Nasty, nasty. NY Intel disses the Times’ article. That’s like the pot calling the kettle trite and silly. And it’s funny because New York Magazine, originally commissioned the article by freelancer Lynn Harris.

That’s right. Harris emailed all the usual suspects for interviews and even posted a journalist request on the Brooklynian. So everyone knew that the piece was for New York Magazine before it was actually in a Word doc on her computer.

According to yesterday’s Times, we are among the very few
people who do not have a highly charged opinion on the Brooklyn
neighborhood Park Slope. Writer (and resident) Lynn Harris explained in "Sunday Styles"
that you either love the neighborhood or you really, really hate it. If
you are part of the first group, you enjoy the place for its safety,
proximity to the park, and family-friendly vibe. If you hate it, it’s
because you don’t like mothers and you are an envious hippie.

New York Magazine has done it’s share of hating Park Slope articles. They kind of invented the genre, I’d say. Maybe that’s why they didn’t want Lynn’s story: it had a been there, done that vibe. Especially after it was on all the blogs and the Brooklynian.