From: rmkny@nyrealbox.com 
  
 On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:51 GMT, mikE  wrote: 
  
 > 
 > 
 >"David G. Imber" wrote: 
 >> 
 >> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 02:51:35 GMT, mikE  wrote: 
 >> 
 >> > 
 >> > 
 >> >"David G. Imber" wrote: 
 >> >> 
 >> >> On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 21:34:57 -0400, G.G. Govindujaran <> wrote: 
 >> >> 
 >> >> >SHHHH!!!!.... 
 >> >> > Don't encourage the Manhattno-centric types to explore the various 
 >> >> >restaurants along the 7 train--many of which are incredible! 
 >> >> 
 >> >>         How about non-Manhattano-centric thinkers who happen to reside 
 in 
 >> >> Manhattan but who are not wealthy and grew up in Queens, are we 
 welcome? 
 >> 
 >>         [snip] 
 >> 
 >> >>         I'm not exactly the most laissez-faire person you'll ever meet 
 in 
 >> >> these matters either, but I'd like to urge you to hold out more hope 
 for 
 at 
 >> >> least some of your fellow NYers. 
 >> > 
 >> >I have a lot of faith, hope and love for my fellow NYC'ers. 
 >> > 
 >> >I have seen how the Yuppie Scum come in and ruin establishments 
 >> >and entire neighborhoods all the way back to the Mudd Club 
 >> 
 >>         Look, I'll take a back seat to no one in this area. I've lived 
 >> around the corner from the MC since the late seventies. I'm from the 
 >> original group of people who moved down here because we worked in the arts 
 >> and didn't have any money. There's a tiny core of us who are still in that 
 >> same world, while the Tribeca around us has turned into a kind of hell on 
 >> earth for us. We all wear bulls-eyes on our heads from the landlords' 
 >> perspective. I lived here when cabs would not take me down here, and now 
 >> limos line my corner. 
 >> 
 >>         What I'm saying is that people should not taint a discussion of 
 >> good dining in this city with a political agenda. If I come to Queens to 
 >> eat, WHICH I DO, I don't want to be looked at as some sort of usurping 
 >> agent of the gentry. I'm just a guy who's interested in eating good food. 
 >> Make sense? Can't afford expensive places, so going out to Queens can 
 often 
 >> be a slice of heaven I'll thank one and all not to deny me. 
 > 
 > 
 >You have seen firsthand how Yuppies can demolish a neighborhood 
 >and ruin the atmosphere in a good establishment, 
 > 
 >No one is "denying" you anything. 
  
 The presence of Yuppies has enhanced the goods and services 
 available in my Queens neighborhood.  Without taking away anything 
 that existed before.  Not everyone who lives in Queens or Brooklyn 
 is against diversity.  I've never seen a restaurant "ruined" by 
 Yuppies.  My favorite Thai place in Woodside attract some, but the 
 bulk of the clientele are, guess what, Thais.  It is highly unlikely that 
 most Manhattanites will begin to flock to Queens restaurants in large 
 numbers.  But the addtiion of some helps the owners do a good 
 business and stay in business. 
  
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