Friends and Relatives who think Brooklyn is...

this undesirable place to live?
Let me give you a brief history...
-Brooklyn born to West Indian Parents
-Parents move out of Brooklyn during the late 70's "shifting phase" to racist, but intergrating Rosedale Queens.
-Go to Elementry, JHS and HS in Queens and part of my college years.
92 Got a job working for the city in Brooklyn. My first taste of Brooklyn since the family left.
-Watched over the years as Brooklyn changes. No longer "Do or Die" Bedstuy, now Gentrify Bed Stuy.
Brownsville is still called "Never Ran Never Will" but moves to ENY in 1997. Been there ever since.
As a city Bus Driver I go thru neighborhoods all over Brooklyn and I have watched places turn from blight and flight to Fight for the right price.
I have watched more privately owned homes go up in my neighborhood in the last 2 years that would make your head spin. Starett City is no longer Starett City, it is now "Spring Creek".
The boulders that literally seperated Howard Beach from East New York have been removed and replaced by asphalt and 2-3 family homes.

Now when my friends ask me all the time, "When you coming back to Queens?" I tell them "Why?"
There is nothing out there for me but a two fare zone and a false sense of "Quality of Life".
Do you guys finds yourself explaining to relatives and friends why you choose to stay in Brooklyn?

Also, there is no section here for Canarsie/East New York.

Hello, Queens<Booklyn. Brooklyn FTW.