Comments on: Not the kind of thing you want to read here http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here The intersection of Myrtle, Nostrand and me. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:08:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Sarah http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-27 Sarah Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:19:21 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-27 Hay ANTBED, I heard from the Yuppie Womb manager who said that the door handle guy from the weekend IS actually a resident from the 5th floor who got a weeeee bit too intoxicated and really COULDNT find his apartment door hehe. He has apparently been given a friendly warning letter from the building management -and is probably somewhat embarrassed! So we can announce that the only threats of security to the MYNT and Bed Stuy from its yuppie residents! :-D Hay ANTBED, I heard from the Yuppie Womb manager who said that the door handle guy from the weekend IS actually a resident from the 5th floor who got a weeeee bit too intoxicated and really COULDNT find his apartment door hehe. He has apparently been given a friendly warning letter from the building management -and is probably somewhat embarrassed! So we can announce that the only threats of security to the MYNT and Bed Stuy from its yuppie residents! :-D

]]> By: Sarah http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-26 Sarah Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:31:08 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-26 Hey there ANTBED -I am also a resident of the Yuppie Spaceship to which you dwell (to be honest, if we hadn't found your blog prior to visiting the place we too would have fallen victim to the historical negative feedback about the area -rather than visiting a community that we now LOVE). We too had the pleasure of having our (locked) door handle rattled by the well dressed drunken white guy -who delivered (slurred) the same "Sorry -wrong door" line to us. We assumed that it may have been a neighbour or guest thereof (well dressed drunken and relatively polite gay man -sounds like the majority of our pleasant neighbours here on Level 2) as there had been really loud music next door for the first time just prior to the handle rattling incident. It wasn't until about an hour later that we discovered the man lying on the floor of the reception area held down by the doorman while he cried like a baby in the fetal position with his pants round his ankles. At that point we were thinking that it could still be a resident -albeit not a popular one.. Was this guy really casing the joint or was he truly just wasted and lost within the labyrinth of the MYNT (yuppie womb) corridors?? Although I believe that you should always keep your doors locked -big city or not- how good is our 24 hour doorman security system? Hey there ANTBED -I am also a resident of the Yuppie Spaceship to which you dwell (to be honest, if we hadn’t found your blog prior to visiting the place we too would have fallen victim to the historical negative feedback about the area -rather than visiting a community that we now LOVE).

We too had the pleasure of having our (locked) door handle rattled by the well dressed drunken white guy -who delivered (slurred) the same “Sorry -wrong door” line to us. We assumed that it may have been a neighbour or guest thereof (well dressed drunken and relatively polite gay man -sounds like the majority of our pleasant neighbours here on Level 2) as there had been really loud music next door for the first time just prior to the handle rattling incident.

It wasn’t until about an hour later that we discovered the man lying on the floor of the reception area held down by the doorman while he cried like a baby in the fetal position with his pants round his ankles. At that point we were thinking that it could still be a resident -albeit not a popular one..

Was this guy really casing the joint or was he truly just wasted and lost within the labyrinth of the MYNT (yuppie womb) corridors??

Although I believe that you should always keep your doors locked -big city or not- how good is our 24 hour doorman security system?

]]> By: admin http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-25 admin Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:51:38 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-25 I never thought I didn't have to, I just think things would be better if I didn't have to. Won't it be nice the day when locking your door will seem sillier than not locking it? I never thought I didn’t have to, I just think things would be better if I didn’t have to.

Won’t it be nice the day when locking your door will seem sillier than not locking it?

]]> By: anne http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-24 anne Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:06:23 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-24 i am somewhat amazed that anyone living in new york city would think they shouldn't have to keep their apartment door locked in the daytime. are you folks the same ones who walk the streets late at night listening to your damn ipods and can't figure out how you got mugged??? i am somewhat amazed that anyone living in new york city would think they shouldn’t have to keep their apartment door locked in the daytime. are you folks the same ones who walk the streets late at night listening to your damn ipods and can’t figure out how you got mugged???

]]> By: admin http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-23 admin Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:33:40 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-23 By 'quality of life issues' do you mean noise complaints and such? I'm unfamiliar with the local laws as far as that is concerned. After your comment I was a little worried that I got the story wrong and had actually been told 'twenty minutes' instead of 'one hour twenty minutes', but fortunately for my credibility I had heard correctly. It's possible that the difference might have been that they needed to bring a blue and white, but it still seems a little slow to me. I'm glad to hear other people's experience with this here in Bed-Stuy, but that's one of the things you do best. =) While I agree it's quite presumptuous to assume that the police are at your beck and call, a prompt police response time is necessary anywhere. By ‘quality of life issues’ do you mean noise complaints and such? I’m unfamiliar with the local laws as far as that is concerned.

After your comment I was a little worried that I got the story wrong and had actually been told ‘twenty minutes’ instead of ‘one hour twenty minutes’, but fortunately for my credibility I had heard correctly.

It’s possible that the difference might have been that they needed to bring a blue and white, but it still seems a little slow to me.

I’m glad to hear other people’s experience with this here in Bed-Stuy, but that’s one of the things you do best. =)
While I agree it’s quite presumptuous to assume that the police are at your beck and call, a prompt police response time is necessary anywhere.

]]> By: The Changeling http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-22 The Changeling Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:09:53 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-22 Ahhh, the slow police response. I'm not sure what to make of that. I've never had a slow police response and I live very close to you and I used to call the police quite regularly (mostly for quality of life issues). Usually there are cops around the Myrtle-Willoughby subway station, so I'm surprised that it took them more than 90 seconds to show up at your building. The slow police arrival will make your post interesting to a lot of people who would assume that Mynt-dwellers have the police at their beck and call. Ahhh, the slow police response. I’m not sure what to make of that. I’ve never had a slow police response and I live very close to you and I used to call the police quite regularly (mostly for quality of life issues). Usually there are cops around the Myrtle-Willoughby subway station, so I’m surprised that it took them more than 90 seconds to show up at your building. The slow police arrival will make your post interesting to a lot of people who would assume that Mynt-dwellers have the police at their beck and call.

]]> By: admin http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-21 admin Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:29:24 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-21 I'm not sure I can characterize the magnitude of this disadvantage as small =) but there is a sense, all things considered, that makes it insignificant by comparison. In almost any other circumstance, time, place or location this would be a deal breaker. That said, for me at least, this disadvantage is acceptable. I'm not worried about this guy or people like him. He was a very strange, seemingly crazy person. I have my doubts that he lives anywhere close to this neighborhood. In that sense Bed-Stuy is kind of like Vegas, outsiders are like "Hey while I'm here I might as well go nuts!" This is analogous to discovering that the rude people you meet in NYC are mostly tourists. What I am more concerned about is the police latency. I know stuff is gonna go down, it happens in Texas, it happens everywhere. There are just too many people in this world that are interested in no common good except that which is common to them. But when stuff goes down, it would be nice for the police to have a fighting chance to arrive on scene as it's going down. Thanks for your comment and commiseration. Going through things together is always preferable to going through things alone. Except for maybe Anthropophobia, it may be better to go through that one alone. *Almost* always =) I’m not sure I can characterize the magnitude of this disadvantage as small =) but there is a sense, all things considered, that makes it insignificant by comparison.

In almost any other circumstance, time, place or location this would be a deal breaker. That said, for me at least, this disadvantage is acceptable.

I’m not worried about this guy or people like him. He was a very strange, seemingly crazy person. I have my doubts that he lives anywhere close to this neighborhood. In that sense Bed-Stuy is kind of like Vegas, outsiders are like “Hey while I’m here I might as well go nuts!”

This is analogous to discovering that the rude people you meet in NYC are mostly tourists.

What I am more concerned about is the police latency. I know stuff is gonna go down, it happens in Texas, it happens everywhere. There are just too many people in this world that are interested in no common good except that which is common to them. But when stuff goes down, it would be nice for the police to have a fighting chance to arrive on scene as it’s going down.

Thanks for your comment and commiseration. Going through things together is always preferable to going through things alone. Except for maybe Anthropophobia, it may be better to go through that one alone. *Almost* always =)

]]> By: The Changeling http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-20 The Changeling Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:50:38 +0000 http://antbed.com/2007/1202-not-the-kind-of-thing-you-want-to-read-here#comment-20 This is the cost of living in a neighborhood with a sizable population that is economically disadvantaged. You have to lock your doors and anything left unattended for more than 7 minutes will be stolen. I've always lived in high crime neighborhoods, but it was mostly high white collar crime, so I never paid it any attention. I had a break in a few days after I arrived in Bed-Stuy (before my security system was installed). You can read about my adventures here in this Brooklynian thread: http://www.brooklynian.com/~brooklyn/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32206&highlight= I hope this experience at the MYNT doesn't shake anyone up. It's just a small downside of living in a big city. This is the cost of living in a neighborhood with a sizable population that is economically disadvantaged. You have to lock your doors and anything left unattended for more than 7 minutes will be stolen. I’ve always lived in high crime neighborhoods, but it was mostly high white collar crime, so I never paid it any attention. I had a break in a few days after I arrived in Bed-Stuy (before my security system was installed). You can read about my adventures here in this Brooklynian thread: http://www.brooklynian.com/~brooklyn/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32206&highlight=

I hope this experience at the MYNT doesn’t shake anyone up. It’s just a small downside of living in a big city.

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