Diaper Diva, just emailed to say that there’s a post on Gawker about an article set to come out in New York Magazine about why people hate Park Slope. Here we go again:

All
writer
Lynn
Harris
did
was
ask
people
on
the
Brooklynian
messageboard
why
people
hate
Park
Slope,
and
all
that
it
represents,
so
much.
(She’s
working
on
an
article
for
New
York.)
The
brownstone
neighborhood
used
to
be
cheaper
and
down-to-earth,
with
lots
of
lesbian
couples
and
artistes,
but
these
days
it’s
known
for
armies
of
anal-retentive
richie
moms
with
their
passive-aggressive
strollering.
The
article
will
"focus
not
just
on
WHAT
people
say
they
hate
about
Park
Slope,
but
also
WHY
the
hate
seems
to
have
become
a
meme
of
its
own.
Why
PS
and
not
other
gentrified,
Bugaboozled
parts
of
Manhattan?
Why
has
Park
Slope
become
shorthand
for
all
that
is
evil
and
twee?"

I was tipped off to the New York magazine article last Friday when a friend told me that writer Lynn Harris called to interview her. And this week I got an email from Harris asking me for a quote. Harris did a piece in Time Out not long ago about the very same subject.

In response to the Gawker post and poll, Diaper Diva had this to say:

I think
a
lot
of
the
so-called
hatred
and
disdain
for
Park
Slope
is 
expressed
on
anonymous
message
boards
and
blogs
which
cater
to
bitter 
and
snarky
people
who
like
to
vent
their
anger
and
frustrations
–
and 
not
sign
their
names.

However,
I
do
think
the
stroller
set
here
can
be
a
bit,
shall
we
say, 
entitled.
I
agree
with
most
people,
that
bars
are
not
for
children, 
and
I
would
prefer that moms NOT park
their SUV strollers
in
the
middle 
of
the
aisles
of
stores 
etc.

I
am
a
mom and
have
been
known
to
park
my
stroller 
inappropriately,
and
to 
diaper
my
baby
in
public
places
as
well.
– 
see
the 
Smartmom
column in the Brooklyn Paper on
that
subject.

I 
moved
here
after
a
long
stint
in Manhattatn.
I
love
it
here. 
To 
me,
it’s
like
a
small
town or
what 
I
imagine
living
in
a
small
town 
would
be
like.
You
see
the
same
faces and
people
take
an
interest
in 
you
because
they
see
you
over
and
over. 
Of
course,
we
all
bond 
together
here
because
we
share
an
interest
in
children
and
all
that 
they
involve
–
parenting, 
parks,
schools,
etc.

I
think
any
neigborhood
can
become
a
cliche
of
itself: think
the Lower
East Side or Williamsburg.
I
mean aren’t there blogs
devoted
to
trashing 
hipsters
and
their
ilk?

Park
Slope
has
become
extremely
upper
class
due
to
the
real
estate 
boom
and
the
fact
that
even
wealthy
people
have
been
priced
out
of 
Manhattan.
I
own
a
coop
and
feel
good
about
that,
but
live
around
the 
corner
from
3
and
4
million
dollar
brownstones.
Sure,
I
am
envious
of 
those
who
can
afford
to
own
them
–
or
those
who
bought
years
ago,
and 
are
sitting
on
their 
very
large
nest
eggs.

But
that
is
life.
And there
are
always
people
that
have
more.

Hasn’t
this
neighborhood
always inspired
annoyance
and
disdain.
In 
the
past,
wasn’t it once famous
for
the
granola
crunching
moms
with
their 
Bierkenstocks
and
big
glasses?

Now
the
moms
are
good
looking, post- hipster
refugees
from places like Williamsburg and the Upper West Side who
feel
entitled
to
do
everything they
did
before
they
had
kids — but
with
kids
in
tow.

Isn’t 
that
the new
cliche?

But
the
reality
is
that
the
moms
(
and
dads)
here
are
mostly
well-meaning
people
trying
to 
get
by.
They
are
smart,
socially
conscious, and willing
to
laugh
at
themselves
.

So
it
goes,
there
always
seems
to
be
something
to
find
annoying
about Park Slope.