One of the remaining bastions of affordable housing in Manhattan might be reduced to yet another playground for the rich, trust-fundy, or finance-affiliated. MetLife announced that it might sell Stuyvesant Town and its coterminous counterpart Peter Cooper Village. Of course, MetLife stocks rose following this announcement. I've said it often, but I'll say it again: real estate, particularly in Manhattan, is ridiculous. Why is Peter Cooper so famous? The man invented Jell-O for god's sake. JELL-O. Without him, we would have never had Bill Cosby in those ads shrilling for that gelatin goodness...or jello shots, for that matter.