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create "stroller lanes" in the street so people can actually walk on the sidewalk.

I generally love living in the Slope. It has a wonderful sense of community and the park can't be beat.

As for what I think would make it a more enjoyable place to live, I wish there were fewer loitering teens. All of the cute little toddlers who were around when I've moved to the neighborhood are now teenagers and you can't walk down 7th Ave. without having to navigate through a pack of them taking up the whole sidewalk.

You know, people have been raising kids in Park Slope for a long time. In fact, Park Slope has long had a reputation as a neighborhood full of young families. So it seems weird to me that people who don't want to be around children would move here and then complain about being exposed to children. It's like people who move next to a farm and then complain that it smells like manure. What on earth were you expecting?

Anyway. Residential parking permits would be great. Half the cars on my block have out-of-state license plates.

How about a limit on how many gigantic construction projects can be going on on the same block at the same time. Time limits for noisy constructions, with fines imposed if you go past your deadline.

erikka wrote: [quote=Rose]You know, people have been raising kids in Park Slope for a long time. In fact, Park Slope has long had a reputation as a neighborhood full of young families. So it seems weird to me that people who don't want to be around children would move here and then complain about being exposed to children. It's like people who move next to a farm and then complain that it smells like manure. What on earth were you expecting?

I WAS KIDDING.

Geez, people.

I still agree with you.

Subject: Hi park slopers!! please help w/ our college project.

Hi! please go and check out are lab class project's website

make comments and take the polls

it's research about park slope

It'd be great help.

www.freewebs.com/sit_here

thanks,

labohemianartiste

Subject: Re: Hi park slopers!! please help w/ our college project.

labohemianartiste wrote: Hi! please go and check out are lab class project's website

make comments and take the polls

it's research about park slope

It'd be great help.

www.freewebs.com/sit_here

thanks,

labohemianartiste

OK, just to be proactive: here's the M.O. from their site:

An Awareness Campaign
For our college project, we are promoting a social awareness campaign in the Park Slope area entitled, "SIT HERE". This campaign aims to address the decreasing culture of social interaction formerly known as "Stoop Culture".

What is Stoop Culture?
Traditionally, in North American cities, the stoop served an important function as a spot for brief, incidental social encounters. Homemakers, children, and other household members would sit on the stoop outside their home to relax, and greet neighbors passing by. Similarly, while on an errand, one would stop and converse with neighbors sitting on their stoops. Within an urban community, stoop conversations helped to disseminate gossip and reaffirm casual relationships.

Well, I don't think I used the word aimlessly. We'd go to different places. There were actually lots of things for teenagers to do where I grew up. Hence, I and my friends turned out okay. Nobody perished from aimless driving.

Be Well.