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Lost post! The accidental gentrifier

dailyheights
dailyheights
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
This message board now has more than 25,000 posts and takes up almost 100 MB of text space... That's a lot to sort through, so I knew this would happen eventually...

I'm looking for a post that I think was made by a guest... she said she had just moved into one of those massive apartment buildings on Underhill between St. Johns and Sterling. If I recall correctly, she was not from the area and her realtor had left her wholly unprepared for all-hours noise, partying, cleanliness issues, etc.

I refer to this as the "accidental gentrifier" post. Does it ring a bell?

Comments

  • qtrain
    qtrain
    Did she break her lease?
  • candicissima
    candicissima
    I know exactly what you're talking about. I'll find it.
  • captain m
    captain m
    “I gave hip-hop to white boys when nobody was looking/ They found it locked in a basement when they gentrified Brooklyn.../ So substitute the anger and oppression/ With guilt and depression/ And it's yours"

    Saul Williams - Grippo
  • candicissima
    candicissima
    This is the one, right?
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    Bingo!!

    Thanks!