Kids on the stoop? Whaddya do?

Urinate on your stoop. It will keep the kids away. Trust me.

chicken sausage. that's funny, dude!

Subject: Re: Kids on the stoop? Whaddya do?

sterling2000 wrote: So, I head out on my stoop tonight in the lovely 85 degree humidity to make a call, have a beer and grab a smoke.

There are 6 young guys and 1 gal, hangin' out, eatin' samwiches and rolling a blunt on my steps. Rather than confront, I say excuse me and ask for a place to sit. One guy gets up and I sit down, shoulder-to-shoulder with the crew and start my call with my brother on the left coast. The kids click their gums, make a few inaudible/un-understandable comments and then move on in with their bad selves and their dopey attitudes about five minutes after they realize I'm not going anywhere.

Now, I took the passive presence approach rather than the active "please get off my !@#$% stoop you !@#$% and get back to your own !@#$% homes" approach.

Anyone else care to share how to deal with the similar?

Is there any defensible reason to put up with this kind of attitude and shit?

Hmmmmmm?

Call the local precinct and ask about the FTAP program. It really works. It gives the police dept. the right to come and check for people who are hanging out in or right outside of the building.

Subject: let the dog out!

i had the same instance happen. I was real polite and asked if they were ok, and the girls turned to me and said " why? am I bugging you?" all sassy like, and i said " No, but im about to let my dog out and I dont want him to bite you." they moved rather quickly after that, and if you dont have a dog, well they dont know that.

good luck

Buy the cheapest, nastiest cigar you can find - I recommend Parodis - and go out there and smoke it all over them. Or just ask them to leave.

Flailey wrote: [quote=erikka][quote=BigGuy]

they can sit on your stoop only if they are incredibly cool hipsters? Like, they can name every song on the new White Stripes album or they have to move?

omg. you should at least try to read some of these threads. take a little time and come on back.

Uh, right. And then start one about how much I love hipsters and how much I hate chicken bones? that thread was genius.

Son, I done been around. Check out my posting number. It's solid.

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Son your words are all buzzes and clicks.

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haha owned by mamacita .

SevenOneEighty wrote: [quote=doublediamond]This used to happen when I lived in JC and had a brownstone stoop. It was a bunch of young men hanging on my stoop and I had to pass them to get into my place, my back to them while I open my front door. I felt vulnerable and thought they could easily push me inside.

So, I figured out one of them was my next door neighbor (his place didn't have a stoop) and told him that I felt uncomfortable coming home in the evening and having to pass a bunch of strange men sitting on my stoop to get inside. He knew what I was getting at and apologized, said he had sisters and that he would never allow anything to happen to me.

Then his sisters and her friends started sitting on my stoop instead. #-o

thats a good point.

Sometimes the neighborhood regulars and neighbors are good for safety. they keep an eye on your place when you are not there and if you see them almost everyday it can be reassuring. I mean, they are your neighbors after all.

Everyone is not a criminal or out to do harm but we can be so paranoid sometimes. This is still NYC but 95% of the folks in the neighborhood are law abiding, cool neighbors just doing their thing - including the weed dealers. For women it is definitely different but I like the older women in the neighborhood looking out and gossiping.


i actually look for and hope the regulars are sitting outside when i am coming home at night. They are usuallly the first to warn me about anyting that's going on my street and also alert of me of any strangers they dont recognize that have been lingering around. I've only been in this neighborhood for about a year, and my action was to meet the regular teenagers on the block through their parents and once i had the introduction i ask about what's going on this street or any block i should be leary about. One thing i do know is that teenagers are always plugged in, to whats happening in your surroundings especially if you just moved there, its getting the introduction and est. a relationship that can be the challenge.