I did it!

Darjeeling wrote: And you are illustrating my points about the attitude that many of the newcomers bring to the Slope very well.

It seems like I hit a nerve here.

The basic lack of fairness up until now has been that this board gets disseminated on the search engines and its string of unanswered mischaracterizations get spread like a virus. I could care less what you think of me as an anonymous writer. But I do care about the hard work people have put into this neighborhood. I won't let the shallow, uninformed one-note threads that genuinely and unfairly hurt people go unanswered.

Darjeeling wrote: Uh, your board administrator can tell you that I wasn't the person who wrote under "Guest" and criticized your yoga position.

I know a yoga position when I see one. :

Truth is, a large part of the Park Slope community feels the same way I do about SOME of the newcomers.

Darjeeling wrote: Yes, call me an "asshole" once more.

Darjeeling wrote: 30 year Park Sloper here: And I'll tell you what I can't deal with. I can't deal with a bunch of uninformed people heaping abuse on an organization that has been good for our neighborhood. Look at the start of the thread, did any of you "new Slopers" step up to make the conversation more reasonable? No, like a pack of teenagers, you mocked something that most of you don't understand or know nothing about. If the coop isn't your cup of tea, that's fine, there are plenty of other options in this neighborhood. And nobody cares where you buy your food.

Many of the folks who have moved in are fine people, but the neighborhood has been blighted with obnoxious, ill-bred, vacuous types whose graduation gifts were starter apartments in the Slope. Their kids are also obnoxious and ill-bred and, at their young age, own that same sense of entitlement as their parents. If they, or you, feel uncomfortable in this neighborhood, it's probably for good reason, they are not a good fit here and there is genuine resentment about them. They tire of the neighborhood soon enough and make their way back to the suburbs, but, infortunately, for every one that goes back to their roots another one gets a gift-wrapped apartment from Daddy.

8thandPrez wrote: [quote=Darjeeling]30 year Park Sloper here: And I'll tell you what I can't deal with. I can't deal with a bunch of uninformed people heaping abuse on an organization that has been good for our neighborhood. Look at the start of the thread, did any of you "new Slopers" step up to make the conversation more reasonable? No, like a pack of teenagers, you mocked something that most of you don't understand or know nothing about. If the coop isn't your cup of tea, that's fine, there are plenty of other options in this neighborhood. And nobody cares where you buy your food.

Many of the folks who have moved in are fine people, but the neighborhood has been blighted with obnoxious, ill-bred, vacuous types whose graduation gifts were starter apartments in the Slope. Their kids are also obnoxious and ill-bred and, at their young age, own that same sense of entitlement as their parents. If they, or you, feel uncomfortable in this neighborhood, it's probably for good reason, they are not a good fit here and there is genuine resentment about them. They tire of the neighborhood soon enough and make their way back to the suburbs, but, infortunately, for every one that goes back to their roots another one gets a gift-wrapped apartment from Daddy.

armchair_warrior wrote: lol you finally spotted it . yeah its funny hehe. its a friendly exchange of sorts :P.

Darjeeling wrote:

And the "slut" comment was taken out of context, I based it on a recent Maureen Dowd column:
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Anonymous wrote: I feel sad for how terrible most of you are.