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Peanuts wrote: Obamanut...just to get your facts straight...there was a Dag over in Brooklyn Heights long before PS.

"Originally there were none in Brooklyn, and if I'm not mistaken, 7th Ave was the first and last location in BK." -- Me.

And the reason I shopped there at one time: I lived a couple of blocks away (at the time C-Town was not very nice) and I don't have a car. But I guess you'll judge me anyway.
And no, I didn't grow up here but I've been here over 30 years...there was still a Pioneer and a Bohack here. And I've never been sorry that Dag took over that Associated...I stopped shopping there when I opened chicken I just bought there and it was bad...and the seeds in my bread were moving. I'll take Dag anytime (even with the higher prices) than that.
Does Jane Goodall know that you're saying you're like her - she would be quite upset.

Your little anecdote doesn't change the sequence of events here. It went like this: The Natives shopped at regular grocery stores like Associated and Met Food. The first wave of yuppies came in, called those places disgusting, and planted the seeds for D'agostino's. The second wave of yuppies came in, called the Natives' supermarkets AND D'agostino's disgusting, and planted the seeds for a place like "Union Market."

Some anecdote of buying rotten food at a supermarket means nothing to me; I've bought rotten food at some of the priciest places in Manhattan, yet I rarely have any problem in the quote "disgusting" Pathmark on Hamilton Ave. I just read not too long ago someone complaining about the huge amount of expired food on the shelves at Union Market. See, regardless of how pretentious your supermarket is, the bottom line is that most supermarket employees make minimum wage wherever you go in this city, and if your employees don't give a damn about their job then you're going to wind up with rotten food on the shelves.

And I don't think it's Jane Goodall who should be upset about my comparison, but rather the chimpanzees.

Peanuts wrote: As someone that's been here for over 30 years...can I be considered a "native". And I stopped shopping at Associated because of rotten food and bugs in my bread - I never shopped at MET because it was filthy...I actually liked Pioneer. I have no problem with Union Market - I take it for what it is and only go there for certain things (like coffee); and I don't judge anyone based on where they shop. But then again, I'm not the Jane Goodall of PS.

I never said I "judge people based on where they shop." I knew some very working class Native families who bought stuff at D'agostino's (why I do not know), and of course you might spot some black sheep yuppie shopping at Pathmark once in a blue moon.

Rather, conversely, the people whom I already have pegged as a certain type shop at places like Union Market and simply confirm my gut feeling about them. That's all.

i don't know a single person who shops at union market for ALL of their grocery shopping.

it's a place where most people go pick up a few nice things from time to time. myself included.

notice that most people leaving have A bag. not 5 like when i leave key food.

Just a gentle reminder... Don't bother "answering" the Nut's replies. He is too rich and too Native to actually engage in conversation.

He's extremely proud of his greatest accomplishment... of managing to spend his entire life in the same neighborhood where he was born.

Let's all cheer!

booklaw wrote: He's extremely proud of his greatest accomplishment... of managing to spend his entire life in the same neighborhood where he was born.

Let's all cheer!

Again, I guess I wouldn't want to pop your delusion by mentioning that I've been around the world several times, lived out-of-state and abroad, and speak two foreign languages fluently (including one non-European). I definitely won't mention that, then.

s'okay, he's enjoying the sharing of his misery.

perhaps obamanut is that new sock puppet?

Sorry for getting involved with a semi-discussion with Obamanut...you really can't take the guy seriously - who would want to live in a place they hate with people that hate.

Actually, Back to the Land has been here forever...it also used to have a restaurant attached to it...but I believe that closed during a divorce settlement.

Obamanut wrote: [quote=booklaw]He's extremely proud of his greatest accomplishment... of managing to spend his entire life in the same neighborhood where he was born.

Let's all cheer!

Again, I guess I wouldn't want to pop your delusion by mentioning that I've been around the world several times, lived out-of-state and abroad, and speak two foreign languages fluently (including one non-European). I definitely won't mention that, then.


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You also left out that you were a dish washer at Circles Restaurant.
You've been around the world several times? Where,
In a San Francisco bath house? LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL.

Peanuts wrote: Sorry for getting involved with a semi-discussion with Obamanut...you really can't take the guy seriously - who would want to live in a place they hate with people that hate.

Freudian slip, anyone?