Let's Talk About the Rushkoffs, Dammit
Since we’re about the only publication in town who hasn’t written about writer Douglas Rushkoff’s Christmas eve mugging outside his Park Slope apartment and subsequent decision to leave (and, along with his wife, to write about leaving) Brooklyn, we might as well throw it out there. His wife now famously wrote that she felt safer…
Since we’re about the only publication in town who hasn’t written about writer Douglas Rushkoff’s Christmas eve mugging outside his Park Slope apartment and subsequent decision to leave (and, along with his wife, to write about leaving) Brooklyn, we might as well throw it out there. His wife now famously wrote that she felt safer in the East Village in the 1980s that she does in Park Slope today, which sounded kind of silly until her hubby clarified that this was only because they knew the drug dealers in the East Village. We got a call from a reporter a couple of days ago asking whether we thought the incident would have a negative effect on real estate prices. In short? No. In long? No, no, no. The Rushkoffs decision to leave was an emotional, albeit understandable, one. Unless the entire city enters a 1970s-like downward spiral, we’re pretty sure Park Slope will be just fine.
Do You Care If the Rushkoffs Leave Brooklyn? [New York Magazine]
On Leaving Brooklyn [Steven Berlin Johnson]
The Rushkoffs’ original blog posts are no longer available online.
anon. 12:16 you are SO wrong. let’s just say that “i know.” also, they RENT. it’s been cleared posted.
anon. 12:16 you are SO wrong. let’s just say that “i know.”
With respect to Rushkoff’s comments concerning being able to afford to live in Park Slope, it should be noted that he and his wife bought their apartment this past summer/fall. According to NYC records, they did purchase their apartment for just approximately $850K. SO, I do not quite understand why they are whining about not being able to afford an apartment….
the rushkoffs blog. bloggers write. they wrote. because the topic struck a chord, people responded in relatively large numbers. that doesn’t make them publicity hounds.
You are all completely out of your minds.
there is no substance to this, they’re just making lemonade from lemons: took a shitty situation (got mugged) and turned it into something positive (tons o’ free press).
Honestly, this is 10x the attention this dude ever got for his books….
they’re just making lemonade from lemons: took a shitty situation (got mugged) and turned it into something positive (tons o’ free press).
Honestly, this is 10x the attention this dude ever got for his books….
ex-tribeca, you virtually indecipherable but clearly anecdotal crime stories are essentially meaningless when discussing the macro issue of criminality in a city of 8million or a metropolitan area of 20million.
But your 11:31PM post does prove that my statement ‘criminals are generally stupid’ may have been overstated. Clearly levels of intelligence are subjective and I can now see why you might take exception to that theory.
Rushkoffs: Self-serving, self-aggrandizing, self-important attention grabbing whiners. Good riddance.
Who gives a fuck?