Apparently Brooklyn is a 'super alt' place where 'tons of effing hipsters live' and every1 likes to be authentic, support local vendors and buy organic, but now that a bunch of poor/middle class ppl live there, they basically needs cheapness + convenience + decent quality so now Brooklyn is getting a bunch of chain restaurants/stores/everything.
Do u have chain stores in ur area?
Do u prefer the cost, convenience, and experience of a standardized franchised experience?
Do u support 'mom and pop' stores, or are they failures because they didn't have a business model to 'go national'?
Should Brooklyn get a Walmart?
For many residents it signaled that dreaded chain stores — symbols of all things corporate and uninspired — were about to breach the industrial neighborhood turned bastion of the young, do-it-yourself and arty. Bedford Avenue, which runs parallel to the waterfront for the entire length of Williamsburg, is a lively mix of the kind of retailers that have all but disappeared in Manhattan: independent coffee shops, record stores, drugstores, boutiques, jewelry stores, bookshops and even a local bank, Cross County Federal Savings Bank.
Do u think chain stores / restaurants / grocery centres / Whole Foodses are chill places 2 shop?
Have u ever moved 2 a relevant city and missed the convenience of
Now CVS is building a store in the Edge, another waterfront high-rise a block north of the Duane Reade on Kent Avenue. And it looks as if Starbucks may replace the ever-popular Bagel Store on Bedford Avenue when its lease runs out next year.
“Duane Reade is greed,” Jonathan Schmidt said after shopping at Kings Pharmacy. That store is directly across Bedford from the new two-story, 24-hour Duane Reade, which features aspirin, liquor, cosmetics, stationery, frozen food, cold cuts and produce, including three kinds of cherry tomatoes. “It’s becoming the East Village.”
Here is some Brooklyn Lady with a Baby. It seems like it is hard 2 be a parent in Brooklyn because they don't sell diapers in the bulk 4 ur baby since u r supposed to be 'green' and use cloth diapers or something
A newcomer to Williamsburg from Manhattan, Ms. Lind said she found the neighborhood to be very inconvenient. Many of the chic stores refuse to take credit cards. And, she said, the quaint gourmet coffee shops charge too much. She said she sent an e-mail to Food Emporium imploring the company to open a supermarket in Williamsburg.
“For some reason,” she said of her neighbors, “they don’t want corporate stores. They don’t want convenience.”
do yall <3 convenience, or do u want to 'stay authentic' even when ur a consumer.
Here is some guy who was quoted saying 'gentrification' just 2 try 2 sound smart:
“I guess you’d call it the gentrification of Williamsburg,” Mr. Winick said.
Wish I could be a landlord in Brooklyn who was 'getting rid' of the cheap mom-and-pop tenants and making 'big bucks' from huge corporate giants who would pay me whatever I want.
“Williamsburg used to be known for a type of idealism,” Mr. Rossillo said. “Williamsburg landlords have taken a different view. If they can squeeze blood from a rock, they will.”
His said his landlord wanted to double his rent to almost $15,000 a month when the lease is up next year. When he complained, the landlord said that Starbucks was willing to pay that much.
“I can’t pay it,” he said. “I don’t have Starbucks money. I’m a small business.”
But the landlord, Samuel Backer, said he was not trying to push out “the little guy.”
“I’ve given them every opportunity to renew the lease at fair market rents,” he said.
Do u think small shop owners think they deserve 'special rights' 2 keep them from having to pay 'tons of money' even though that is the current market rate?
Is Brooklyn the new suburbia?
Is it no longer 'alt' 2 want to move 2 Brooklyn bc there are just a bunch of chain restaurants?
Will this make Brooklyn 'more affordable'?
Do u hope Times Square moves 2 Brooklyn?
Now that Brooklyn is 'gentrified' / retailed-out, will there be a new alt city?
Does Portland let gimmicky franchises in2 their city?
Should I just move to Houston, TX and embrace The_Suburbs?
Is WalMart a new relevant alt hangout?
Do u think this is what Brooklyn will look like in 5 years?
Does this look like 'utopia' 2 u?
Apparently a tornado 'ripped thru Brooklyn', trying to transcend 'hipster bashing', and instead do some 'hipster twisting'/'hipster natural disastering'/'hipster rapturing.' Never thought a tornado could go down in Brooklyn, always thought those only happened in Kansas [via The Wizards of Ozzerly Place]. Maybe Oklahoma, too.
Anyways, utilzing iReporting/vlogging technology, two bros in a sweet ass loft 'flipped a shit' as the tornado ripped thru Brooklyn. It seems like they lived in a chill pad, a spacious loft with tons of sweet HD technology, long boards on the wall, IKEA wave furniture, and other premium home furnishings. U can really see how they are 'stressed' that they might lose everything, including their lives'.
Not really sure if they followed standard tornado protocol. I think ur apparently supposed 'duck and cover.' Or maybe go into a room without many windows, like a basement or a cellar. Maybe I should move to Brooklyn and build a 'sweet underground loft/mixed use art space/organic food dumpster diving co-op'/d.i.y. venue.' During most days it would operate as a business/art space, but in the event of a natural disaster, I would be totally safe from death.
Have u ever been in a tornado?
Did ur house get 'tore up'?
Did u hide in the bath tub with ur mattress over u?
Have yall seen the movie 'Twister'?
Should they make Twister Part 2 about a Twister that 'tears thru NYC'/Brooklyn?
Is it 'alt' 2 blog about Brooklyn?
Do u know if any sweet concerts or outdoor events were cancelled?
Was this a 'pussy tornado'?
Should I do a 'performance art piece' about ducking and covering?
Do yall appreciate this new wave of indie journalism where real people tell real stories abt real events?
Do u wish u could chill with those bros, maybe have a brewski, vibe out [via rooftop access], and just get ur chill on?
Link: http://gothamist.com/2010/09/15/woman_struck_by_school_bus_in_brook.php
Just read a headline about some woman being hit by a bus in Brooklyn. Not sure what the scenario is, but assume that she was a 'hipster' and I will use this post as an opportunity to 'bash hipsters' for being consumer ass holes who are just slaves 2 trends. Might feel kinda bad if it wasn't actually a 'hipster', and just a 'regular human' who is trying to stay alive + provide for her family.
Seems kinda like some bummer news. Soo weird that a car accident happened in Brookslyn when I thought every1 there rode fixed gear bikes.
A woman is in critical condition after being hit by an empty school bus in Gravesend yesterday afternoon. The woman was carrying groceries while crossing Ocean Parkway near Avenue X. She had the light, but it changed when she was halfway across the street, and the Grandpa's Bus Co. Inc. bus crashed into her.
Wonder if she was on her way home from an organic vegan popup shop. Probably had her iPhone on too loud [via technology]. Probs listening to Vampire Weekend, MGMT, or another maltstream band.
Those hipsters... when will they ever learn....
One witness told the Daily News, "I heard the noise and went to help her. She was already bleeding from [her] head and mouth."
Probably was fake blood that she was using just to 'be unique.' Wish they'd realize that people bleed every day, and u can't be an individual and that trends are just recycled. They are all trying to be unique artists that they don't even follow street crossing rules.
Do u think this story was about a 'hipster' or just about a 'regular human'?
Should more articles 'bash' hipsters who 'live in Brooklyn'?
Do 'regular ppl' live in Brooklyn? Read a lot abt it on the internet as a 'hipster mecca.'
Did yall ride the bus to school in suburbia?
Are bus drivers careless + irresponsible?
Should Grandpa's Bus Co be 'put out of business' 4 hitting people?
Is it unchill 2 run over humans with school buses?
