westend wrote:
Yeah, foolish Forum tics...
I didn't know the rent stabilization was still in effect. I just went by what I was told by my Daughter and the homeless gal. My take on the housing situation in NYC is that it's too expensive to build affordable housing and there is a lot of rental that already exists. Another thing is that the surrounding area has some affordable housing and there is a good transportation system.
The Daughter is now in Park Slope so there is plenty to see around there. I did see the Prisoner's Monument but only in passing. That would be a good one to take the Grandkids to see since we have ancestors connected to the War.
There was a time when it was thought NYS (Yes, my bad. It's not just NYC the laws affects)would go the way of Massachusetts and it worked a lot of people up. I will say our housing costs only seem to go up. I still retain a childhood memory of my mother wondering if the landlord thought we were Rockefellers when the rent was raised to 70 bucks a month:D. Flash forward and she's now grumbling about the monthly fee of approx. $825.00 at her condo which is about 1 mile away from the 70 dollar apartment. Apparently the song remains the same, LOL.
Park Slope is a fantastic neighborhood to bring children up! Very progressive atmosphere with lots of child friendly activities, great schools, food coops and such.
