No. That said, I've been developing my own independent study of these things, so here's my (rudimentary) reading list:

I think we need to start teaching the first one to elementary school kids.

—What You Post On Social Media Will Later Haunt You.

Basic Home Care Skills. Painting, patching drywall, fixing linoleum, removing stains. The simple kind of stuff that can get a security deposit back.

Basic Nutritional Cookery. How to make simple, healthy meals for under $8.

I'm sorry, but how is going on birth control at 14 a bad thing? ... I know lots of girls who had their PEDIATRICIANS recommend it to their parents to regulate crazy cramps that kept them out of school.

God, you are full of it.

Come to Queens :-) Sunnyside's nice and quiet and close to the city... Forest Hills has a more suburban feel and nice amenities. But don't do Astoria. While its a very "cool" neighborhood nowadays, its farking loud.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the reason why - in spite of his flaws as an artist - I love Spike Lee. He's been consistent with his love, respect, and protection of Black culture throughout his entire career and he's never once half-stepped when it comes to calling racist bullshit as it is.

I agree completely. And I am a black woman who moved to Bed Stuy because it was what I could afford and where the brokers showed me when I moved here from Texas with my BFF. I am not the right person for Bed Stuy. I grew up in a whisper quiet suburb in Texas, and the gathering in the front of the bodega, dominoes…

Oh, you are so new. If you honestly think that the Black/Latin people who have been living in those neighborhoods for decades never complained to their aldermens and other district/city officials about the shitty conditions, then I have a lovely bridge to sell you. It connects Brooklyn to Manhattan and is quite…

Hell yea Spike Lee.

With one or two little quibbles, I think he is pretty spot on here (though there’s a lot more that makes gentrification work than simply entitled white residents with more money than the average traditional neighborhood resident moving in, though that is, of course, a big part of it, and I can’t expect anyone to nail…

That doesn't mean he loses his right an opinion. He grew up in the neighbourhood he's talking about.

I had no idea so many people here hated Spike Lee. Weird.

The thing is NYC is one big municipality; within it services are supposed to be allocated by need, not by local property tax revenue.

Tell'em, Spike.

Now cue the outrage from the white professional class Jezzies who just moved to Red Hook and like to brag to their friends at brunch how "vibrant" their neighborhood is but who have never talked to any of their neighbors who isn't also a white couple from Westchester.

Usually I tend to disagree with him, but he's completely right. It's not about keeping people out, it's about showing some respect when you move to a new place. And the plain fact is that as much as they are obsessed with the "New York experience" and cling to an easy multiculturalism, a lot of the gentrifiers…

Poutine

Tell 'em Mama Spike! I knew my neighborhood was a wrap when we got a Starbucks.