Remember, your still in Brooklyn???

Every time I read about someone moving to an area that most people agree to be safe, there are always people telling that person to remember that they are still in Brooklyn. What exactly are these people trying to imply??

LOCK YOU DOORS!

lock you borough

They are saying that there is still the possibility, even in the safest of neighborhoods that you will

1) Have your car broken into

2) Have your poketbook, phone, ipod or chain snatched

3) Have your home broken into

4) Be the victim of a car, bike, truck or train accident

5) See someone else being victimized

6) Have someone threaten to beat the crap out of you if you don't stop doing whatever aggravating thing you are currently engaged in (or actually beat the crap out of you)

7) Have your pets, plants or bike stolen from your property

8 ) Be aggressivly panhandled by angry homeless and/or jobless and/or addicted persons

9) Be awoken in the middle of the night by people screaming expletives outside of your windows

10) Live here long enough that everything on this list has happened to you and you still are not traumatized by any of it

11) In addition to not being traumatized by it, you may actually find that the pros outweigh the above cons ....and actually like living here.

>>your still in Brooklyn

Your WHAT is still in Brooklyn?

Wait, I was specifically told by my broker that I did NOT have to lock you doors.

Homeowner-- has all that stuff happened to you??

Everything except #2. But I consider it part of the fabric of life in Brooklyn, and as Whynot said, I love it here, and when faced with a choice I've actually chosen to move back to Brooklyn from outside the city, not once, but twice.

The only thing that would scare me is having my home broken into while I'm there simply because that did happen to me as a child.

Homeowner-

How long have you lived here in order to experience "all but #2"?

...I've lived in Brooklyn since 2003, but have managed to escape experiencing many of the items on that list.

There are places where most of the things on homeowner's list are about as likely as winning the lottery, so I think the "you're still in Brooklyn" comment is meant for people from places like that, who might have a very different concept of a safe area than the rest of us.

While I was living in Chapel Hill, NC in an area I found to be absurdly safe and friendly and charming I had a neighbor who thought it a dangerous place. She was from some suburb with so little crime that she was nervous about going on walks with me at night in well-lit, far from vacant or seedy areas (think beautiful gardens and little outdoor theater performances as our surroundings). To her, areas we think of as safe in Brooklyn are terrifying.

So let me ask you guys this: Is Brooklyn not a 24 hour borough like Manhattan?? I have only been to BK twice (williamsburg). The first time was in the middle of the afternoon, about a block from the Marcy Ave station, and it was tons of people outside. The second time was a few blocks from the Bedford Ave station, around 8:30 at night, and it was practically dead.

I've lived here long enough to have performed some of the acts on that list. I was young and impressionable. What can I say? :twisted:

Let's put it this way, I've been here longer than I've lived anywhere else.

It means nothing. They might as well say you're still in America or on planet Earth. Do that many people say that? It wouldn't even occur to me to say that to someone.

Maybe it means "It's safe here, but we'd still like to maintain our tough rep so we can impress people when we say we live in Brooklyn"?

But it probably really means "Our neighborhood is safe, but the dangerous people who live in the dangerous parts of Brooklyn can still get here without having to cross water."

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@piano--yes, a lot of people say it. If I read about someone moving into a rough area people just say how rough it is, but when I read about someone moving into a nice area nobody can just talk about how nice it is. There's always a couple people who say something like "your still in brooklyn" or "you're still in nyc" etc. It kinda bugs me because I agree with you. Might as well say "you're still on earth" because crime can happen anywhere. People make it seem as though the most of the crime in the world is concentrated in Brooklyn.

It is a nice blend of The Warriors

and this spoof of Arlington, VA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1RMuoQnKo

Lived in Brooklyn my entire life - good nabes as well as not so good nabes. Never had ANY problem. The only times I have had a problem was in midtown Manhattan and in the Village.

"Every time I read about someone moving to an area that most people agree to be safe, there are always people telling that person to remember that they are still in Brooklyn. What exactly are these people trying to imply??" These people are trying to imply that they WISH they could live in Brooklyn. Assholes need not apply.

JerseyGuy00 said:

So let me ask you guys this: Is Brooklyn not a 24 hour borough like Manhattan?? I have only been to BK twice (williamsburg). The first time was in the middle of the afternoon, about a block from the Marcy Ave station, and it was tons of people outside. The second time was a few blocks from the Bedford Ave station, around 8:30 at night, and it was practically dead.

It depends on the neighborhood, just like many parts of Manhattan. You walk on an Upper East Side side street at 2 am on a weeknight and it's not very hoppin.

Some Brooklyn neighborhoods are more residential than others. Most have commercials strips that are prety well lit & populated around the clock, but most of the side streets and residential blocks get quieter at night.