Park Slope Stroller Nazi Story Getting a Little Stale
We’re not exactly sure why this was a front-page article the the NY Times Sunday Real Estate section—seems more like City section material to us—but, there it was, another article making light of the number of strollers (and implicit bourgeois existence of their pushers) in Park Slope. The fact that there are a lot of…
We’re not exactly sure why this was a front-page article the the NY Times Sunday Real Estate section—seems more like City section material to us—but, there it was, another article making light of the number of strollers (and implicit bourgeois existence of their pushers) in Park Slope. The fact that there are a lot of young families (some of whose matriarchs aren’t averse to a little public nursing) in Park Slope just ain’t news anymore, so let’s just settle the fight for the soul of the slope once and for all in the hopes that another article never has to be written on the subject. In the words of The Times article, is Park Slope “Hipster Hell” or “Parent Heaven”? Update: As of 4:30 today, there were 216 votes for Parent Heaven and 158 votes for Hipster Hell.
The Park Slope Parent Trap [NY Times]
Photo by Kansas Liberal
Post 11:52, when was the last time you checked YOUR diapers? Could explain why the smell follows you.
11:47
Were you frightened by someone’s ugly feet as a child?
Sandals are so cool they’re hot.
You are so misguided.
Anyone who has ever driven a 2002 Bugaboo Frog knows why nothing else compares. I got my two 1/2 year old this retro rubber bike horn and have taught him to blast his way through side walk traffic. Sunday morning brunch crowds, loitering half asleep nonbreeder hipsters… move it or lose it!
Chime – you are right on. Please gentlemen, keep the sandals in the closet or just wear them around the back yard of your brownstone. They should not be seen on the street.
Signed an already starting to shrivel mommy type with a semi-boring sex life and too much time on my hands at work today.
Hey 11:43, sandals on a guy NEVER look good. It doesn’t matter if he has nice feet or not. They NEVER look good and I wish the people of PS would stop lying to themselves about this.
no matter how many posts and rants this topic generates, the bottom line is not gonna change – PARK SLOPE IS NOTHING BUT A SUBSTITUTE FOR WANNA-BE MANHATTANITES.
in fact, I’ve started using PS as an adjective as in “let’s not meet at so-and-so resto, it’s seriously looking Park Slope-y”
also, people without kids get all snarky and preachy cause they’re jealous that they’re alone and don’t have the presumed security of marriage and family and they’re scared they’re gonna die all shriveled and alone. people with kids get all snarky and preachy cause they’re jealous they’re not single anymore and they can’t have a hot shag with an anonymous guy/gal they met in a bar and the sex they’re having with their mates is boring and predictable and they wonder if it’s gonna be this way until they get all shriveled up and die. that’s what this debate is really about. some boredom and some fear gives a thread a lot of sweet mileage.
Sandals on guys can be very cool.
Especially if they have nice feet, some do some don’t.
Just leave the black socks home.
Anon 10:28, thanks so much for your insightful post. My Clinton Hill kid is also a teen who’s attended NYC public schools since day one, and I have to say her friends constantly amaze me. She still sees and socializes with a bunch of kids she’s known since she was a baby and they’re a brilliant, interested and diverse crew.
But the real reason I am posting is the following TRUE story:
I ran into one of my baby-playground mom friends (who’d decamped for Montclair when her first was 3 and her second was newborn) at the Bklyn Museum about 6 years ago and asked “What are you doing back here?”. She answered “We moved back to get the kids into a decent public school!” I just about flipped!
They were the sweetest words I ever heard…
If the sole result of my long stay in Clinton Hill is that a clueless young hipster can feel safe walking home drunk at 3 am wearing high heels and listening to her ipod, I can be proud.
Brooklyn is better for all of us.