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I currently live in the Cobble Hill region of Brooklyn and work in NYC. I really love the size of Brooklyn and the ease of getting to a big metropolitan like NYC. However, I am finding the fast paced crass city a little too intense. Plus, the weather, though better than upstate New York, where I'm from, is nothing to write home about. We still get snow, clouds, and extra humidity.
I am interested in a similar area like Brooklyn (in terms of size, food, proximity to a major city), with a little more relaxed environment. I could use a yard though! Also, I want better weather. I am not opposed to all four seasons, but I want the winters milder and less humidity. Plus, I need sun. The east coast is only sunny 30% of the time, so I am thinking out west.
Some sections of Oakland would be a pretty great choice, 18Montclair could probably fill you in on that.
I think the areas around Echo Park (in Los Angeles) are a pretty good bet, too.
Maybe the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, though you won't get much more sun in the northwest than you do in the northeast (though the weather in general is quite a bit milder on both ends of the spectrum).
bishop arts/north oak cliff in dallas has a lot of what you seem to be looking for. pretty progressive, walkable/bikeable neighorhood, lots of good food, diverse population, lots of artists, cooler old homes on tree-lined streets
I currently live in the Cobble Hill region of Brooklyn and work in NYC. I really love the size of Brooklyn and the ease of getting to a big metropolitan like NYC.
Either you don't live in NYC or you just moved there because no New Yorkers talk like that. Brooklyn is NYC or part of the "whole New York" and Manhattan is "the City." You only have to be in New York for an hour to get this distinction down pat. I find it hard to believe that any Brooklynite write a statement such as yours. Not even Mike Tyson would write that.
There is nothing out west similar to Brooklyn. That doesn't mean it's better or worse; it just means there's nothing out there that's comparable.
Either you don't live in NYC or you just moved there because no New Yorkers talk like that. Brooklyn is NYC or part of the "whole New York" and Manhattan is "the City." You only have to be in New York for an hour to get this distinction down pat. I find it hard to believe that any Brooklynite write a statement such as yours. Not even Mike Tyson would write that.
There is nothing out west similar to Brooklyn. That doesn't mean it's better or worse; it just means there's nothing out there that's comparable.
No, not really. Drawing a distinction between Brooklyn and NYC is similar to drawing a distinction between California and America. They are equally non-sensical.
Last edited by BajanYankee; 08-18-2010 at 03:51 PM..
Actually BajanYankee, distinguishing Brooklyn from NYC is not akin to distinguishing America from the United States as Brooklyn is a merely a subpart of NYC whereas America and the United States are synonyms.
And though you are correct that Brooklyn is part of NYC, clearly you are not from New York City, because no one calls it Manhattan anymore.
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