You've probably heard the proclamation "The Next Brooklyn" more than once, from the New York Times of all things.
As a resident of Brooklyn Bourree Lam notes that "our neck-of-the-woods is compared to different cities domestically and abroad, quite often. Especially by the one we can proudly call our local paper, the Gray Lady."
Then for the fun: "But what, really, does it mean to be Brooklyn? To answer this question, I've compiled a selection (by no means comprehensive) of places and why they're like Brooklyn, according to The New York Times....As the last item of this list shows, Brooklynization can happen anywhere."
On the list are unsurprising places like Oakland and far-flung places like Hutongs in Beijing. Then there are places where it's easy to imagine locals being more-than-slightly offended at being compared to anywhere else on Earth, like New Orleans.
Even after the Bourree exposed The New York Times for hyperactive use of the comparison to Brooklyn, the paper couldn't help itself. This week, came the most recent installment of Brooklyn's rapid expanse into the rest of the world, with a story about a "touch of Brooklyn," in Queens, right next door.
Read the full story: All the Places The New York Times Has Compared to Brooklyn
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