In writer-director Noah Baumbach*'s 1995 film, Kicking and Screaming (about college graduates, not to be confused with the Will Ferrell's children's soccer movie), the protagonist tries to tempt his girlfriend to live with him in Brooklyn: "And not just Brooklyn, A-list Brooklyn. Park Slope. Division 2 Manhattan.”
The NY Times Styles section has an article about Division 2 Manhattan--Park Slope: Where Is the Love?, which outlines the withering attacks Park Slope the neighborhood and the community has endured, especially from blogs and websites (like this one), and tries to dissect the genesis of "Slope Rage." Here are some quotes from interview subjects, including residents and professors:
- "This whole thing sounds like white people being annoyed by and jealous of other white people."
- "They’re jealous because they can’t live here."
- “There is all this class resentment in New York, and it’s very tied up in real estate. People who are well-housed are the envy of others.”
- "Hipsters and people who don’t have kids are terrified of becoming grown-ups and parents, which is what Park Slope has come to represent."
- "Brooklyn was supposed to be different. Park Slope, to some, now represents everything that Brooklyn was not supposed to be.”
