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Paul DimitrovJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 11:33am
New Yorkers are fucking insufferable.
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  ellaminnowpPaul Dimitrov
  1/29/16 11:35am
  Left New York for Philly this summer after ten years, never fuckin looked back.
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  hntergrenPaul Dimitrov
  1/29/16 11:37am
  None of those people are New Yorkers, they’re just passin’ through on their way to Connecticut.
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MolierthanthouJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 11:38am
I’m conflicted. I think it’s hilarious that these hipsters will be forced to GASP move, take a bus, walk to the JMZ, etc. But the asshole people buying up the waterfront should definitely be fucked for being douches. But, hello... out further on the L are normal, working, poorer people. They are the ones who won’t move to other neighborhoods or use Uber. Balancing it out, this is pretty shitty MTA.
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  WhitcombrileyMolierthanthou
  1/29/16 11:41am
  Is the MTA supposed to use magic time suspension powers to fix the tunnel?
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  hntergrenMolierthanthou
  1/29/16 11:42am
  Nah, those people will be fine. They will get other trains into the city at Myrtle and Broadway Junction like they’ve been doing for years already. It’s the Williamsburg/Bushwick (ahm, sorry “east williamsburg” *rolls eyes*) newbies that have never been to any other neighborhood in Brooklyn and are still kinda scared of brown people that will suffer, and I say fuck em.
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hntergrenJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 11:35am
“The people will move out of this vibrant neighborhood.”

All the Puerto Ricans in Williamsburg: “Deuces putas!”
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  Rowen (Paid Politcal Shill)hntergren
  1/29/16 12:00pm
  YUUUUPPPPP. I used to live off the Lorimer stop, YEARS ago, and it was pretty much Puerto Rican central. My roommate and I were the only white people surrounded by PRs, Domincans, and Hassidic Jews. It was kinda cool, and since I’ve been back, it looks NOTHING like it used to and I probably couldn’t afford it. And, in hind sight, I should probably feel bad for helping gentrify the area.
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  hntergrenRowen (Paid Politcal Shill)
  1/29/16 12:25pm
  Nah, it’s cool. First wave gentrifiers were fine. You guys at least had some respect for the neighborhoods you moved into.
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Jujymonkey3J.K. Trotter
1/29/16 11:34am
I have little reason to visit ‘Billyburg, so this is a big meh to this Brooklynite.
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  JackalopalopeJujymonkey3
  1/29/16 11:38am
  Even if it means more of them migrate to your neighborhood?
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  WhitcombrileyJackalopalope
  1/29/16 11:43am
  Does anyone actually think people will move out of Wburg or not move there because the L is down for a year? And if it actually did happen it would create good real estate buys that others would swoop in on.
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Gene Shalit's MerkinJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 11:40am
Fortunately, the coolest Williamsburg residents already heard about the L train closures months ago, went to it’s first few shows at Pete’s Candy Store, and are pretty much over it by now.
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  ARP2Gene Shalit's Merkin
  1/29/16 11:50am
  Now its just the Babys All Right crowd, we hate them.
  
  OT- when I was in New York, I looked into who was playing at Pete’s. The art-teest was a woman who played the keyboard on the ground, finger cymbals and sang in French. I wanted to go just to watch 2/3 of the crowd pretend like they “get it.”
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  david_hollisARP2
  1/29/16 12:45pm
  “Babys All Right”. Jesus fuck that crowd is disgusting. I live around the corner and its like a hipster casting session with a velvet rope wrapped around it. My only explanation is that the rope is there to keep them inside.
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MizJenkinsJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 12:23pm
Can’t they just double up on those East River ferries? It’s not ideal but it could work, especially if they linked it to a shuttle bus across 23rd.
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  Zsa Zsa GaborgMizJenkins
  1/29/16 12:51pm
  That’s smart! You are often smart, come to Gowanus and have a drink with me.
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  RobNYCMizJenkins
  1/29/16 1:41pm
  They could but it would probably still leave you dumped in Eastern Manhattan of which there are no train lines there either. They’d probably need to run a shuttle from the Ferry to Union Sq.
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2DollarzJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 11:36am
I thought they all had fixies and whimsical hats. That should be enough, right?
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  RandyMagnum2Dollarz
  1/29/16 11:40am
  Isn't that Portland?
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  2DollarzRandyMagnum
  1/29/16 12:02pm
  wait, are you saying it’s all the same?
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TRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)J.K. Trotter
1/29/16 12:03pm
Fine. Don’t repair the tunnel. Then, when it fails and dozens or hundreds die, read the quotes from this article at their funerals. Seems fair enough to me.
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  junwelloTRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)
  1/29/16 12:27pm
  Totally. Everyone bitches about the MTA, but I think it’s little short of astonishing that they keep these very old tunnels and structures in decent shape so that millions of us can keep riding safely.
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  Zsa Zsa GaborgTRUMP DELENDUS EST (fka Chatham Harrison)
  1/29/16 12:50pm
  Of course they need to fix the tunnel, but the fact is it’s going to be hugely inconvenient. You’re talking about one of the busiest transit lines IN THE WORLD. Other cities would build a new, wider tunnel, while operating the old one until a switch could be made, rather than adding an hour to hundreds of thousands of residents’ daily commute for YEARS.
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BPatrickJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 12:01pm
I’m thinking you’re wrong to dismiss the worry. For 6-8 hours out of the day the L is packed to capacity. If the line is shut down the volume of people needing to adjust their commutes will be a logistical nightmare. Also, glibly saying these residents can just walk to the JMZ is dismissing the additional 30 minutes it takes to walk to the JMZ from the areas directly off of the L from the Jefferson to Bedford stops. This isn’t a situation where it’s like “oh, these lazy hipsters...*eyeroll*”

It’s going to have a huge effect on the area and it will effect businesses. People dine and shop where it is convenient to dine and shop. People will move.
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  GuyFromIpanemaBPatrick
  1/29/16 12:15pm
  I see your point. But if the tunnel needs to be repaired, then what is the MTA supposed to do — let it crumble? What do you suggest as an alternative?
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  Zsa Zsa GaborgGuyFromIpanema
  1/29/16 12:53pm
  Build a new tunnel, run the old one until it's ready. You know, the way virtually every bridge is built.
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Zsa Zsa GaborgJ.K. Trotter
1/29/16 12:18pm
Snark on the ‘burgers all you want, but this will SUCK for everything on the waterfront. The G is at Lorimer/Metropolitan or Nassau (a long walk away from Bedford), the closest JMZ to the waterfront is Marcy (even further), and the J/Z head into Financial while the hypothetically more-convenient M doesn’t run on weekends. The residents will adjust, but the businesses depend on people coming over from Manhattan to shop and eat. If the Manhattanites have to change trains twice and walk a mile, or spend half an hour crossing the W-Burg bridge on a packed bus, they simply won’t come. The independent shops and restaurants Williamsburg is known for won’t survive a three-year dry spell; hundreds of people will lose their livelihoods. Is that worth the schadenfreude of some rich condo dwellers being inconvenienced?
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  MichelleFuckOhZsa Zsa Gaborg
  1/29/16 12:36pm
  Is that worth the schadenfreude of some rich condo dwellers being inconvenienced?
  
  Yes
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  hntergrenZsa Zsa Gaborg
  1/29/16 12:42pm
  Is that worth the schadenfreude of some rich condo dwellers being inconvenienced?
  
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  Yes?
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