New York Magazine: The Way We Actually Live Now, At Least in Brooklyn

Here’s a novel way to discourage bad behavior: positive reinforcement. At least that seems to be New York magazine’s take on an anonymous Brooklyn blog commenter gone wild. This week’s cover story is ostensibly about how the comments section of the the Brooklyn real estate (a.k.a., gentrification) blog Brownstoner can be viewed as a fairly accurate gauge of the culture wars currently taking place in Brooklyn as Manhattanites spread their real estate wings. For example: “Clinton Hill is full of black people who have a chip on their shoulder and some white people who think themselves cool for living among them.”