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It is a well known fact that in times of strife, people turn to God and religion. So I guess that it should come as no surprise that the people of Williamsburg, Brooklyn are turning to God now more than ever.
In the last decade, housing prices in this area increased more than in any other part of the City -- a staggering 67 percent in the years from 1990 to 2000.
Add to that an indigenous population of Hasidic Jews and an insurgent artist community and the results is the most contentious real estate holy war this side of the Tigris.
The local Hasidic community has been distributing a prayer, in Hebrew, "For the Protection of our City of Williamsburg from the Plague of the Artists."
Here's a taste. It shows just how blind faith can be:
"Please place in the hearts of the homeowners that they should not build, God forbid, for these people, and strengthen their hearts so that they can withstand this difficult test and so that they will not sell for the lure of money."
