Closing Bell: Country Living Hits Brooklyn
The map above is part of a Country Living feature called “Brooklyn’s Small-Town Charms.” Here’s part of the piece’s intro: “Today, Brooklyn still feels more heartland than Big Apple, with ribbon-worthy pie cafés hanging out shingles next to soda shops and general stores. To make navigating this supersized Mayberry manageable, we planned day trips around…
The map above is part of a Country Living feature called “Brooklyn’s Small-Town Charms.” Here’s part of the piece’s intro: “Today, Brooklyn still feels more heartland than Big Apple, with ribbon-worthy pie cafés hanging out shingles next to soda shops and general stores. To make navigating this supersized Mayberry manageable, we planned day trips around three of our favorite areas — Greenpoint and Williamsburg; Atlantic Avenue, Carroll Gardens, and Red Hook; and Prospect Park and Park Slope (highlighted on map) — then homed in on the best spots to shop, eat, and explore.” Brooklyn as a “supersized Mayberry”? OK.
Brooklyn’s Small-Town Charms [Country Living]
Maybe it’s a generational thing, (I’m 45) but I gotta agree with Rob on this one. NJ was only slightly more bridge and tunnel than Bklyn was when I was growing up.
My old school friends love to complain about newcomers. It’s a party when we’re all together, but it gets lonely when I’m the only native in the room.
some of you are very insecure, angry people… lol
*rob*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMVqIISyp60
That explains why Rob is often such a douche. Jersey City? Hah. F’ugly pieface.
Let me get this straight Rob, people from the midwest can’t bring midwestern culture here, whatever that means anyway, and I think maybe you don’t know yourself, but you don’t mind Mexicans bringing Mexican culture. Do I understand you correctly? Personally, I find certain “types” of people in Brooklyn pretty annoying, but I think it is mostly because they are privileged trustfund brats, not because they are from somewhere else.
I always love these discussions, because inevitably if somebody is from the midwest, they are somehow not welcome in Brooklyn, even if their parents are from Brooklyn or whatever, but if you are an immigrant from Mexico or New Jersey, somehow that is ok? Such a stupid discussion. People come to Brooklyn from all over the world, even from shitholes like Jersey City, for all sorts of reasons, and I thought what made Brooklyn great is that they are all welcome here without judgment. Of course, in reality, Brooklyn does have one thing in common with Mayberry — it is provincial as hell even if it pretends it isn’t.
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stop being such a hater, you’ll live longer, and nj? really? that gives you bragging rights?
lol what bragging rights? it’s not like i moved here and tried to drag nj culture along with me like these fools do!
that’s the point!
*rob*
Does anyone think the readership of Country Living will ever step foot in any of these places????
By Butterfly on February 24, 2011 4:49 PM
ENY, i was born in jersey city which is more NYC than most of brooklyn.
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We’re not talking about NYC. We’re talking about Brooklyn. And to the Brooklyn people, immigrants from Jersey City are in the same category as “midwestern and southern moonfaces. You’re all a bunch of out-of-town rubes to us.