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
3:19: you’re an idiot but i got a good laugh out of the link. i wish park slope did look like that!
smoke a little of the herb, and it WILL look like that. does to me everyday!!!
park slope is a ball!
just get high!!!!!!!
It’s obvious that Mr. Brownstoner feels the need to post something on “The Park Slope Stroller Topic” every once in a while to try and make this site relevant again. I guess his “unhealthy obsession with brownstones” isn’t quite enough to peak peoples interest anymore.
He passes himself off as being a concerned citizen of the community but clearly tries and stirs the pot with posts like this, creating further division in the community.
3:19: you’re an idiot but i got a good laugh out of the link. i wish park slope did look like that!
Coming in late here, so my comments will probably fall on deaf ears. I am a Park Slope Parent, I am not a member of the food coop, though I sometimes wear clogs. None of that has anything to do with what I am about to say. I’ve been reading Brownstoner for some time, mostly just to torture myself because we didn’t buy 5 years ago and now we’re priced out of the market. The thing about Park Slope is, it embarrasses me. The Republic of Organica/sanctimommy/long gray hair in a ponytail unlplucked eyebrow thing is real and it’s real annoying. And yet. There are great things about this neighborhood that you already know about, but more than that, it’s really quite safe. After months and months of reading this blog and hearing all the rants about PLG and Bed Stuy and Crown Heights and not really chiming in because heck, maybe someday I would buy there, I realized the other day that I probably won’t. I was at a friend’s apt. on Bergen St. in Prospect Heights. Two cops came up to us to ask about a somewhat brutal mugging that took place right outside her apt. the night before. They mentioned two other crimes that had happened on that street in the same week. Right then I realized that I will never be a pioneer and I may be renting forever because I can’t live in fear like that. Today two cops were shot in Crown Heights. I know it could happen anywhere, but mostly it doesn’t. Park Slope is expensive, homogenous, and really annoying. But generally speaking, I can walk my kids home from the subway without looking over my shoulder. I don’t even care if we have to trip over a stroller to get there.
I’ve never seen so many bitter/resentful/(reverse)racist/(reverse)classist people in one thread ever.
Jesus.
Inwood Rocks.
The heat is getting to y’all.Chill out.Anyone want take a ride in my Boxter convertible?
Mr. B, should be third & fourth options on your survey:
3. Who cares.
4. All of the above.
It’s all the good and bad, family and hip, young and old ALL of us living together.
Please, drop all the head ache and belly aching!
2:29….my god you’re ignorant.
people who are as bored as you need to help out a charity.