My guitarist is getting evicted by professors

fenderx55 · #1 12-10-2007, 09:31 PM

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pb...WS01/712100348

Long story short: my buddy and his friends moved into a house in Binghamton (where they are students) in the good part of town. They were tired of being in dorms and didn't want to have their house broken into twice a month. They're quiet, don't throw parties, got an alarm system for the house, et cetera... you know, grown up stuff. They're neighbors started calling the cops on them for no reason, like sitting on the porch talking at 6 pm.

Turns out that their neighbors are professors and the house is only zoned for "factual families." They play monopoly together. That's more family stuff than my family does.

Frankly, a law's a law, but they're being evicted in the middle of a semester... necessary? I think not. thoughts?

ps, I love writing "long story short," then doing the exact opposite.

NJL · #2 12-10-2007, 09:33 PM

in playing devil's advocate, i'm sure there are two sides to every story...

Aaron Saunders · #3 12-10-2007, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by NJL

in playing devil's advocate, i'm sure there are two sides to every story...

As a student living (alone) in an area populated by families and professors and with friends in similar living situations, I can honestly say that just being a student will garner extremely negative, unreasonable reactions from some people -- honestly, without even doing anything wrong. I've been absolutely baffled at some people in the last couple months, they treat every university student like they're some alcoholic frat boy doing keg stands in the middle of the street.

Captain Chaos · #4 12-10-2007, 10:37 PM

**** them over.

Aaron · #5 12-10-2007, 11:03 PM

Could they pose as some weird polygamist love family?

Trevorus · #6 12-10-2007, 11:05 PM

I didn't think that was legal to discriminate against someone due to their family status or anything of the sort. I would call a lawyer...

Marcus · #7 12-11-2007, 12:53 AM

Wow, I did not even hear about this and I attend B.U.

I can corroborate what those students are going through - living on Main Street in the city of Binghamton is quite atrocious. The area looks really down-trodden and it is not very safe. I was in a band with a guy that lived on Main Street and his apartment was broken into at least once every month or so. The interior of the place was also vandalized by gangs over a weekend. In short.. its not just not safe.

I managed to find an apartment fairly close to campus with my girlfriend, but rent is pretty expensive for such a "out in the middle of nowhere" town. Not to mention the utilities are shoddy and the superintendent is but an old man that can barely shovel the snow outside.

Aside from that, the Binghamton locals also tend to treat the University students like crap. It's a shame really. I personally cannot wait until I graduate. I am moving far, far from this place and never coming back.

shooter_mi · #8 12-11-2007, 07:07 AM

Is the house zoned for "factual families" or "faculty families"?

*smb · #9 12-11-2007, 07:15 AM

There's so much discrimination against students out there. Sure, there's a few that give the rest a bad name but most of us are quiet, pay our bills, go to class and keep out of trouble.

Tsal · #10 12-11-2007, 07:22 AM

Well, it seems like a mistake by the landlord. If it's intended for the faculty families, then students shouldn't be allowed, in my opinion - I've lived and visited in many different student apartment complexes around Europe, and even though 90% of the residents have been well-behaving, I can very well understand how even six students can create some disturbance at a family neighbourhood. All it takes is a couple of bad apples - and the friends they drag along. If all the landlords decide to rent half of their flats to college kids, the whole area can go down pretty fast.

Chriss62 · #11 12-11-2007, 08:26 AM

**** Families....

Cool. I used alliteration. Tee-hee.

Bryan316 · #12 12-11-2007, 08:40 AM

I'd be paying money to some very low friends from very low places, to be retaliating against these professors.

Arrogant, uppity, tight-assed whiners. Not to mention professors! That alone is enough reason to hate em!

fenderx55 · #13 12-11-2007, 09:14 AM

Yeah, the case is going to court this week, their lawyer apparently has a "penchant for the dramatic," which I think is good. I can really contend that these kids are over with being the rowdy group, all they do all day is homework and Rock Band. Basically, the landlord was at fault, but they shouldn't have to move in the middle of finals OR the middle of a year, why couldnt' they just move out at the end of the lease? They're basically hoping that they can appeal and drag it out until graduation.

Marcus · #14 12-11-2007, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fenderx55

Yeah, the case is going to court this week, their lawyer apparently has a "penchant for the dramatic," which I think is good. I can really contend that these kids are over with being the rowdy group, all they do all day is homework and Rock Band. Basically, the landlord was at fault, but they shouldn't have to move in the middle of finals OR the middle of a year, why couldnt' they just move out at the end of the lease? They're basically hoping that they can appeal and drag it out until graduation.

Home work and Rock Band? Sounds like my daily schedule!

mjolnir · #15 12-11-2007, 12:23 PM

Sucks they're stuck in that situation. Hope everything works out for them...

Jeremy Crockett · #16 12-11-2007, 12:57 PM

An interesting side note (and maybe a larger point) from the article:

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renews an ongoing dispute over what defines a family

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a law that forbids unrelated tenants from sharing a single-family home.

Guess he needs to find another place to live.

unbasslichkeit · #17 12-11-2007, 02:21 PM

Did the mayor of Binghamton NY really beat up a woman in a laundromat???

Human Bass · #18 12-11-2007, 02:30 PM

"a law that forbids unrelated tenants from sharing a single-family home"

What kind of ridiculous bullsheet is that? It sounds like Saudi Arabia where a woman cant get a taxi without the company of a male relative.

Bryan316 · #19 12-11-2007, 02:34 PM

It's just the elite trying to shoo away the less-fortunate. Zoning laws restricting student housings... hell, ANY student-housing regulations... are a crock. I'm particularly disgruntled by schools who force freshmen to live on-campus and pay out their yin-yang for their rediculously overcharged dorm rooms.

It's far less expensive, to live 5 miles away and bus/train/subway into campus, than it is to afford most universities' dorm costs anymore.

Marcus · #20 12-11-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan316

It's just the elite trying to shoo away the less-fortunate. Zoning laws restricting student housings... hell, ANY student-housing regulations... are a crock. I'm particularly disgruntled by schools who force freshmen to live on-campus and pay out their yin-yang for their rediculously overcharged dorm rooms.

It's far less expensive, to live 5 miles away and bus/train/subway into campus, than it is to afford most universities' dorm costs anymore.

Just like Binghamton University! Freshman must live on campus and (get this) you are NOT allowed to have a car!

I am glad I transferred here during my Junior year and found an apartment. The costs for dorms are ridiculous and their conditions are horrible. In fact, they are tearing a couple down because of asbestos.