Catskills = Brooklyn?

I noticed this post on OTBKB last week and, of course, was immediately intrigued. Basically some dude wants to rebrand Kingston, NY as the "tech hub" of upstate NY. A "Brooklyn of the Catskills" if you will, "where hip, smart and small-biz savvy folks can relocate and thrive in an urban setting — yet be strikingly close to assets such as the Catskills, the Gunks and the Hudson."

I say this appeals to me "of course" because I'm a total sucker for all this shit.  I own a Magic Bullet...and a Snuggie...and would *like* to own a whole mess of other crap (like the P90X system...that's my latest obsesh).  My brain is ready, willing and able to slurp up your bullshit marketing. In return I will suppress any semblence of reason with any pretty pictures and/or kicky slogans that you will provide.

So, of course, after reading this post (in which the dude basically lays out his plan in detailed specificity regarding how he's going to cleverly market his struggling city and make it sound way cooler than it may or may not be) my first thought was: WE SHOULD MOVE TO KINGSTON!

Right.

Is it *just* me or do you all bitches do this every once in awhile too?  OOOHHH!  Let's move to XXXX and get away from the city!  It's time for a change!  Wouldn't that be fun!

I'm fairly certain of several things:

1. It would not be fun (well, maybe it would be fun at first, but probably within a few weeks or so we would be...)

2. Totally fucking bored.

3. After approx one week, that "no big deal" bus ride would likely put me in a mood that teetered somewhere between sucidal and "I want to punch you in the motherfucking face."

4. And finally, too late to make any sort of a difference, we'd wonder aloud to each other:  "are there any BALLERS in Kingston?"

I seriously love the idea of all this...really I do.  And I give this dude major props for coming up with this gameplan...especially cause I think it could totally fucking work.

But also I think its time for me to face the facts: I'm not sure I could ever live anywhere else again that's not Brooklyn/NYC (except for *mebbe* LA). Or Europe (Florence, Paris etc...THAT I could do).

But that's kinda it.

Good luck, Kingston.

Comments

[Mr. Ius]

P90X? LOL.

I got P90X for the New Year. I've run 4 half-marathons this past fall, a full length one in winter, and work out regularly. I am 26 years old, in better than average shape, and P90X kills me every time. If you're really self-motivated and can take a lot of pain, get it. Good luck!