Park Slope One of Nation's "Dreamiest" Neighborhoods
Pushing aside concerns about stroller moms and stolen laptop computers, HGTV just named Park Slope one of the dreamiest neighborhoods in the country. Edged out by places like Sonoma, CA and Chicago’s Gold Coast, the Slope comes in at a respectable Number 7 and is cited for its “historic charm, top-notch restaurants and shopping, and…
Pushing aside concerns about stroller moms and stolen laptop computers, HGTV just named Park Slope one of the dreamiest neighborhoods in the country. Edged out by places like Sonoma, CA and Chicago’s Gold Coast, the Slope comes in at a respectable Number 7 and is cited for its “historic charm, top-notch restaurants and shopping, and proximity to Prospect Park.”
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Kris, I live in North Slope.
DIBS, I mostly lived downtown, which I preferred. It’s a different world down there. Or maybe it’s just the crowd I ran with…. mostly middle-class and not competitive over financial status.
I lived on the UES, Kris. There’s a huge rivalry beetween the Turtle Bay people and the Sutton people 🙂
I haven’t lived in Park Slope since 1974, love my present neighborhood (PLG) and certainly am not jealous because I don’t live in PS. Nevertheless,I think it’s a great neighborhood and deserving of it’s “top ten” designation. Congratulations PS!
“But to say that Park Slope has everything one could need I think is extremely myopic.”
In light of the new age of getting by with/on less, I don’t see anything wrong with being content with what a neighborhood has to offer.
Always wanting for more/bigger is what you are suggesting is the better alternative?
Park Slope has everything I need. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that statement.
Need and want are very different things.
Who said anything about Park Slope being better than other neighborhoods? All people are saying in this thread is that Park Slope is nice. It’s a thread about Park Slope, after all.
Here’s my Brooklyn gripe: The bizarre rivalry between people of different Brooklyn neighborhoods. Seriously, what is up with that? I moved to Brooklyn from Manhattan two years ago… I lived in downtown Manhattan for nearly 20 years and never experienced this annoying phenomenon. Now I hear it every friggin’ day.
There are tons of great neighborhoods in all five boroughs of NYC (yes, even SI has some cool spots). They are interesting because they are different from one another, and there are also all kinds of people in this city. Including stay-at-home moms and hipsters and bankers and gays. And that’s why I heart NY!
So can we stop the hatin’ and start the BK love already?
Scottsdale, Gold Coast, Mercer Island, etc? Has PS really become a philistine neighborhood as stale and exclusive as these bedfellows?
It’s always fun to hate on Park Slope, but it is honestly a great neighborhood. What really bothers me is how so many people who live there really believe that it is somehow better then any other neighborhood in Brooklyn. I guess one can only enjoy Prospect Park if they live on the West Side of the park. Park Slope I suppose is the only neighborhood that has interesting shops, bars and restaurants. I have alot of friends that live there, and I visit frequently and enjoy my time there. But to say that Park Slope has everything one could need I think is extremely myopic.
I can understand not going to the shops and restaurants, I guess, but I can’t imagine not going to Prospect Park, Rob.
Especially if I had a dog…
On a nice spring/summer day, it seems as though all of Brooklyn is at Prospect Park…laying out with friends, reading a book, playing frisbee, flying a kite, smoking a joint, jogging, biking, etc.
It’s one of my favorite places in all of NYC.