Capote Quote Ruffles Feathers in the Heights

Is a Truman Capote quote—”I live in Brooklyn. By choice”—that’s displayed on 78 of the new wayfinding signs in Downtown offensive? According to The Post, some Brooklyn Heights residents think so. One tells the paper that it suggests “we’re forced to live here,” while another says, “I took it to mean that we live in Brooklyn because we can’t afford Manhattan.” Michael Weiss, executive director of the MetroTech BID, which is responsible for the signs, says the quote was vetted by community groups and folks who take issue with it “ought to lighten up a little.”
Capote Wit Sits Badly in B’klyn [Post]
Brooklyn Heights Residents Offended By A Truman Capote Quote/Everything [Gothamist]
Brooklynites Offended by Capote Quote on New Signage [L Magazine]
Photo via the L Magazine.