Rosie Revisited

Hear, hear, Ramona. You hit on what I perceive as the real issue here. I would bet that the vast majority of the new residents in FG are products of the suburbs. They do not understand (nor care to learn) the dynamics and rules of the city- rules like the ones you mention regarding children. As a product of a working class urban community, you respected the rules/mores of a neighborhood when you entered it. Many of the newly-urbanized suburban people appear to be playing “city life” instead of understanding it. Ooh, block party, how cute, how kitschy, how real. I find it offensive because there is no attempt to blend in with the community, but to remake the community in your suburbanized image. I would bet money that these are the issues that bother Rosie, as they do a large number of us.

Many of the attitudes expressed on this site scream I’m an overprivileged suburban white person who wants to be cool living in the city. It’s fine if you want to flee the suburbs, just don’t bring your attitudes and ways with you.

ramona, you missed the point on the accent. Of course its not a Ft greene accent which is what my point was.

Your sentence “there is a middle ground between crack dealers and 22 dollar entrees. ” is spot on however your translation about things changing to make you feel more comfortable meaning more white people is ridiculous. It just means that you’ve got less crack and mor other options.

Nasty attitude IS nasty attitude, black or white.

mckenzie
you make assumptions because yuou’ve never heard of it. sweet.
shall we assume you’re not intelligent because we’ve never heard of you?
oh. she’s an oscar nominee, fyi.

dave in bed stuy.”judging by the way she speaks, accent?’ wtf? i’m sorry. is there a ft green dialect that in in my 27 years here i am missing? for your information.
rosie is born and raised in bushwick- before it was eat williamsburg heights.
she’s lived in the nabe for at least 20 years. first on carlton in a modest brownstone, which she rented an apt,
she bought her place on clinton maybe 10 or more years ago.
so, lets see. a “celebrity” house is bad but a “regular” house is ok?
those of us who have lived here for many years feel as though the neighborhood has changed- drastically and not always for the best. we feel isolated and many of us are troubled by a new wave of entitled, self absorbed and somewhat less than friendly of people who have moved in. this negative attitude is not exclusive to FG. there is a “it’s all about me” vibe many 20- early 30 somethings express. it is why it is difficult for many of us old timers to forge relationships with, some, of the newer residents. because they are too busy hurrying to the new hot spot than to notice their neighbors. they see this as a destination spot.
many of us raised kids here. having a child isn’t rocket science. to act as though you have done something that only you can accomplish and then ask the rest of us to marvel and rearrange our life, side walks, resturants etc so that little phineas can ride his scooter without any regard for other people is insulting, to anyone! when my children and my frien’d kids, as well,were young, if they acted up inside of an establishment they were taken outside and told to cool it . we did not expect the other adult patrons to indulge our children’s bad behaviour. if they saw an adult coming down the streets, they either moved to the side so the adult, especially elderly, got by, or, if they were younger, we picked the kid up and moved them. we didn’t ask other people to navigate their ways around a two year old who has no idea that he/she is in the way. we showed by example that we live in a world with other people.

it is this oblivious attitude expressed by some of the new people, along with the idea that us oldsters should be thrilled that there’s a new “hot” bar/resturant/flea market that bothers some of us.again. there is a middle ground between crack dealers and 22 dollar entrees. is it nice to have new places, sure. is this neighborhood WAY too small to handle all the new traffic? yes. it’s a huge crush of people. it’s taking a while for some who are used to living in a relatively small, quiet area to handle a lot of people, who do not live here and are not invested in being here. 10 years ago chez oscar, sol began to pop up-and they were fun, don’t get me wrong- a few people said’oh you must be so happy now. you must feel so much more comfortable–translation- there’s more white people. nasty attitude is nasty attitude, black or white.

rosie is a lovely, smart, funny, talented woman. leave her alone .