Maybe, but I'm tired of libertarians that have barely ever even set foot in a place with more than 10k people trying to tell us that we're running our city poorly when it's one of the wealthiest, culturally rich, and influential places on this planet. The fact remains, you cannot build up a city as big and great as NYC while adhering to libertarian or right wing principles about "freedom."
The globalist design for micro-apartments is being championed by New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg. These “studio and one-bedroom apartments” will be no bigger than 275 to 300 sq ft. These tiny living spaces are smaller than currently allowed by building regulations, according to a statement by Bloomberg’s office; however the zoning regulations will be waived in over to construct the first of many compact pack ‘em and stack ‘em housing model in the city-owned area of Kips Bay.
The intention is to construct an area in NY that accommodates restricted housing space, eliminates car use in favor for walking and bicycling and promotes mass transit. Herding the expanding population into dense areas will smaller living spaces will instill the new class of poor and obligate their psychological transition toward accepting the Agenda 21 megacity concept.
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Central to the communitarian philosophy is the concept of positive rights, which are rights or guarantees to certain things. These may include state subsidized education, state subsidized housing, a safe and clean environment, universal health care, and even the right to a job with the concomitant obligation of the government or individuals to provide one. To this end, communitarians generally support social security programs, public works programs, and laws limiting such things as pollution.
A common objection is that by providing such rights, communitarians violate the negative rights of the citizens; rights to not have something done for you. For example, taxation to pay for such programs as described above dispossesses individuals of property. Proponents of positive rights, by attributing the protection of negative rights to the society rather than the government, respond that individuals would not have any rights in the absence of societies—a central tenet of communitarianism—and thus have a personal responsibility to give something back to it. Some have viewed this as a negation of natural rights. However, what is or is not a "natural right" is a source of contention in modern politics, as well as historically; for example, whether or not universal health care, private property or protection from polluters can be considered a birthright.
Alternatively, some agree that negative rights may be violated by a government action, but argue that it is justifiable if the positive rights protected outweigh the negative rights lost. In the same vein, supporters of positive rights further argue that negative rights are irrelevant in their absence. Moreover, some communitarians "experience this less as a case of being used for others' ends and more as a way of contributing to the purposes of a community I regard as my own".[3]
As much as I find this topic interesting and engaging... I can't help but to notice that the author of the article frequently writes for Alex Jones's PrisonPlanet and Infowars.
And as much as I enjoy pointing out questionmark's obnoxiousness and douchebaggery, I refuse to use Alex Jones as a valid and reputable source of information.
If anything. Black-ops is neither original or exceptional... he's just following the latest hipster trend which, I guess, is a large enough opinion for another asshole like Alex Jones to formulate a conspiracy from.
Much like when black-ops thought he was the coolest shit since Disco when he latched onto the "club kid" scene in the city and was licking eyeballs and shit.
Hey Sam, these apartments aren't for poor people and nobody is being forced to live in them. The reason they're being constructed in the first place is because there is a housing shortage from too many people moving into NYC of their own free will. You might want to lay off the conspiracy sites for a while, they're obviously fucking with your head.
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The right is more virtuous than the left. They have twice as many virtues because they have double the standards.
He's wondering... if he breaks up his co-op on Madison Ave into six 300sq ft micro-apartments and sublets them out... Could he finally buy that brownstone in Chelsea they've been looking at?
Originally posted by: Mockery So, wait, what we are really saying is that N.Y. is essentially nothing more than an even more Fascist rendition of Europe?
no. what we're saying is that michael bloomberg makes lenin look like a fucking capitalist.
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The right is more virtuous than the left. They have twice as many virtues because they have double the standards.
Originally posted by: Mockery So, wait, what we are really saying is that N.Y. is essentially nothing more than an even more Fascist rendition of Europe?
no. what we're saying is that michael bloomberg makes lenin look like a fucking capitalist.
Bloomberg is in favor of providing tax breaks to big corporations for the good of the whole community. As mayor, Bloomberg lobbied the CEO of Goldman Sachs to establish its headquarters across from Ground Zero by promising $1.65 billion in tax breaks. Regarding this deal, Bloomberg stated, "This [New York City] is where the best want to live and work. So I told him [CEO of Goldman Sachs], 'We can help with minimizing taxes. Minimizing your rent. Improving security. But in the end, this is about people.'"[104]
Originally posted by: William T. Sherman Hey Sam, these apartments aren't for poor people and nobody is being forced to live in them. The reason they're being constructed in the first place is because there is a housing shortage from too many people moving into NYC of their own free will. You might want to lay off the conspiracy sites for a while, they're obviously fucking with your head.
Agreed. I just read about these a while back and why they are doing it. The rent for one is still expensive.
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The father-and-son owners of a Brooklyn building where five people died in a 2010 fire have been indicted on charges including manslaughter and reckless endangerment.
The indictment charges that the tenants could not escape the fire on Jan. 30, 2010 because the owners had set up illegal partitions that blocked their way out of the building in Bensonhurst.
Sixty-eight-year-old landlord Vasilios Gerazounis and his 37-year-old son, Argyrios Gerazounis, are being arraigned Thursday in Brooklyn state Supreme Court.
One Brooklyn landlord showed the cramped attic quarters – with loose electrical cords, a single small window, and a stove shoved between flammable belongings – to someone he believed to be a potential tenant, but who was actually a Buildings Department inspector.
I dont know how you people live all jammed together like that, I need the wide open area with trees and grass. I own acreage and cannot see my closest neighbors house and they cant see mine. I wouldnt live in NYC for love nor money but you guys have at it, it keeps you out of my trees and grass
Originally posted by: Killet I dont know how you people live all jammed together like that, I need the wide open area with trees and grass. I own acreage and cannot see my closest neighbors house and they cant see mine. I wouldnt live in NYC for love nor money but you guys have at it, it keeps you out of my trees and grass
Ditto. Plus I own a lot of guns. Where the fuck would I keep them?
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Originally posted by: Killet I dont know how you people live all jammed together like that, I need the wide open area with trees and grass. I own acreage and cannot see my closest neighbors house and they cant see mine. I wouldnt live in NYC for love nor money but you guys have at it, it keeps you out of my trees and grass
Ditto. Plus I own a lot of guns. Where the fuck would I keep them?
exactly, I'm setting up a steel target handgun range at my place, if someone hears me shooting and calls the cops . . .they will probably want to shoot a bit while they are there. Post edited by Killet at 7/13/2012 11:31:58 AM
Originally posted by: Killet I dont know how you people live all jammed together like that, I need the wide open area with trees and grass. I own acreage and cannot see my closest neighbors house and they cant see mine. I wouldnt live in NYC for love nor money but you guys have at it, it keeps you out of my trees and grass
It's not actually that bad for most of the city. These kinds of units are aimed at people that refuse to live outside Manhattan. There are some pretty spacious places to live in the other boroughs. I have two friends that went from sharing a 300 square foot studio on the Upper East Side to living in a 3000 square foot loft in Brooklyn while only paying a little more.
The other thing is that city life is generally much richer and an apartment doesn't require the same kind of upkeep as a house. No need for a car either. I'm 24 and still don't know how to drive. Post edited by William T. Sherman at 7/13/2012 11:32:05 AM
Originally posted by: Killet I dont know how you people live all jammed together like that, I need the wide open area with trees and grass. I own acreage and cannot see my closest neighbors house and they cant see mine. I wouldnt live in NYC for love nor money but you guys have at it, it keeps you out of my trees and grass
It's not actually that bad for most of the city. These kinds of units are aimed at people that refuse to live outside Manhattan. There are some pretty spacious places to live in the other boroughs. I have two friends that went from sharing a 300 square foot studio on the Upper East Side to living in a 3000 square foot loft in Brooklyn while only paying a little more.
The other thing is that city life is generally much richer and an apartment doesn't require the same kind of upkeep as a house. No need for a car either. I'm 24 and still don't know how to drive.
to each his own, you can have it as far as I'm concerned, enjoy
Originally posted by: Killet I dont know how you people live all jammed together like that, I need the wide open area with trees and grass. I own acreage and cannot see my closest neighbors house and they cant see mine. I wouldnt live in NYC for love nor money but you guys have at it, it keeps you out of my trees and grass
It's not actually that bad for most of the city. These kinds of units are aimed at people that refuse to live outside Manhattan. There are some pretty spacious places to live in the other boroughs. I have two friends that went from sharing a 300 square foot studio on the Upper East Side to living in a 3000 square foot loft in Brooklyn while only paying a little more.
The other thing is that city life is generally much richer and an apartment doesn't require the same kind of upkeep as a house. No need for a car either. I'm 24 and still don't know how to drive.
to each his own, you can have it as far as I'm concerned, enjoy
Same here. Different strokes for different folks, as they say.
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Originally posted by: William T. Sherman No need for a car either. I'm 24 and still don't know how to drive.
God... you know what's insane?
One of my cousins... she grew up in Queens, went to Stuy, then to NYU on a full scholarship. Lived in Lower Manhattan, found a man, got married... his job moved him to Jersey (pharma). They've lived in North Brunswick for 20 years... She STILL doesn't know how to drive.
What
The
Fuck
Where they live, it's the deep 'burbs.
I still don't understand how or why she can live in Jersey without driving. Her husband is a good man... because I'd be like: Drive yourself to the fucking store!
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My brother-in-law, they live on Madison Ave near Bryant Park.
They have a car they leave at his wife's parent's house in Queens... when they leave the city to go skiing or whatever the hell they do when they need a car,
Originally posted by: Killet I dont know how you people live all jammed together like that, I need the wide open area with trees and grass. I own acreage and cannot see my closest neighbors house and they cant see mine. I wouldnt live in NYC for love nor money but you guys have at it, it keeps you out of my trees and grass
Ditto. Plus I own a lot of guns. Where the fuck would I keep them?
exactly, I'm setting up a steel target handgun range at my place, if someone hears me shooting and calls the cops . . .they will probably want to shoot a bit while they are there.
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