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Posted by Common Sense on March 01, 2001 at 09:54:17:

In Reply to: You need HELP! posted by Real Estate Mogul on March 01, 2001 at 01:00:36:

: -- Too bad. What's a "very bad area" to you ? Many professionals with small children live in what you probably consider "bad areas" like the South Bronx, Harlem, and Bed-Stuy. Guess you think you are above everyone else. What entitlement do you have to live in a certain neighborhood ?

Living in a nice neighborhood for the good of the children does not give the person a sense of entitlement. There are plenty of mothers in Harlem and those areas who want to move out since they want a better life for their children with better schools. This is not entitlement, elitism or snobbery, just good common sense.

: Let's analysize just a bit of what you wrote:

: : I just received a huge rent increase (35%) that we really can't afford.
: --Maybe someone else can.

: : I just had a baby
: --Irrelevant.

: : I've put up with 2 winters of shoddy heat, leaky roofs and pipes, rotten wood floors, missing bathroom tiles, holes in the walls and ceilings
: --You chose to put up with quite a lot.

: :I would have to move to a very bad area in order to afford something, and as a professional with 2 small children, i'm not willing to do that.
: -- Too bad. What's a "very bad area" to you ? Many professionals with small children live in what you probably consider "bad areas" like the South Bronx, Harlem, and Bed-Stuy. Guess you think you are above everyone else. What entitlement do you have to live in a certain neighborhood ?

: :Can I try to lower the rent increase in court
: --Yeah right. Pay lawyers big $$$, lose in court, and still get evicted and a judgement against yourself.

: : I don't know what to do.
: --Pay up ... or leave.

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: : -- Too bad.  What's a "very bad area" to you ?  Many professionals with small children live in what you probably consider "bad areas" like the South Bronx, Harlem, and Bed-Stuy.  Guess you think you are above everyone else.  What entitlement do you have to live in a certain neighborhood ?

: Living in a nice neighborhood for the good of the children does not give the person a sense of entitlement. There are plenty of mothers in Harlem and those areas who want to move out since they want a better life for their children with better schools. This is not entitlement, elitism or snobbery, just good common sense.

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: : Let's analysize just a bit of what you wrote:

: 
: : : I just received a huge rent increase (35%) that we really can't afford. 
: : --Maybe someone else can.

: : : I just had a baby
: : --Irrelevant.

: : : I've put up with 2 winters of shoddy heat, leaky roofs and pipes, rotten wood floors, missing bathroom tiles, holes in the walls and ceilings
: : --You chose to put up with quite a lot.

: : :I would have to move to a very bad area in order to afford something, and as a professional with 2 small children, i'm not willing to do that.  
: : -- Too bad.  What's a "very bad area" to you ?  Many professionals with small children live in what you probably consider "bad areas" like the South Bronx, Harlem, and Bed-Stuy.  Guess you think you are above everyone else.  What entitlement do you have to live in a certain neighborhood ?

: : :Can I try to lower the rent increase in court 
: : --Yeah right.  Pay lawyers big $$$, lose in court, and still get evicted and a judgement against yourself.

: : : I don't know what to do.  
: : --Pay up ... or leave.



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