BDBlas: A Man About the Hood

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Our landslide mayor elect has gone out of his way to identify with the Average Joe, but even Everyman has to live somewhere and since Bill DeBlasio hails from 11th Street, Park Slope has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Recently HuffPo's New York blog ran a post on how the DeBlasio half lives. More specifically how the DeBlasios, unlike Upper East Side Mayor Mike Bloombito, live in little ole Park Slope:

Park Slope, with its tree-lined streets and brownstone row houses, seems far from Manhattan. It is considered one of the city's most child-friendly neighborhoods, a place many Manhattanites have escaped to in search of quiet.

Lest we forget that Park Slope was considered one of the most expensive of the 10 best neighborhoods to live in. 

But back to Huffpo and the Average Joe thing: The owner of Purity and Little Purity Diners, Nick Kolosakas waxed poetic about Mr. DeBlasio walking into the Little Purity everyday, proclaiming his love for the establishment and his hate of the coffee: "Nick, I love your place, but your coffee sucks." Already, our newly elected mayor and I disagree, since I think everything about Purity sorta sucks. Just my two cents. But I'm glad he likes coffee. So check one for our new mayor. 

Some other things that makes DeBlasio like you and me (although I don't know you from a hole in the wall):

1. He orders pizza from Smiling Pizza. Ok so I don't do that, but he does (and so does Roshow) and I'm cool with it. I won't begrudge a man his pizza.
2. Mr. DeBlasio also rents movies from Video Gallery on 7th Ave. The store's owner, Kathy Smelyanski told the Huff that he came in once to rent "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price," to screen to his staff when the council was debating whether to let Wal-Mart open in the city. Yeah... I don't rent videos (from a store) and I don't have a staff, but I watch movies and once thought I had a staph infection.
3. His wife Chirlane bought her "victory speech" dress at a local Park Slope boutique. Ok I'm coming up with nothing here, I don't have a wife which means this next one isn't going to apply to me either.
4. He's the only mayor to have a child in public school. That would be Dante going to Brooklyn Tech, btw.  

So Bill DeBlasio is nothing like me. Which is fine because you wouldn't want me running this city anyway. Maybe he's more like you. BUT while we're on the topic of his kid. Good ole Dante DeBlasio, who's Afro you may remember this FIPS contributor endorsing from Day One (before it was cool) has just been named an Influential Teen by Time Magazine. Among his ranks are Malia Obama, Justin Bieber, the girl who plays Sally Draper on Mad Men (whaa?) and Kiwi pop sensation Lorde. 

The big question on everyone's mind: Will the DeBlasio's stay in their native Slope or uproot and live in Gracie Mansion? Do we have an opinion on this?