Gothamist: Extra, Extra

archie12

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:59:42 -0500

Yes, stay out of Queens. You might as well be living in New Jersey or Long Island - pretty lame.

Astorian

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:20:44 -0500

That's right. Nothing to see in Astoria. Move along folks. Train takes forever, it's smelly, they have fights at the pool. Nothing to see here. Keep moving. You didn't hear anything.

tommyill

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:41:16 -0500

banksy v. paris hilton

fishtalez

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:15:06 -0500

oh my god! there's not an exactly proportionate ratio of women in supervisory positions to women in the police?? first of all, that's fucking shocking to me! second, something needs to be done. there's obviously no reason it's like this other than blatant discrimination.

MissPinkKate

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:35:05 -0500

Hehe, that article is quite old, which makes me hap-hap-happy- stupid yuppies haven't taken over my neighborhood yet!

douglas

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:19:47 -0500

the best part of the article about astoria is the reference to the possibility of NYC winning the 2012 Olympic bid.

Laura B

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:14:05 -0500

Astoria might be prime real estate in terms of (more) affordable housing, but I'd be shocked if it gentrified to the extent that Williamsburg has. There are far too many thriving local business which cater to the current residents, thus reflecting the spectrum of ethnicities, economic/social classes and tastes in our neighborhood. Astoria also lacks the vast stretches of abandoned or empty industrial spaces which attracted artists (and the resulting hipness which attracted wealthier tenants) to Williamsburg or L.I.C.

Rodney P. Sweetchops

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:40:24 -0500

Actually, there are more people of Italian descent than Greek in Astoria. However, the Greeks are more recent immigrants so it's more obvious.

Jesse

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:55:41 -0500

You know that article about Astoria is dated February 2005, right? Just checking.