with a real kitchen and a real living room, for $2400 a month. No, I won't pay a penny more."
Alpha Girl hangs up and unfreezes her friend by continuing right where she left off, talking without pause about how much she really needs a communal living space and how much she refuses to live, yet again, in the small room. Not even for $2100 a month.
The phone rings for the second time and she answers it. The friend goes blank once more.
"I understand that's where there's a lot available right now," says the alpha girl, sounding petulant, "but I do not want to look in the East Village. Really, until we're scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel, please, no East Village."
24 comments:
Yes, thank you — please no East Village. Stay away.
Know where she can live absolutely free that's cool? Her parents' house in Connecticut.
F*** Mi
I don't suppose this person knows about Brooklyn.
I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking strumpet can eat Banh Mi sandwiches in my city.
Silently praying alpha girl finds her dream apartment in Tribeca. And brings all her friends with her.
I've never been to Banh Mi, but after reading this warning I will probably avoid it at all costs...
Fortunately there are plenty of Banh Mi shops with pleasant Vietnamese people as customers...and better sandwiches.
Try Chinatown in Manhattan or Brooklyn.
It's okay, we don't want you here either :)
I agree with Grieve - let her inflict misery on tribeca or soho rather than on our neighborhood.
Bahn mi is delicious. Of course, it's become the latest trend, which means that bahn mi joints are springing up everywhere, many of which are only ok. My favorite is Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich, on Broome btw Mott & Elizabeth
I feel bad for Tribeca. And for the friend. And for the real estate agent. But yay for the EV! :D
Also, 2 BR in Tribeca/Soho with a full kitchen and living room for under $2400? I think the neighborhood she needs to be looking in is Delusionville.
HAH. wait. how does this relate to banh mi again?
I've overheard very similar conversations in the past couple of months. The zombies are returning to the city to try and get apartments before school starts in September.
And I do believe rents in Delusionville have been coming down in the past few months.
i would like to live in Delusionville. ignorance, as they say, is bliss. is it nice there? are there bedbugs? what's it like?
you really need to carry your camera at all times..
i do carry my camera! but i wouldn't shame even someone like this by putting their photo online with these quotes. though i have been known to blur some faces.
Authentic banh mi is delicious. Don't let the trendoids scare you away. Hell, you can get authentic banh mi in Chinatown for $4.
Baoguette, one of the trendy places you may be thinking of, does actually make a pretty good standard banh mi for $5.
I like it much more than the other, less authentic and more expensive sandwiches on their menu. And yes, Saigon in Chinatown is both cheaper and better.
Yes, I won't eat in a place either if an annoying person who doesn't like my neighborhood once ate there, according to a magazine.
That Banh Mi place is my entire block. If I could afford to move, I would, and I never, ever thought I would say that.
She seems so West Village but without the Marc Jacobs budget!
hum! miam miam!
Yes, the East Village - the bottom of the barrel since 1919 and proud of it.
That's a story with a happy ending.
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