the$inmusicisallmine wrote:my buddy lives in Ft. Green - no not TyWebb, the guy I dragged to the neurosis show. He says it is still pretty affordable, and decently livable, but not entirely safe at night. There is decent train access, and its not too grungy.

ontrane wrote: Hopefully the real estate economy collapses enough to let artists live easily again.

ERawk wrote:

110th wrote:I moved to NYC nine years ago with $500.00 and now own a condo and a two family house. The anti-gentrification camp are generally pinkos whining from the sidelines......

So, you're really from Kansas aren't you? Wow, with the way you were writing in the Royal Trux thread, it sounded like you you were fed with silver spoons and got your ass wiped by the maid every time you took a shit on the Upper East Side with your "New York" superiority and faux savoir-faire.

But now I just know you're one of those people from buttfuck that moves to the big city and consequently tries too hard in their concept of what a "true New Yorker" is.

You should know before you start calling me a dumb-midwesterner, I've only lived here (Chicago) for four years. Before that, I lived in New York from birth.

I have more New York in my pinky than you will ever have in your body.

Anyway Fedaykin, I had family that lived in Canarsie but that's a bit far out (last stop on the L Train). Though I knew some people at NYU that lived out in Bay Ridge and around Avenue P near Gravesend.

I practically lived in Park Slope for almost two years and Red Hook/Carroll Gardens limboland for another in college. This was right before the gentrification got way out of hand (1400 for a big 2 BR on Columbia and Summit). When I drove around there this past Christmas, I noticed that there's a lot of places that I went to that are still around and others that have gone the way of the Starbuck or one-syllable boutique. My favorite Thai place that was in the Slope is now some obnoxious douche bar for people like 110th.

I can't say what the market is out there anymore but if you choose to live in Brooklyn, here's a few places that I noticed are still around that are worth checking out. It seems that most of the Park Slope restaurants I used to enjoy have pretty much changed names or are now something else completely different.

Ferdinando's- great "authentic" Italian and kicks the other Italian place down the street's ass.
The Red Rail- yummy brunch, but it's no reservation and it gets busy fast.
Tea Lounge- I used to do my homework here almost every single night. The bathrooms are way shittier than I remember though.
Union Max, if you like vintage stuff, or your SO does (if you have one). Pretty reasonable, from what I remember.
Grimadli's if you can get there before the rush. Oh the days when the tourists stayed in Manhattan.
There was a good book store on Henry or Clinton in Brooklyn Heights. The name escapes me but it's likely a Barnes and Noble now.
For all the tourist trappings, go to Junior's relatively at a later hour at least once.
There was also Peruvian place on 5th Ave that rocked. I think It's still there.
, and given my elevted calling, don't apply to me
I say if you got the means to move there, go for it. It's worth the experience.

I'm starting to get upset that I'm not visiting this summer since I don't have PTO until November

ginandtacos.com wrote:Nothing says "transplant" like someone going on about how amaaaaaaaaaaazing Brooklyn is.