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You obviously didn't live in LIC or Williamsburg in the 1990s or early 2000s. Those places were crap for many years without real development. I didn't like the

You obviously didn't live in LIC or Williamsburg in the 1990s or early 2000s. Those places were crap for many years without real development. I didn't like the offer Amazon was given but you're wrong to simply assume that someone else will replace Amazon.

redwood 8y ago
Uhh today the area is undergoing massive development.
seanmcdirmid 8y ago
Today is 2019, not the early 2000s. I don’t see how pst fears relate to now.
subpixel 8y ago
I lived in Williamsburg in the 90s and can tell you it was an amazing place to live then. It lacked for nothing. In my opinion it is utter crap now, thanks to what you call ‘real’ development.
- yostrovs 8y ago
  I did too. You couldn't get a meal in the neighborhood, save for awful Chinese or PR food.
  - subpixel 8y ago
    Other than Frost, Peter Luger, or Bamontes, and then the original Planet Thailand on N 7th - still the best basil beef I have ever had. I grant that the Chinese food was very bad.
    - yostrovs 8y ago
      Those three aren't exactly everyday places. Everyday food was pretty bad.
geofft 8y ago
So why did Amazon pick LIC/Williamsburg? There are basically two possible answers: because they thought they were uniquely in a place to salvage and redevelop it, or because it's currently in a state where it's getting active growth and popularity among the sort of workers Amazon wants to target. If the latter, that's going to continue with or without Amazon. If the former - which is also the only reason an Amazon-specific subsidy and tax exemption is justifiable - I'm curious why, and I'm also curious if they would have believed that in the 1990s or early 2000s, too.
smrtinsert 8y ago
Hahaha. Trastafaria was amazing in the 90s, you are quite literally full of it.
CPLX 8y ago
I lived at the corner of Kent Avenue and N. 5th from 2002-2003, and have lived in Brooklyn for about 20 years.

redwood 8y ago

Uhh today the area is undergoing massive development.

seanmcdirmid 8y ago

Today is 2019, not the early 2000s. I don’t see how pst fears relate to now.

subpixel 8y ago

I lived in Williamsburg in the 90s and can tell you it was an amazing place to live then. It lacked for nothing. In my opinion it is utter crap now, thanks to what you call ‘real’ development.

yostrovs 8y ago
I did too. You couldn't get a meal in the neighborhood, save for awful Chinese or PR food.
- subpixel 8y ago
  Other than Frost, Peter Luger, or Bamontes, and then the original Planet Thailand on N 7th - still the best basil beef I have ever had. I grant that the Chinese food was very bad.
  - yostrovs 8y ago
    Those three aren't exactly everyday places. Everyday food was pretty bad.

geofft 8y ago

So why did Amazon pick LIC/Williamsburg? There are basically two possible answers: because they thought they were uniquely in a place to salvage and redevelop it, or because it's currently in a state where it's getting active growth and popularity among the sort of workers Amazon wants to target. If the latter, that's going to continue with or without Amazon. If the former - which is also the only reason an Amazon-specific subsidy and tax exemption is justifiable - I'm curious why, and I'm also curious if they would have believed that in the 1990s or early 2000s, too.

smrtinsert 8y ago

Hahaha. Trastafaria was amazing in the 90s, you are quite literally full of it.

CPLX 8y ago

I lived at the corner of Kent Avenue and N. 5th from 2002-2003, and have lived in Brooklyn for about 20 years.