R U Facebook Friends w/PSlope?
Erica | Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 12:29AM 
So check this out: earlier this month, the New York Times wrote an article about the Facebook group "Thirty something and grew up in Park Slope."
a. This is why I love Facebook.
b. Not to get all self congratulatory on day fucking two, but this *totally* proves my Paris Hilton point about Park Slope.
People c-a-n-n-o-t stop talking about it.
Currently at 815 members (!), the article details the group's attempts at capturing the nostalgia of this innocent time in BK's history with charming slice of life anecdotes like this one: "the great break dancing battle (took place) in the playground of Public School 321 between Alfie, a black kid with relaxed hair and a Michael Jackson jacket, and Adam, a white kid who supposedly got his eyebrows singed when Alfie lit a piece of highly flammable paper for pyrotechnic effects."
There's a "whatever happened to" thread (where R U Seyin Cubucku??), some cool photos from back in the day and a few vids.
Uhm...ok.
While Alfie does, admittedly, sound like a total fucking rock star, mostly I'm just utterly fascinated by the fact that the NYT wrote this story in the first place. I mean, there is *literally* no story here...except, that, [yet again] Park Slope rules and whatever stupid town you're from sux.
Am I missing something?
No wonder everyone hates the shit out of us.
Anyway.
As a selfless gift to everyone else who has a hard on for Park Slope, I did some research and unearthed a number of other Facebook groups that might grease ur wheels:
*PARK FUCKING SLOPE (1,186 members)
*Park Slope is Dead (24 members)
*New Park Slope Ladies Funtime Goodtimes Group (8 members)
*You Know You're From Park Slope When... (426 members)
*Park Slope Ultimate Frisbee League (PSUFL) (54 members)
*The Inevitable Damnation of Park Slope (25 members)
*Ive (sic) Burned in Park Slope dis Summer (17 members)
*I Am Suspended from The Park Slope Food Coop (7 members)
*Get the NY Times To Shut Up About Park Slope Already (4 members)
*Dem Slope Boyz (a Park Slope Frat!!!) (request to join)
Right.
So, I guess I'll see all your asses in 20 yrs in the "yuppie wannabe douchetards who lived in da slope in oh to the 8" group (email me if you want admin privileges).
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Reader Comments (5)
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Let me ask you a question. Did you grow up in Park Slope? If you did you would understand that many people who are on Facebook's Thirty Something and Grew Up In Park Slope talk about the kind of neighborhood Park Slope used to be, not what it is now. It wasn't that Park Slope ruled or to brag about living there. Back then there was no Connecticut Muffin or Starbucks. Fifth ave was full of drug dealers and had only a few restaurants. It was actually tough to live there. Sometimes it really sucked getting mugged and having your house broken into or finding out your friend got raped in someones hallway. It was just a unique experience growing up there and people stuck together so that you wouldn't get mugged or beat up walking to the subway. You probably lived in the Slope for like ten years or less so you wouldn't even have an idea of what it was like back then. Hell you probably wouldn't have stepped foot in the Slope back then in the 80's and mid 90's. So until you know the kind of neighborhood the Slope was quit the bullshit and stop acting like you need to protect Park Slope from the masses of yuppiedom!
A proud member of Facebook and Park Slope Groups on Facebook.
@anon 9:54: I think your facebook group is totally rad! And, honestly, I spent hours going through it looking at pics and soaking up the stories.
The thing that surprised me was that this was a NYT worthy story. There are, literally, a bazillion other fb groups many of which (I'm sure) have really interesting backstories as well.
I just think there is this bizarre fixation with PS that is fascinating to track (and, uhm...kind of the reason we started this blog).
Anyway, despite my constant stream of snark, I truly do think your group is awesome and admire the little community of slopers you've pulled together.
Rock on which your bad selves!
I completely agree with the anonymous comment. I too am from this neighborhood, and still live here, thank you very much. The just about summed up the experience of growing up in this odd situation after having your parents move here in the late 70's, and as part of a generation whose parents tried to give us a semblence of normality in a city going through a)a crack epidemic b)tough financial times and c)a wave of gentrification not yet complete. Our parents helped to make this neighborhood a place to be preserved and yes, profiled in the New York Times. They are community people, professionals, teachers, lawyers, doctors, and those who could actually afford a brownstone on a civil servant's salary back then. That group on Facebook is to perserve some history, that's all, and to recover some memories.
Anon is correct, I spent all but 5 years of my life in Dark Slopes and yeah, 5th Ave was a tough fucking area when I was a teen, especially from 9th Street to 16th Street!!
I mean it is not all bad cause crime is nothing to want to keep, it is just unfortunate that those who grew up there can't afford to have a third generation grow there also.