Comments on: Bed Stuy Blogger Finally Leaves House

By: hub

hub — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:01:33 +0000

Okay, it’s all too f**cking positive.
It’s got to be a joke.
Hey Amber, move back to your nice safe suburban midle class home.
You ain’t cut out for the big city or the little city for that matter.

By: Donatella

Donatella — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:57:56 +0000

Yep, thank God, really I guess stuff registers enough for me to think these things but I really am pretty oblivious to danger. I read that the number of police have gone down – reducing the force by attrition. Notice the panhandling back on the subway? Well, anyway, hang in there Amber.

By: RH

RH — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:12:53 +0000

It seems like crime is on the rise again in NYC in every neighborhood. From car break-ins to muggings to murders. I wonder if this has to do with the economy or the fact that people have let their guards down in the new safe NY or if there is a new drug on the street or if it was just a long time coming in an over gentrified city. In any case, you have to live your life.
But I AM scared of cranes.

By: Donatella

Donatella — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:40:42 +0000

I think it is perfectly understandable and I also think that Amber should do whatever she wants. She has to digest the whole experience and nobody can ever completely understand another person’s reaction unless they really know the person. I also think that it is not worth getting a bravery award to stay there if she doesn’t feel good about the neighborhood. Hey, sometimes I think I live in a daze of denial. Stuff happens all around me and I am utterly convinced that nothing will ever happen to me. A couple of months ago around the corner from me on Fulton and Vanderbilt (in front of the fish place) someone was shot and killed at 5 PM. Then there were two people who were shot and killed at the Putnam/Fulton drug dealing corner, also right near by. I lay in bed at night on Clermont and have heard shots coming from the apartment complex over on Carlton and Fulton. Somebody was killed on Clifton PL this year too. I really don’t spend any real time thinking about this and am convinced that because I know all my neighbors and we like one another and look out for one another that I will never be victimized. Cranes will never fall on me; I will never be on the derailed Amtrak, I will never be the pedestrian who gets hit by the insane drunken person with the suspended license….
We all live with this wonderful aura of invulnerability, but sometimes it is shattered. Having someone shot right where you live could do it. I really wish Amber well too. I really do. Blogging about it is a good idea….

By: laura @ shorehouse chic.

laura @ shorehouse chic. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:07:43 +0000

I think I’ve mentioned before but when I first moved to that “ghetto” Jersey City c. 12 years ago, people looked at me like I was batsh*t crazy. Now Trump’s setting up shop there {Hrmph.} so I reckon it’s only a matter of time before that Dunkin Donuts on the Bed Stuy corner becomes a Starbucks.

I think it sucks for anyone to live in fear…But I guess I just choose not to. Life too short to spend it locked away (physically or emotionally) because of fear. Then again, my people are from Flatbush. I’m tough stock. 🙂

I wish amber well…

By: RH

RH — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:07:11 +0000

Good for you!
The old timers really do keep their eyes open around there. When you’re ready, you should check out the dog run on Marcy and Greene.

By: amber

amber — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:37:11 +0000

I’ll be driving to the subway for a while, which is a huge bummer. But I think we’re going to stay. I really do love my neighbors, and the apartment is stellar.