Mary Kate and Ashley Cause a Ruckus

Once again, Mary Kate and Ashley are causing a stir in the streets of New York.  You'd think they'd driven a car into a kitchen or something.

The West Village neighbors of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are up in arms because of the twins' hard partying lifestyle.  Neighbors are complaining that the girls, who rent a $12,000 a month apartment on W. 13th St., are getting home at all hours in their party attire, causing a ruckus with their crazy friends and are ruining the atmosphere of the neighborhood by having bodyguards posted around their door 24/7.  This on the heels of a claim that the girls trashed their last apartment.

Now, I'm sure the former Michelles probably are on the wild side and probably do get obnoxious from time to time.  And it is true, as neigbors claim, that other stars in the neighborhood like Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and Liv Tyler are very quiet and keep to themselves.  But here's the thing...

I used to live in a dorm across the street from the Olsen's apartment.  I know exactly what that neighborhood is like.  And I guarantee that the Olsen twins are no more rowdy than the groups of NYU kids that come streaming down 5th Avenue from sundown to sun up.  Don't claim that your neighborhood is completely quiet and peaceful, neighbors.  You do live in beautiful apartments, but you also live less than a half mile from NYU's campus and we all know, those kids aren't known for being quiet.  So maybe, just maybe, Mary Kate and Ashley are just trying to fit in.