someone implied something about you guys :o.

But what does "sketchy" really mean? It's become the new code word here and on Brooklynian. I translate it as "a place with nice looking houses and/or cheap rent, in a lower income minority neighborhood". And that's being polite.

People getting shot anywhere, is wrong, unfortunate, and tragic. I don't remember too many details of this shooting, but it wasn't random, as I recall. Someone can be targeted by those who want to do them harm in any neighborhood.

From the pictures of the apartment for rent in the link above, looks in fair shape to me. I'd have to strip all of that white paint from the woodwork, but the house looks to be quite intact. Anyone spending another million to do it over must gilding every surface in platinum and gold.

While not arguing if the sale price is too high, or even appropriate for the neighborhood, I don't see why a seller should feel obligated to lower his price just to accommodate a buyer's future plans.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at March 20, 2008 5:23 PM

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/03/house_of_the_da_468.php#comments

I tend to agree with the poster who said sketchy is "anywhere that makes you uneasy." So I guess that could be code for something, depending on what makes you uneasy.

Personally I think of places with obvious and ongoing illegal activities that go unaddressed by the authorities as sketchy. Most such places are probably fine as long as you're not involved in said activities yourself, but it's impossible not to notice.

Sketchy implies it's the next neighborhood the artists are going to move to. You know, where there's plenty of material for drawing sketches.

doctorj wrote: Sketchy implies it's the next neighborhood the artists are going to move to. You know, where there's plenty of material for drawing sketches.

Subtle.