A reader emailed me a few minutes ago. She’d like OTBKB readers to answer some questions. I’ve asked her for some details — who is she doing this for, who is her audience, etc. In the meantime, here are her questions. I’m gonna type out some answers…

Dear Louise, I love your blog, and I was wondering if some of your readers might be
able to help me out with a small project. I am doing a short audio
slide show about Park Slope as a "small town in the middle of a big
city", and I would love to get some responses to the following
questions:

1. What qualities define a small town?

2. What aspects of (or places in) Park Slope epitomize these qualities? Why?

3. What qualities define a Park Sloper (Slopie? Slopette? Make up your own term if you like!)

Sadly, I’m on a really tight deadline for this
project, so if people could send responses by tomorrow (Feb 8.), that
would be amazing. Responses should be sent to
alexislloyd@gmail.com with "Park Slope" in the subject.