Jackson Heights Life

I think the last thing we need here is another south asian supermarket. My suggestion would be a german beer garden for that space and to beautify the plaza like manhattan.

For a while I heard a Rite-Aid was going to open up there. Yet another grocery store we don't need...

Does anyone know what's being constructed half a block up on 73rd near the Readypenny?  There's a big hole in the dirt and lots of work going on.

Aren't we trying to improve the traffic congestion?

Everyone knows that the biggest factor of the congestion is that shoppers for 73rd, 74th streets area from outside of jackson heights.
And most of JH residents will not go and shop at this South Asian market.

so what is the point?

You really have to realize that those mechants are just greedy.  They only care about making money using space in our community and yet not care about our community.  We have asked the merchants to hire sanitation workers to keep their streets clean but they keep REJECTING US because they don't want to spend any money for our community.

There are many merchants in other neighborhood to form BID and hire sanitation workers to keep their area clean.

and if more residents are actually shopping in that area, it could build good relationship between merchants and community.

but in our case, the merchants are specifically selling products for shoppers from outside Jackson Heights.

They rejected to keep their store front clean despite the community's request.

Therefore,  it gives us an impression that those merchants just comes to our neighborhood and make money and leave the mess.

koku

for some reason, you seem to think jackson heights has no south asian residents.

or, perhaps, that no white, black, latin, korean, eskimo or samoan people shop at these establishments.

you've spewed your veiled racism a number of times and then run off, tail between your legs, saying 'oh, golly gee, i didn't say anything specific.'

you're tiresome, and not very worthwhile.


if you don't want to live in a neighborhood with 'certain ethnic' merchants with 'certain ethnic' behaviors as you see them, perhaps tottenville is more your speed?


sorry, just sick of this.

There are many merchants in other neighborhood to form BID and hire sanitation workers to keep their area clean.

and if more residents are actually shopping in that area, it could build good relationship between merchants and community.

but in our case, the merchants are specifically selling products for shoppers from outside Jackson Heights.

They rejected to keep their store front clean despite the community's request.

Therefore,  it gives us an impression that those merchants just comes to our neighborhood and make money and leave the mess.

for some reason, you seem to think jackson heights has no south asian residents.
or, perhaps, that no white, black, latin, korean, eskimo or samoan people shop at these establishments.
sorry, just sick of this.

The problem is, this is the narrative that those merchants are spreading. Not koku. The merchants.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-01-19/news/30645077_1_city-councilman-daniel-dromm-plaza-merchants
From the Daily News: "Customers come from tri-state [area]... to Jackson Heights to shop,” said rally organizer Rashid Mohammad. But “the traffic has been made so complicated and so many traffic tickets have been issued that people do not like to come [anymore].” The clear implication is that his customers come from outside the neighborhood, exclusively by car.


From the WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203824904577213450708223064.html
"On one side are the shop owners who say the road closure has chased away the bulk of their business because buses no longer stop there and out-of-town customers have been flummoxed by a cumbersome new traffic pattern that leaves drivers heading for the highway."

Maybe these merchants should stop spreading the narrative that Jackson Heights doesn't have any shoppers living in it.

dssjh,

I may have a different perception of  what "racism"  is since I spent most of my life in Asian countries where societies are not culturally mixed as much as here,

I don't see which part of my post is racist.

Accusing people for making public space filthy is racist?
Complaining about traffic congestion caused by business is racist?

In local news show, there are segments where the viewers post their complaining toward some store or specific area in the community and the TV stations don't seem to think that is racist, either..