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12-06-2011, 08:24 PM
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Anyone familiar with Brooklyn? If so, please tell me which town you think is the "Park Slope of Westchester"? And why?
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12-07-2011, 05:31 AM
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Location: Live in NY, work in CT
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Not an easy comparison as Park Slope, while very nice, is quite "urban" and most of the "urban" areas in Westchester are a lot poorer.
Possibly the "Bronxville" section of Yonkers/Fleetwood, the "Fleetwood" section of Mt. Vernon, the part of the "Wykagyl" section of New Rochelle that is heavily co-op apartments and not "fancy houses" but again just close and not an exact comparison. Maybe also parts of White Plains and (though technically not in Westchester or even NY State but very very close to it) Stamford and downtown Greenwich.
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12-07-2011, 07:46 AM
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Location: East Millcreek
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Originally Posted by PruQsDad
Anyone familiar with Brooklyn? If so, please tell me which town you think is the "Park Slope of Westchester"? And why?
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How about you tell us what you think distinguishes Park Slope from other NYC neighborhoods (Brooklyn or otherwise)? But let's get real - there's no place in Westchester that is like Park Slope, any comparison is bound to be very contrived. |
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12-07-2011, 08:05 AM
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I lived in Park Slope for 11 years before moving to White Plains - chosen because of its great commute and urban feel - hoping it could recapture some of that Park Slope feel. But there is nothing like it. Sorry.
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12-09-2011, 05:33 AM
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More urban parts of New Rochelle, maybe?
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12-09-2011, 07:48 AM
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Location: East Millcreek
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More urban parts of New Rochelle, maybe?
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Not a chance. Park Slope is bourgeois to the point of being a cliche - and almost the perfect opposite of urban NR. Anybody that likes Park Slope ought to stay in Park Slope, cause they ain't gonna get anything like it in Westchester. The OP's question is like asking which part of Tuscon is has most similar to Rye. |
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12-09-2011, 08:02 AM
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Yes, the rarefied air of PS cannot be found in Westchester. Moreover, it is infinitely preferable that most PS denziens stay there. Please.
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12-09-2011, 08:13 AM
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Location: Bellevue, WA
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"The OP's question is like asking which part of Tuscon is has most similar to Rye."
LOL...perhaps the part of Rye that floods regularly and faces the Dragon Coaster at Playland?
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12-09-2011, 08:19 AM
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Location: East Millcreek
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Originally Posted by jjinla
"The OP's question is like asking which part of Tuscon is has most similar to Rye."
LOL...perhaps the part of Rye that floods regularly and faces the Dragon Coaster at Playland?
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Yup, that's the part I had in mind.  |
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12-09-2011, 04:47 PM
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I don't think you'll find a place like PS in Westchester, but I've often heard people refer to the River Towns as the "Brooklyn" of Westchester.
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