Comments on: Brooklyn, Why Don’t You Love Us Anymore?

By: Bet-at-home

Bet-at-home — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:43:14 +0000

Nice blog, i have added it to my favourites, greetings

By: galshopperny

galshopperny — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:48:58 +0000

Thanks Amy! Glad to hear you came back and are doing well! Best of luck to you, too!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:44:24 +0000

We were contributors to that high number of self-employed and creative professionals living in BoCoCa and Park Slope in the earlier part of this decade, and were priced out. We even left the city for the Hudson Valley (further north than Beacon, but we considered Beacon!) only to return a year later.

We looked in Jersey City and liked it, but settled in Ditmas Park and are very happy. Lots of creatives and self-employed. Prices going up all the time but for now, lower than the others and really very convenient and pleasant.

Best of luck!

By: rh

rh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:57:59 +0000

I grew up in Brooklyn (43 years next month, baybee!) and never heard of this crescent of which you speak. I left for Beacon a few years ago because I no longer loved Brooklyn. There are loads of ex-Brooklyn artists here. However, not enough for my liking, so I had to get a place back in Bed Stuy too. Now I’m happy to have the connection, but I don’t think I’d ever want to go back full time. I believe the only reason I’m so drawn to it is because it will always be my home. Brooklyn isn’t the universe. You can make yourself happy wherever you are. Just choose right. Jersey City should be great!

By: galshopperny

galshopperny — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:27:08 +0000

Thanks Karen, keep coming back!

By: galshopperny

galshopperny — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:09:48 +0000

Thanks BestView. Where did you land? We’re looking in Jersey City, but still hate the idea of leaving Brooklyn.

By: BestViewinBrooklyn

BestViewinBrooklyn — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:05:06 +0000

I was priced out of Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill in 2001. While I was sad to leave, and I spent a very happy seven years there, I’ve found that other neighborhoods have a lot to offer as well. Good luck finding some place that makes you happy!

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:41:37 +0000

This much-hyped “Creative Crescent”, which in the past was strictly limited to Manhattan, would never have happened if those same people had not been priced out of the East Village, Chelsea, Upper West Side, etc.

By: galshopperny

galshopperny — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:25:58 +0000

Yes Ben K., you are right. However, I was referring to the “Creative Crescent” which is limited to Park Slope, Red Hook, Willyburg, DUMBO & BoCoCa.

By: Ben K.

Ben K. — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:06:56 +0000

Now, there are many more. Recently, with the strange shift in the NYC real estate market, this group is getting priced out of Brooklyn.

There’s a whole lot more to Brooklyn than the four neighborhoods closest to Manhattan….It’s certainly possible to find affordable housing in other parts of the borough.