Mud Sling Alert! It was called an “Open Letter to Landlords”, but Young Snitch’s recent post on the Prospect Heights Message Board was more like a perversion of those words on the Statue Of Liberty: “Don’t rent to yuppies, to frat boys, to investment bankers yearning to breathe free…”
Should landlords have the responsiblity–nay, obligation–to pick WHICH newbies get to gentrify Brooklyn? Even if it was legal to do so? If Snitch had his way, Prospect Heights landlords would cherry pick artistic types, and wouldn’t rent to “anyone that was in a frat or sorority … anyone who wears black pants, a blue shirt and a gold tie to work … anyone who gushes about the opening of a sushi restaurant on Franklin, without at least considering that every new business catering to recent arrivals ratchets up the cycle of neighborhood replacement … anyone who works in equity trading, i-banking or finance in general…”
Nobody wants to see Brooklyn’s tres-cool nooks and crannies turn into Upper Blandhattan… But maybe even pierced tongues should get held once in a while. Whether you think the treatise is spot-on or arrogant, it certainly struck a chord. People hating and defending their neighbors are going at it now Go watch mud get slung on the Prospect Heights Message Boards!