Though it's still officially just a rumor, it looks like a developer has gotten his greedy little hands on the cabbage factory next door and will be tearing it down to put up a free clinic for the desperately poor.
Kidding.
It's going to be condos, of course. While I'm always delighted to welcome new neighbors to the pollution zone, my big concern is more practical and self-absorbed; when they tear down that cabbage factory, I'm about 99% certain that half of my building is going to come tumbling down with it. I'm not kidding. I've seen it happen all over this neighborhood. The buildings out here are fabricated using the construction material equivalent of tissue paper and matchsticks, with a Chiclet or two to hold the thing together. I'm on a truck route and my sofa shakes every time one rolls by. There is no way in hell it's going to be able to withstand a piledriver, or even a good yank from an undocumented worker wearing no safety gear.
What does one do in a situation like this? My place is cheap, so it's not like I'm going to move without a big push. I guess I just make sure to keep my apartment insurance up-to-date and start wearing a hard hat to bed. I wonder if they make them in kitty sizes? Ugh. I'm open to suggestions.
Judy not only that but all the rats living in the cabbage factory are going to be looking for a new home!
Posted by: tracey | May 01, 2007 at 01:33 PM
I heard there is already a lot of piledriving in your apartment.
Posted by: Jules | May 01, 2007 at 02:14 PM
who ever thought the day would come that I would prefer the cabbage to another neighbor?
Posted by: rose | May 02, 2007 at 02:40 PM