Because I participate in the continued gentrification of Brooklyn but am full of self-loathing about it, I take a peculiar satisfaction in the city refusing to heel to the behavioral standards of its newer, soft-skinned inhabitants. Put another way, when the city reminds us—in fucked-up ways big and small—that this is a complex urban metropolis and... See more

You don’t live in a city like New York for peace and quiet; you live here to be part of the frenetic energy that comes with too many people in too small a space, all chasing after something