America isn't about spending 2.400,00 (US$) on a 18 m^2 apartment in Gramercy Park. It's not about having a 20 minute train ride to your wall street job. It's not about going to the your local publicly traded organic food super chain...etc etc etc... you know the drill.
It's about spending 800,00 (per person) to live in a 72 m^2 old warehouse in Williamsburg with no separate bedrooms (so that you and your four friends are able to have space to create pottery, thoughts and creations in general). It's about having a zero minute commute because you admit that you don't have a real job and wear it as a badge of honor (but somehow manage to still wear the hippest thrift-esque (but we all know its brand new), and genuine organic free range wool boots [thanks dad! {for the rent too!}]).
I honestly think Brooklyn in uniquely cool, but that its any different than areas of Manhattan is a stretch. People live there for the same reason they live anywhere: to maximize the equation that is a function of space, price, and location.
But another major point is that I've been here for about four days and I already am heavily involved in many happenings across all the boroughs.
1. i'd love to see the chameleon in this environment. my guess is the scarf was displayed prominently, you steered the convo towards spain whenever possible, you made a joke with newt gingrich as the punchline, and you completely distanced yourself from hip hop culture.
ReplyDelete2. the function is lacking a variable to capture the effects of "pride", "hipster appeal", etc.
3. have u had any involvement with the weathersfield borough yet?