Fugheddaboudit: No reason to leave Brooklyn

AP ^ | 7/23/2003

[presidio9]

Highway signs will soon encourage drivers on their way out of the Brooklyn borough to "fugheddaboudit." Borough President Marty Markowitz created the signs as "another great example of the Brooklyn attitude" that would give people one last chance to "turn their cars around and stay in the promised land."

[Rodney King]

"Once you enter Brooklyn, there's no good reason why you should ever leave,"

If you are going to Peter Luger's maybe. Otherwise, Fuggedaboutit.

[presidio9]

FYI

[correctthought]

Nice to see the 18.5% property tax increase being used wisely.

[jjbrouwer]

I can think of any number of reasons to leave Brooklyn.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Isn't Markowitz the same sissified loser who canceled some big event out of a vague fear of "attracting terrorists"?

[lowbridge]

"Once you enter Brooklyn, there's no good reason why you should ever leave,"

Except for the fascist anti-smoking laws that has put bars and restaurants out of business and caused a drop in tax revenue, the high property, sales(8.625), and income taxes (and 14 percent occupancy tax for a hotel room), the enormous high cost of living, the oppressive anti-business and jobs climate, the hugely enormous welfare and medicare system that real working people are forced to carry on their backs (as well as dung covered "art"), the gun control laws in which only the rich, famous, or politically connected are allowed to get a permit, the rent control laws which has sent the cost of rental housing sky high, the worst schools (among the worst test scores and the highest truancy and drop out rates) in the nation where the teachers unions have more say in the education of your kids than you do, liberal politicians who don't give a hang about the people they are supposed to represent, soft on crime liberal judges, appointed by the liberal politicians, who are famous for slapping violent felons on the hand (if that) and puts them out on the street again, it's once famous tourist attractions (like Coney Island) are now broken down shadows of their former selves, etc., etc.

All except that, I can't see why anyone would want to leave Brooklyn.

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!!

I left Brooklyn 21 years ago - haven't missed it for years!!!

[Clemenza]

Brooklyn is home to the hippest neighborhood in the city (Williamsburgh) and some runners up like Park Slope, Carrol Gardens, etc. It ranks second after Manhattan in terms of niceties and amenities out of the five boroughs. The only problem I have with my nabe is that 1. it is WAY TOO FAR for a commute and 2. has a large and growing MOOSE-LIMB population. Other than that, I'm happy here.

[Clemenza]

If you lived around any of the side streets off of Manhattan Avenue, you are most definately a Greenpointer. The intersection of Nassau and Manhattan is the "heart" of Greenpoint. McCarren Park is largely in Greenpoint, though anything south is DEFINATELY Williamsburgh.

[Clemenza]

BTW: Mowimy Po Polsku?

[Clemenza]

Its changed alot. Pretty much all of the neighborhoods closest to Manhattan have become Yuppified, restaurants and all. SW Brooklyn (Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge) is quickly filling up with immigrants from the Middle East, China, Latin America and Russia, as the previous inhabitants move to Jersey or die.

[Consort]

He should have said: "Once yous guys enter Brooklyn, there ain't no good reason you should ever leave"

[COBOL2Java]

I was born at Bethany Deaconess Hospital in Brooklyn and have always been proud to list "PLACE OF BIRTH: BROOKLYN" on any forms!

[arasina]

I LOVE Brooklyn! (A very close second to Manhattan.)

[rockfish59]

Ahm wolkin' heah!