We won!

emily

The Curbed Neighborhood of the Year poll! Okay, it's more a testament to how much we like the neighborhood than anything else, but it's still cool.

Tune into the comments for bitter snarking from those who think that internet polls are scientifically valid.

armchair_warrior

what a bunch of losers on that site. i try to post there some how the posting doesnt go through.

candicissima

Yay! We won!

All you DH people are awesome and all the haters on Curbed can eat a dick.

flute

may it stand as a monument to how colossal bullshit real estate hype can be exponentiated by colossal bullshit internet hype.

give me a break ... please ...

:roll:

jamesondean

One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard
till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which
had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench
my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and
a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a
One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again
and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to
give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I
am sure they are sour."

teddyballgame

JamesOnDean wrote: Again
and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to
give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I
am sure they are sour."

Well said, sir. Also, don't these people realize that the type of attitude that made so many of us go and vote for PH is the same thing that makes it the best neighborhood? We're all, apparently, proud enough of living here to take time out of our busy internet schedules and go vote on the stupid poll, so that must say something about our neighborhood. What does it say? Maybe that we need to find something better to do. Or maybe we're all really happy to live here, and for good reason.

alafairnadia

yay, DH. I saw one of you on UPN (cleverly disguised, of course) and then weep with y'all over my pet's health issues. and at no time, other than the very loud crowing period for 45 minutes, was this poll mentioned at all. I love you guys!!
and i mean it, despite the snark. I love you guys.

sterling2000

Nice!

I think all the anti-PH griping over on the Curbed board is sour grapes, indeed. People who complain about hype don't get it -- hype is how people get excited, hype is how things change.

I'm glad everyone here (despite the occasional fun/heated squabbles) on the DH board should be proud of contributing to the PH hype. I was fortunate enough to be near the ground floor when Fort Greene was on the rise 10 years ago, and the hype there has really paid off. Now having been an owner in PH for nearly two years, I wouldn't change my decision for anything.

Stay in PH for the ride and keep up the hype, y'all.

emily

This guy wins:

13.
I agree this is totally a fraudulent poll. If you can't trust a random internet site for valid scientific answers to such questions as "which neighborhood is best?" or "who would totally win in a fight, a whale or 15 sharks?" then how are we to live our lives?

By Max at January 3, 2006 11:10 AM

alafairnadia

EmilyM wrote: This guy wins:

13.
I agree this is totally a fraudulent poll. If you can't trust a random internet site for valid scientific answers to such questions as "which neighborhood is best?" or "who would totally win in a fight, a whale or 15 sharks?" then how are we to live our lives?

By Max at January 3, 2006 11:10 AM

fucking-a! that's hilarious. what a genius.

brooklynswordstyle

EmilyM wrote: This guy wins:

13.
I agree this is totally a fraudulent poll. If you can't trust a random internet site for valid scientific answers to such questions as "which neighborhood is best?" or "who would totally win in a fight, a whale or 15 sharks?" then how are we to live our lives?

By Max at January 3, 2006 11:10 AM

Aww, thanks you guys. That Max would be me BrooklynSwordStyle (or would that be the reverse? I need more coffee).

candicissima

BrooklynSwordStyle wrote: Aww, thanks you guys. That Max would be me BrooklynSwordStyle (or would that be the reverse? I need more coffee).

Haha! I knew it was a DHer by the snark! 8)

alafairnadia

Candicissima wrote: [quote=BrooklynSwordStyle]Aww, thanks you guys. That Max would be me BrooklynSwordStyle (or would that be the reverse? I need more coffee).

Haha! I knew it was a DHer by the snark! 8)

rock! that was me virtually giving you lovin'.

candicissima

I was just coming here to post that service notice! I just saw it on Curbed We still rule!

carnivore

Candicissima wrote: I was just coming here to post that service notice! I saw it on Curbed. We still rule!

That link is broken.

candicissima

Carnivore wrote: [quote=Candicissima]I was just coming here to post that service notice! I saw it on Curbed. We still rule!

That link is broken.

Yeah I know. Something about that link just doesn't want to work no matter what I do.

emily

The other thing I don't get is that it's not BEST NEIGHBORHOOD EVAR but Neighborhood of 2005. Sure, I'm no expert on these other places, but what was special about any of those other neighborhoods in '05? We had political intrigue (Ratner, etc.) and unprecedented media coverage.

LOVE Andy's sign, BTW.

alafairnadia

EmilyM wrote: The other thing I don't get is that it's not BEST NEIGHBORHOOD EVAR but Neighborhood of 2005. Sure, I'm no expert on these other places, but what was special about any of those other neighborhoods in '05? We had political intrigue (Ratner, etc.) and unprecedented media coverage.

LOVE Andy's sign, BTW.

yeah, it's pretty awesome. and there's some major bitterness. I guess now is not the time to admit that I really do like Superfine, The River Cafe and Rice -- but three restaurants don't equal nabe of the year in my book. sorry DUMBO, with all of your attempts at alphaness.

candicissima

alafairnadia wrote: I guess now is not the time to admit that I really do like Superfine, The River Cafe and Rice -- but three restaurants don't equal nabe of the year in my book. sorry DUMBO, with all of your attempts at alphaness.

I've got a lot of love for DUMBO...even if going there makes me all emo occasionally. That really cool neighborhood bar on Jay St, Expo (despite their New Tribeca sign), Halcyon, Empire Fulton Park, the arts fest in the fall. But, they just weren't better than us last year. Sorry.

bewitched

Prospect Heights, Rubbing Your Nose in It Since 01/01/06

hal

How weird. They run a poll and then get all stupid when they get results they don't expect!

You DH/PH people are great! Sorry I missed your bender last night. But I'm probably too old to fit in. Anyway, Cheers!

bewitched

There's no age limit to join in at Happy Hour, don't be shy.

kate

Hal wrote: But I'm probably too old to fit in. Anyway, Cheers!

Nonesense! If you're even a slight internet geek and like to drink occasionally or alone in the bathroom (although neither are a prerequisite) you will fit right in.

alafairnadia

Kate wrote: [quote=Hal]But I'm probably too old to fit in. Anyway, Cheers!

Nonesense! If you're even a slight internet geek and like to drink occasionally or alone in the bathroom (although neither are a prerequisite) you will fit right in.

and some of us even give our livers a break every once in a great while and drink diet coke at happy hour. it's rare, but it happens. and yes, no age limit AT ALL. if you can walk, crawl, or roll into the bar, you're welcome to come.

emily

Yeah, there are also old and/or married people in the group, they just don't talk as much about the late-night shenanigans. Happy hour does start out as a normal happy hour.

However, I would like to cast vote in an imaginary poll in favor of doing it at places that serve food. It's much easier for me to justify abandoning my schoolwork if I can claim that I am doing something I would have needed to do anyway, viz. eat dinner.

alafairnadia

EmilyM wrote: Yeah, there are also old and/or married people in the group, they just don't talk as much about the late-night shenanigans. Happy hour does start out as a normal happy hour.

However, I would like to cast vote in an imaginary poll in favor of doing it at places that serve food. It's much easier for me to justify abandoning my schoolwork if I can claim that I am doing something I would have needed to do anyway, viz. eat dinner.

if you don't mind Le Gamin food, they will deliver to the bar (they're right across the street). I personally think every bar (that doesn't serve food) should be like Sepia and have a huge pile of delivery menus so people can order dinner.

bewitched

alafairnadia wrote: and some of us even give our livers a break every once in a great while and drink diet coke at happy hour.

Or a $3 seltzer! ;-)

alafairnadia

bewitched wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]and some of us even give our livers a break every once in a great while and drink diet coke at happy hour.

Or a $3 seltzer! ;-)

good god. I'll bring my own.

bewitched

alafairnadia wrote: [quote=bewitched][quote=alafairnadia]and some of us even give our livers a break every once in a great while and drink diet coke at happy hour.

Or a $3 seltzer! ;-)

good god. I'll bring my own.Yeah well, I switched to tap water after that. Maybe that's where my stomach ache came from! ;-) Just kidding, before anyone preaches to me how good or bad our water is.

hal

OK,OK,OK! My arm is twisted!

It's not as if I don't drink...I'm just not very good at it. My wife drinks me under the table almost every night.

whyfi

Hal wrote: It's not as if I don't drink...I'm just not very good at it. My wife drinks me under the table almost every night.

Every night?! :shock: Well, she'd fit in... :P