Some Queens Residents Turn To Cyberspace To Gripe About Development
Some Queens residents are taking their complaints about over development to a new level, cyberspace. But as NY1’s Ruschell Boone explained in the following report, some people in the borough are not subscribing to what's being said.
He calls himself "the crapper." He runs "Queens Crap" -- a local web log or blog, where hundreds if not thousands of people are logging on to gripe about over-development in the borough.
“We love Queens and we're doing this because it's a place we care about and we don't want to see this allowed to continue,” said the site’s creator who asked for his identity to be concealed.
“The crapper” says he started the site in December so he and some friends could vent about the oversized buildings and other construction they say does not fit many Queens neighborhoods. The site has attracted more than a100,000 hits so far. ..
But at least one politician, the borough president, says the site is one-sided.
“Even with positive development you're going to have some people who don't agree with it,” said Queens Borough President Helen Marshall.
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