The people on Curbed are jerks. Everyone, especially those who haven’t been to Bushwick in 6-7 years, or even two years, are quick to shit on our hood, while those who live here scramble to defend our turf. I chimed in (it’s response #67 if the anchor doesn’t work) thusly:

You people are douchebags. Bushwick is great. We have great pizza (yes, made by Italians…from Italy), we have hipster junk, we have architecture, we have parks, we are minutes from Union Square on the L. This place is not any kind of warzone. I don’t know anyone who was so much as threatened, let alone mugged, and I live halfway to Myrtle — a good 7-10 minute walk to either Morgan or Jeff on the L. My neighbors throw cool parties, we have BBQs, and when it snowed, the old man across the street showed this Miami boy how to shovel snow. The corner bodega is a laugh riot and they have magnificent FLORIDA avocadoes for a buck (not those sad little California things).

Every day more new faces stream in front of my house. Hipsters and other, uh, non-Bushwick-natives are moving into buildings and houses deep into the neighborhood now — the bombed-out artist warehouse phase of Bushwick is done.

Hmph.