This Must be Stopped! Astroland Closing?

If they're ugly they should fit right into Coney Island. Perfect contextual development.

I'd also add that LeeHo's posted article largely bolsters the arguments that Friendlypitbull and myself have been making--added foot traffic for small businesses, refurbishment of dilapidated rides and stores, increased land value (for all the bellyaching about rising rents there are also many that benefit from this), and the importance of resisting nostalgia towards an "emaciated" form of the area. So thanks, LeeHo.

I beg to differ regarding small businesses. There are hundreds of stores, if not thousands, in the surrounding area, that are not in the footprint of this plan. They will virtually all likely benefit from the development.

Well, first of all I'll address your point, before I really get started. Simply, you're just rehashing the same tired old song that any development created on a large scale will destroy small businesses in favor of chains, regardless of the fact that this is simply not true. Increased foot traffic will, as the article itself suggested, greatly benefit the small businesses of the area, and create opportunities for others to open up. Just b/c this doesn't conform to your agenda doesn't change anything. Also, don't you find it somewhat hypocritical that you show such disdain towards chains while waxing nostalgic about Nathan's? Get a clue.

Second, where do you get off giving me that kind of attitude? You need to check your sarcastic bullshit and get over yourself. What's with the surfer dude talk, anyway--I kind of doubt surfers are the types you're even trying to go after. Are you one of these pitiful types who fled some all white suburb hoping to keep it real here in Crooklyn, only to realize that the people in NYC who really like Applebees and Big Macs are the bus drivers and the janitors, not the yuppies? Does this upset the carefully constructed world you're trying to create for yourself? How is it that pseudo-intellectual hipster snobs who just came here (or wherever they're from) think they can look down their noses at natives because they like to post snarky messages on blogs from their wifi internet cafe while they pretend that their daddy-financed pursuit of mediocre artistic ability makes them cooler than all the shmucks who slave after the almighty dollar?

It's one thing to just be wrong, 'gnarly dude', and I'd be happy to check back in 5 years to see whose prediction turns out correct. But don't even give me that kind of snarky bullshit because you are in no place to talk to me about keeping New York New York.