Apartment Hunting Redux: Ghetto Fabulous, now with more Ghetto

Walked up to the bustling neighborhood of Crown Heights (home of the Crown Heights Riots 15+ years ago) to get the bead on a place up there. Crown Heights is one of those nabes where everything is peachy on one block, and is fucking downtown Mogadishu on the next. I didn't see any burned out cars this time around, but maybe next time. In any case, the block we walked up -- definitely ghetto, complete with mounds of dog crap on the sidewalk, and lots of "urban tumbleweeds" in the form of fast food wrappers on the ground. Even though the property is pretty sweet (converted hospital), I've since read many accounts of super-shady landlord dealings, and so this place is outta the running.

In honor of the first foray into apartment hunting, drink a 40 of the malt liquor of your choice. Only the best for Crown Heights, muthafuckas.