 thenderScreen tycoonPremium
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Brooklyn, NY
kudos:1 | Most NYC landlords don't want to be bothered. They want to receive a rent check and never have to be present, or take calls concerning their slum properties. I believe sheer sloth and laziness is what is blocking FIOS from getting into many buildings.
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| said by thender:They want to receive a rent check and never have to be present, or take calls concerning their slum properties. I believe sheer sloth and laziness is what is blocking FIOS from getting into many buildings. Uh, ok. Show me how I can afford to buy an apartment building through "sheer sloth and laziness".
The effect you see is the byproduct of rent stabilization, which deters building owners from competing with each other for tenants, and removes any incentive to improve tenant services, such as offering FIOS. |
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thenderScreen tycoonPremium
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Brooklyn, NY
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2 edits | Did I say all, or most? Read again.
Look across 56th st walkups in Manhattan's west side, or bedford stuyvesant(shingle buildings not brownstones), or bushwick. There are so many buildings where it is obvious the landlord either hasn't walked in them for ten years or simply doesn't care. You can call to say your ceiling is leaking and they'll tell you to put tape over it. Tell them you have mice and they'll say to get a cat, then use your pet ownership as a lease violation when you complain about bad plumbing.
The only reason they're even wired with coax is because it is an absolute must have for so many people.
Until the same is true for FIOS, it's not going to make its way into all of these buildings, which make up a nice portion of the city.
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| said by thender:Did I say all, or most? Read again. Look across 56th st walkups in Manhattan's west side, or bedford stuyvesant(shingle buildings not brownstones), or bushwick. There are so many buildings where it is obvious the landlord either hasn't walked in them for ten years or simply doesn't care. You can call to say your ceiling is leaking and they'll tell you to put tape over it. Tell them you have mice and they'll say to get a cat, then use your pet ownership as a lease violation when you complain about bad plumbing. If the conditions are as deplorable as you suggest, then any rational person would move. Likewise, for FIOS, if its so "necessary", then move to a place that offers it.
"Get a cat" - that's a good one. |
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thenderScreen tycoonPremium
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Brooklyn, NY
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1 edit | If it were always that black and white 70% of the aforementioned areas would be vacant. if all landlords had that mentality & reasoning it'd certainly explain how the owners of said buildings can sleep at night.
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