Ditmas Park is so coming into it’s own as a neighborhood. It used to be the nabe with the gorgous Victorian houses. And that was about it.
Now it’s got fabu restaurants, new stores, and a real sense of community. It’s also got a multi-faceted personality:
.–I used to live in Park Slope but I ain’t looking back
–Vox Popping lefty
–Sustainable Flatbush and green consciousness
–Artsy and living well
According to Ditmas Park Blog, many in the nabe don’t think much of Park Slope anymore. Ditmas Park blog says that “Go back to Park Slope” is becoming a local insult. I see t-shirts, postcards, posters, a blog…
So, despite the general direction of migration from Park Slope to Ditmas Park, or maybe because of it, “Park Slope” seems to be a bit of an insult around here.
As an anonymous commenter wrote Monday in response to gripes about Connecticut Muffin, “Are you from Park Slope or something? Sure sounds like it.”
Who cares what people in Ditmas Park think about Park Slope? Why does it matter?
FYI ditmas park/flatbush also has plenty of relatively affordable apartments. the victorian homes are what gets all the attention, but many of my newer co-op neighbors are former park slope residents who just couldn’t possibly afford to buy an apartment (let alone a house) in the slope.
and there’s no need to treat this like a neighborhood gang war… plenty of people who live in park slope use it as an insult too! those who live there know what you like and don’t like about it, and many of us who don’t live there like the slope enough to hang out there quite a bit. truce!
Let me know when Ditmas park has anything to offer other than huge energy guzzling homes. ANY emenity is cause for celebration because there are so few.
OK, now the 4th Avenuers want to secede from Park Slope. Go ahead – join “Gowanus.” Just make sure your flood insurance is paid up and you know where your hurrican evacuation center is located.
All the more reason for you to support the Brooklyn Repertory Opera’s production of Fidelio on Saturday, November 3: http://www.bropera.org/fidelio
It isn’t? Louise
The Lyceum is not in park slope
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sounds like all the park slope douches are moving to ditmas park.
cool
Let me know when ditmas park has its own opera company.
Beethoven’s Fidelio plays at the Brooklyn Lyceum on Sunday, 10/28 and Saturday, 11/3 at 4:00pm.
For info check: http://www.bropera.org/fidelio