tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post875502749804983803..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: KamcoJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-52554905386543984782012-05-24T21:21:24.049-04:002012-05-24T21:21:24.049-04:00Who gives a shit if these businesses leave?! That&...Who gives a shit if these businesses leave?! That's the free market. If you don't like it, move to a totalitarian country. Don't try to turn ours into one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-65017573262617753392011-12-22T17:04:23.473-05:002011-12-22T17:04:23.473-05:00IF the city gave a shit, they would enforce iron-c...IF the city gave a shit, they would enforce iron-clad zoning restrictions that would discourage the wholesale slaughter of small independently-owned neighborhood businesses.<br /><br />But they don't so they won't....chris flashhttp://shadowpress.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-23206800361719939942011-12-22T16:56:33.741-05:002011-12-22T16:56:33.741-05:00I wonder how much longer that open scrap metal yar...I wonder how much longer that open scrap metal yard near the corner of 28th and 10th ave will last. I'm amazed that it's survived the overall neighborhood transition, especially since the Highline literally crosses over it. I can't imagine it could hold out much longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-48015989068956914372011-12-21T22:30:35.447-05:002011-12-21T22:30:35.447-05:00It's reading stories like this that perfectly ...It's reading stories like this that perfectly encapsulate why, after 12 years in NYC, I moved to Cleveland.Theodorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871427324771102763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-87603230383739969262011-12-21T11:50:03.570-05:002011-12-21T11:50:03.570-05:00The perfect theme song for Manhattan is "Litt...The perfect theme song for Manhattan is "Little Boxes".TyNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-13225368559558307212011-12-21T11:39:43.871-05:002011-12-21T11:39:43.871-05:00I grew up in a well heeled neighborhood. When ren...I grew up in a well heeled neighborhood. When rents started slowly to rise in the 1980s, a common complaint of the well heeled people living there was that there was no way of buying anything practical like hardware in the neighborhood anymore.<br /><br />So its not really that wealthy people in Manhattan really like having to go to New Jersey to get their car prepared or whatever. Luxury goods command a greater premium than other types of goods. Once the commercial rents rise to a certain point, only the stores with the highest premiums, eg luxury stores, can afford to pay them. So you only get stores selling luxury goods, and chains which have a somewhat different dynamic.<br /><br />City governments love love love rising real estate prices and rents, though this particular administration is particularly in your face about this. They mean more property tax revenue for the government and clear out the riff raff (fewer seedy neighborhoods means less crime and less strain on the city social services). The same goes for newspapers, dependent for their revenue stream on advertising from the people who can afford the commercial rents if they don't have large real estate portfolios themselves.<br /><br />But economically, rents are, well, rents; they function like taxes as a dead weight loss and ultimately depress economic activity. A local government that took a long term view -these don't exist- should be alarmed about real estate prices going up too quickly. At least they would halt all policies in this case designed solely to increase real estate prices.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-45763893512478059252011-12-21T07:50:56.172-05:002011-12-21T07:50:56.172-05:00If all those buildings are gonna blot out the sunl...If all those buildings are gonna blot out the sunlight, I wonder if the High Line will still be considered a draw for the yup-scale. This could be the case of the snake that swallows its own tail.Spacepopenoreply@blogger.com