Lifelong Resident Ron Lopez posted a very poignent and funny Top Ten List on his blog Kensington Stories.
Top Ten Reasons why Kensington is better than Park Slope
10 Instead of the Pavilion, we have the Kensington Post office, and the shows are free every day.
9 If you loose your job as a television comedy writer, you can start your own construction business by simply walking to McDonald Avenue at eight in the morning.
8 You’ll always be able to walk off your meal from the nearest nice restaurant, because it’s not near at all.
7 When you shop lift at Golden Farms, you can immediately gain celebrity status by having your Polaroid taped to the cash register.
6 Our calves are smaller because we don’t have to walkup and down hills all day.
5 Dressing up as an Amish Farmer and re-selling vegetables bought at Golden Farms is always a “hoot” at the green market every Saturday morning in Park Slope.
4 We know that “ugly” train yard on Atlantic Avenue is actually ugly,and are not fooled by the “Develop don’t destroy Brooklyn” people.
3 Cousin Brucie and Albert Shanker can kick any of your celebrities asses.
2 We also use our Yoga mats to lie on when we steal the lithium batteries out of your hybrid cars.
1 Electro shock therapy is alive and well in Kensington and involves licking a live slot car track at the Buzz-a-rama for only twelve dollars an hour.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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At least when I lived in Park Slope.... I had power that didn't brownout every 5 seconds.
No TV.... no Server. Barely any F'ing light to read by.
God I hate this cesspool and can't wait to move.
The poster forgot to mention that for many residents of Kensington that Prospect Park is about the same distance away that it is for many Park slobians. . . not to mention that the horse stables are on our side as is the lake. ..
Funny. This past weekend, it was Park Slope, Boro Park, Carroll Gardens, Bay Ridge and Sunset Park that had the brownouts and problems. Not Kensington.
I've only had one electrical problem since living here, and that was that summer when Queens had their brownout for too long.
Gotta hang with Mela on this one, plus we got missed by the tornado! Sounds like you need a better bldg super infidel.
Supers don't conduct electricity. A better one wouldn't help.
Oh, also, this is the second private house I've lived in here in Kensington. Never lived in an apartment building.... anywhere.
It's just the 2-3 block area. I was venting. I'm over it.
you guys have a pathetic inferiority complex
just admit that parkslope is a nicer neighborhood that you would move to in a second if you could afford to?
Park Slop was good when it was an actual neighborhood now it's pretty much just a Saturday Night Live sketch, and not one of the good ones that come on before the news segment.
Frankly, both neighborhoods suck these days -- each in their own unique way. All of Brooklyn is overpriced and the quality of life is terrible unless you are wealthy. I welcome any and all comments attempting to deny this or paint a pretty picture of a pile of shit.
1. Did you not recently state you sold your co-op for three times your investment? Not a bad return for your misery spent in this pile of **** neighborhood.
2. Overpriced is a relative term. Recent bubble included a home bought 10 years ago or more, pretty much anywhere, is worth much more than the original investment.
3. Life can be full of rude awakenings, you really can't control much of anything except your own attitude. In the end how you handle what the world throws out is your choice. man I miss Dennis Miller...
:comes in:
:looks around:
:spots the the crew:
:sneaks out the back:
-Ayo Chris, you've surprisingly been acting kinda- human? lately.
Everything o.k? =)
Ha, no one has said anything that requires a snarky remark.
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