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twobux		2008-03-19 09:33:05 AM

So they want their fellow man to come together?

Giblet		2008-03-19 09:42:37 AM

THESE AREN'T MY COLORS!
blog.tmcnet.com

Diogenes		2008-03-19 09:48:24 AM

We're hoping gentrification works as well at driving out you straights as it has with other "unsavory" peoples in the past.

milk_plus		2008-03-19 09:59:41 AM

Diogenes: We're hoping gentrification works as well at driving out you straights as it has with other "unsavory" peoples in the past.

I was behind you gays (figuratively speaking) until I found out you were behind all those damn Starbucks. fark, marry, raise kids, whatever but that shiat is an abomination to the simple pleasure of a cup of coffee.

thirstyVan		2008-03-19 10:02:12 AM

I am shocked, SHOCKED

/How DARE they

xanadian		2008-03-19 10:02:37 AM

FTFA: This could be because gays higher disposable incomes (they don't have kids) attracts better shops and restaurants. Or it could be that gays' better aesthetic appreciation enables them to spot attractive but under-priced areas, and to care more about urban regeneration.

Wow! Good find, subby! You found Ric Romero's very own blog!

Yeah, I have to concur with this observation. I've lived in 2 neighborhoods that used to be predominantly lower-income, just to have gays move in. One such place, I bought a condo for $90k, and sold it 2 years later for $130k.

Of course, I also helped in the beautification process, so that helped, too.

I think those condos in that neighborhood are now close to $160k, last I checked (about a year or so ago)...Crazy how that goes. Of course, now that the housing bubble has burst, I'm sure that the prices have gone down now.

ScottMpls		2008-03-19 10:31:33 AM

Some of my neighbors are gay, so I'm really getting a kick, etc.

/great flower beds and lawns

MCStymie		2008-03-19 10:31:35 AM

They're building landing strips for gay Martians! I swear to God!

l33t4v3ng3r		2008-03-19 10:31:54 AM

twobux: So they want their fellow man to come together?

Win.

Thread over.

LiebeMachtFrei		2008-03-19 10:32:27 AM

milk_plus: I was behind you gays (figuratively speaking) until I found out you were behind all those damn Starbucks.

And Target Stores as well

Damn you well designed and aesthetically pleasing shopping experience!

lukelightning		2008-03-19 10:34:09 AM

I've read about this and about how the black community has used this as another reason to hate gays, i.e. "they move into the area and raise the property values then we blacks can't afford to live in our own areas."

vernonFL		2008-03-19 10:35:38 AM

FTFA: This could be because gays higher disposable incomes (they don't have kids)

We call them 'DINKS'.

Don't Tase Me Bro		2008-03-19 10:35:42 AM

This is no surprise to anybody who's watched Provincetown real estate prices skyrocket over the last three decades.

/they made my sister a millionaire

Rapmaster2000		2008-03-19 10:35:45 AM

Gays are on average more educated (so they make more) and are less likely to have children (so they have more to spend and are less likely to need a good school district). Therefore they are more likely to gentrify neighborhoods.

That's bascially what happened in Atlanta. First the artists, then the gays, then the hipsters, then the yuppies. Rinse, wash, repeat.

mjohnson71		2008-03-19 10:36:29 AM

Any decent urban real estate agent will tell you this.

bemis23		2008-03-19 10:36:31 AM

Someone please post the "day in the life of a gay man"

ScottMpls		2008-03-19 10:37:16 AM

MCStymie: They're building landing strips for gay Martians! I swear to God!

Bill?

vigre		2008-03-19 10:37:34 AM

One of the reasons why I bought my house in Plainfield, NJ was because of the growing gay population. I did some research and it was becoming a gay suburbia, huge victorian home just waiting for someone to fix it up.

Hell, McGreevy even moved in a couple blocks down, but it seems like it was a passing fad. I never got to visit the Gay Porn and Antiques store.

Koalaesq		2008-03-19 10:37:59 AM

Rapmaster2000 That's bascially what happened in Atlanta. First the artists, then the gays, then the hipsters, then the yuppies. Rinse, wash, repeat.

First Atlanta took the artists... and I said nothing, for I was not an artist. Then Atlanta took the gays... and I said nothing, for they drove up property prices....

solitary		2008-03-19 10:38:04 AM

In other news: It's nice to be a civilized human being.

Rapmaster2000		2008-03-19 10:38:06 AM

vernonFL: FTFA: This could be because gays higher disposable incomes (they don't have kids)

We call them 'DINKS'.

I used that term in LA and people thought I was referreing to the Chinese. A similar thing happened out there when I used the term "chachi" which I use to refer to cheesy guido types, but they thought was something against Mexicans.

It's a different world... oooh where you come from (insert Lisa Bonet).

Crewmannumber6		2008-03-19 10:38:27 AM

Those bastards! Next thing you know, they'll try to improve the ambience.

/DNRTFA

bemis23		2008-03-19 10:39:22 AM

Rapmaster2000: vernonFL: FTFA: This could be because gays higher disposable incomes (they don't have kids)

We call them 'DINKS'.

I used that term in LA and people thought I was referreing to the Chinese. A similar thing happened out there when I used the term "chachi" which I use to refer to cheesy guido types, but they thought was something against Mexicans.

It's a different world... oooh where you come from (insert Lisa Bonet).

I thought DINKS was a well known acronym: Dual-Income, No Kids

mkultra4013		2008-03-19 10:40:05 AM

You know what, MCStymie? I like you. You're not like the other people here, on the comment boards...

/get me a burrow owl

goalie_piggy		2008-03-19 10:40:20 AM

I thought they'd like me to have rainbows as flags in front of my house.

/I said FLAGS, guys

what_now		2008-03-19 10:40:46 AM

MCStymie: They're building landing strips for gay Martians! I swear to God!

I came in here to say that!!

*shakes tiny fist*

towatchoverme		2008-03-19 10:41:44 AM

Richard Florida would like to have a word with you, Smits.

lukelightning		2008-03-19 10:41:50 AM

First the artists, then the gays, then the hipsters, then the yuppies.

Sounds like "death by snoo-snoo"

Hot Carl To Go		2008-03-19 10:41:53 AM

Might have a problem with this.

Wytchone		2008-03-19 10:42:05 AM

lukelightning: I've read about this and about how the black community has used this as another reason to hate gays, i.e. "they move into the area and raise the property values then we blacks can't afford to live in our own areas."

Yep same here.

ReisFlynn		2008-03-19 10:43:08 AM

It's true. All gays innately have a superior sense of aesthetics.

However, some of us are way too lazy to be bothered with such things. If the roof isn't caving in and windows can let some light in, things are fine by my standards. Sure, I know exactly what color my patio trim should be to match the shutters I should paint, but I just don't care.

Mow the lawn? Why? It's just going to grow again...

/ok, I actually do have SOME pride, thank you.
//point still stands, though.

gorgor		2008-03-19 10:43:56 AM

You crash on your roller blades once while wearing hot shorts and you won't want bubble gum on the sidewalk either :)

vernonFL		2008-03-19 10:45:19 AM

gorgor: You crash on your roller blades

Whats the toughest thing about roller blading?

Telling your father you're gay

brigid_fitch		2008-03-19 10:46:33 AM

vigre: One of the reasons why I bought my house in Plainfield, NJ was because of the growing gay population. I did some research and it was becoming a gay suburbia, huge victorian home just waiting for someone to fix it up.

Hell, McGreevy even moved in a couple blocks down, but it seems like it was a passing fad. I never got to visit the Gay Porn and Antiques store.

You have to go to Asbury Park for that store. Asbury's been a sewer for almost 30 years but it's really rebounding fast now. The difference in the past 5 years alone is astonishing--and on almost every shop window, you will see a rainbow flag. Gays started moving into those old shore homes built in the 30's and fixing them up about 6 years ago. Now the entire city is following suit.

A loft apartment on Cookman Ave in Asbury Park went for $1.5M two years ago. 10 years ago it was storage for the vacant store below it.

mightybaldking		2008-03-19 10:46:49 AM

MCStymie: They're building landing strips for gay Martians! I swear to God!

I like you Stuart. You're not like the other kids here in the trailer park.

windbag		2008-03-19 10:47:36 AM

a rise of one percentage point in the proportion of same-sex couples living in an area raises median house prices by 9 per cent even 10 years later, controlling for some obvious other things.

What obvious other things? If housing prices only advanced 9% in a ten-year period, I'd safely say that the value of their property declined, since neighborhoods around them advanced by twice that or more. People who try to use statistics to prove their point should understand statistics and real-world economics first.

Hot Carl To Go		2008-03-19 10:48:24 AM

ReisFlynn: It's true. All gays innately have a superior sense of aesthetics.

However, some of us are way too lazy to be bothered with such things. If the roof isn't caving in and windows can let some light in, things are fine by my standards. Sure, I know exactly what color my patio trim should be to match the shutters I should paint, but I just don't care.

Mow the lawn? Why? It's just going to grow again...

/ok, I actually do have SOME pride, thank you.
//point still stands, though.

You are in danger of having your gay card revoked. The only thing that can save you now is the possession of a Subaru or a Jetta.

Memes Ate My Balls		2008-03-19 10:49:48 AM

Or it could be that gays' better aesthetic appreciation enables them to spot attractive but under-priced areas, and to care more about urban regeneration.

I'm clearly doing it wrong. I prefer cock and efficient algorithms to aesthetics. The only regeneration I care about is featured on Heroes.

Trik		2008-03-19 10:49:52 AM

Giblet: THESE AREN'T MY COLORS!

Q is the worst thing to happen to Star Trek

logruszed		2008-03-19 10:49:57 AM

I blame this fabulous bastard:

www.nndb.com

gorgor		2008-03-19 10:50:26 AM

vernonFL
This is my dad and this is my Steve lol:)

/obscure?

Feindevil		2008-03-19 10:50:40 AM

MCStymie: They're building landing strips for gay Martians! I swear to God!

I like you Stewart your not like the other people...here.. in the trailer park..

Dirtybird971		2008-03-19 10:51:29 AM

I think it is great. They are out there making a difference. Good for them!!!

But if they move into my neighborhood, I'm kicking my keys across the street before bending over to pick them up...ha-ha-ha-ha

Nestea Plunge		2008-03-19 10:51:31 AM

Wytchone: lukelightning: I've read about this and about how the black community has used this as another reason to hate gays, i.e. "they move into the area and raise the property values then we blacks can't afford to live in our own areas."

Yep same here.

So the concept of urban renewal is a foreign idea to some folks until somebody else comes in and does it.

Fascinating.

EdNortonsTwin		2008-03-19 10:51:53 AM

They can pop-up in any neighborhood!

robisfunky		2008-03-19 10:52:49 AM

vernonFL: Whats the toughest thing about roller blading?

Telling your father you're gay

i238.photobucket.com

ReisFlynn		2008-03-19 10:53:08 AM

Hot Carl To Go: ReisFlynn: It's true. All gays innately have a superior sense of aesthetics.

However, some of us are way too lazy to be bothered with such things. If the roof isn't caving in and windows can let some light in, things are fine by my standards. Sure, I know exactly what color my patio trim should be to match the shutters I should paint, but I just don't care.

Mow the lawn? Why? It's just going to grow again...

/ok, I actually do have SOME pride, thank you.
//point still stands, though.

You are in danger of having your gay card revoked. The only thing that can save you now is the possession of a Subaru or a Jetta.

Is a mud-splattered pickup truck close enough?

Well, right now it's late-winter road-film coated, come summer it will be mud splattered.

Aurric		2008-03-19 10:53:10 AM

Hot Carl To Go: You are in danger of having your gay card revoked. The only thing that can save you now is the possession of a Subaru or a Jetta.

I drive a Ford. One day last week, I actually thought a woman wasn't repulsive, and now I'm getting scared.

I need a Wrangler, stat.