Comments on: McMansions getting built in FoHi? No!

By: West

West — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:29:12 +0000

Of course it’s a waste of time if it doesn’t fit FHGuy’s agenda. Only he is capable of conducting a real discussion.

By: FHGuy

FHGuy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:36:45 +0000

Mickie, it’s fine with me if you want to close the thread. I should have known from past experience that it is a waste of time and energy to try to have a real discussion about any issue with West.

By: West

West — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:53:20 +0000

Mickie, please do not close this thread on the account of this exchange. The matter is still vague related. If posts were closed due to straying off the main topic, this forum would have about 2-3 posts.

I’d like to learn more about the lion contest. It sounds like an easier (and more civil) way to settle things.

By: West

West — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Your statements speak for themselves. But since you insist on being contentious:

You don’t need a poll or a survey to figure out the Cord Meyer area zoning is a controversial topic. Perhaps the recent efforts to rezone the area are fictional and imaginary, and the rezoning just happened for no particular reason.

Your whole FH = NYC = more density reasoning is controversial. Not everyone wants more density in FH. I think some would be against. Controversial.

Read your statements again. You support apartment buildings in Cord Meyer, and believe it should replace the houses. You are biased against one for another.

You have made biased and controversial statements. Is this still unclear?

And to further note, you have ceased to treat this as a discussion. When you are not addressing the other parties directly, you are just making subjective statements to an audience who may or may not exist or care. Judging by the participation, it seems more like not.

Careful though, FHGuy. It almost sounds like ranting.

By: Mickie T

Mickie T — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:12:14 +0000

Ok, enough already!

Look, let’s settle this the old-fashioned way: Whoever can lift the largest stone lion over their head and walk back and forth across Queens Boulevard at Yellowstone Boulevard first, wins.

If there aren’t any additional comments about the actual subject at hand, I’ll close this thread.

By: FHGuy

FHGuy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:44:03 +0000

West seems to think that repeating the same untrue statements over and over will make them true. It is only his opinion that my statements about Cord Meyer are “biased” and “controversial”. I could just as easily call his opinion that Cord Meyer should be preserved “biased” and “controversial”. After he takes a poll of all FH residents and finds that his is the majority opinion and mine is the minority opinion, then he may be able to accurately call my statements “controversial”. Until then, he is just showing how biased and closed-minded he is by characterizing my statements in that way.

By: West

West — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:19:17 +0000

Let’s review:

“I don’t think it would be a big loss if more apartment buildings were built to replace many of the homes in the Cord Meyer area.”

“Forest Hills is not a suburb, it is part of NYC.”

“just because Forest Hills has had a mix of apartment buildings and single-family homes for a long time doesn’t mean that this is how the neighborhood should stay forever.”

“Neighborhoods are supposed to evolve and progress. The fact that FH is part of NYC argues even more strongly for more dense development.”

Bias and controversy? Noooo way!

By: FHGuy

FHGuy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:22:37 +0000

West says that he has an open mind but at the same time says I gave people “grief” in my prior comments, that my opinion about Cord Meyer is “controversial” and that I have a “clear bias against private homes in favor of large scale development.” Note that West decided my opinion is “controversial” because he doesn’t agree with it and that the bias he’s talking about doesn’t exist–I specifically said that I’m OK with a mix of single-family homes and apartment buildings and that there will always be single-family homes in FH Gardens and the area south of the Gardens. For someone with an open mind, he has a funny way of showing it.

By: West

West — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:40:24 +0000

Again, the question is perfectly valid. By your statements, you believe that FH should not be identified as a suburb, and should change to see more density….specifically, the rezoning of the Cord Meyer area. The question was to understand why you bought in an area that you believe should be more dense, when the existing character is not. There really is no right or wrong answer, and as Mickie has pointed out, could be a variety of reasons.
Instead, you chose to ignore and avoid discussion of controversial remarks that you have made. The last I checked, preserving the character of the Cord Meyer area has been a controversial topic. Since you have been vocal about the matter….guess what? Your comments are controversial.
Trying to understand reasoning to an opposing viewpoint is having an open mind. Hence the question. Ignoring the issue is not.

By: Mickie T

Mickie T — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:16:12 +0000

“I think there are a lot of FH residents that support reasonable development. ”

LOL, the problem is, no one can agree on what is “reasonable development!” Too subjective. For example, replacing small quaint houses in the Cord Meyer area with tall apartment buildings is not my idea of reasonable development. On the other hand, taking down one of the new McMansions and turning the space into a community garden would be perfectly reasonable, imho!