Time Out NY says: choose sides. Which borough is better. Is it Brooklyn or Manhattan? As someone who grew up in Manhattan but spent my adult years in Brooklyn…
Every few months, some angry Manhattanite sends us a letter suggesting we change our magazine’s name to Time Out Brooklyn. Look: when it comes to culture, TONY is all-inclusive, and we acknowledge all five boroughs to be New York. But we get the attitude. It’s a time-honored tradition to identify strongly with a borough, and the chest-thumping has gotten louder in recent years as more and more Manhattanites move to Brooklyn. It’s tempting to pick sides over issues of transportation, finances, square footage, conveniences, attitude and culture. Are you Brooklyn? Or Manhattan? And will the two—should the two—ever be thought of as one?
Miami beats both of them!
Well, there’s Brownstone Brooklyn and then there’s the rest of Brooklyn. Brooklyn is a pretty big borough!
Too bad…we used to laugh at Manhattanites who wouldn’t be caught dead in Brooklyn…now they’ve ruined it!